Hey, readers. Yesterday, I did some touch-up work on my bedroom walls. I even managed to paint the sides of the heater without getting white paint all over the walls. However, once those 2 small tasks were taken care of, I started to notice other things that sent me into painting overdrive.
The previous person/people who lived here had cable wire running along the baseboards and door frames. I could of just took the wire down. But then that would of left small holes in the walls, which would need to be filled. Then, put more holes in the wall when the cable wire was put back up. Vicious cycle.
So, when my mother was doing the trim, she did her best to get the brush underneath the wire in order to get the color on. She ended up doing a pretty good job. However, I noticed a few spots that she couldn't get to, and that started to bother me. I'm wired strangely. A lot of the time, I can be very nitpicky and OCD.
I have to have things done a certain way or it will drive me crazy. I don't know why. That's just how I am. So, I tried my best to paint those areas. Then, I spotted other tiny areas that needed to be painted.
Finally, after obsessively trying to get the walls perfect, I had to stop myself. I realized I was needlessly driving myself crazy. The walls looked great. Yes, there are still tiny signs of the old paint color showing. And yes, when my mother did the trim, she did get a little bit of the new color on the door and window frames.
But so what? After stepping back and looking around the room, I think that the little imperfections add charm. I describe the style as goth/shabby chic/messy. Not only does this label describe my bedroom design, it also pretty much describes me. XD
In short, what I'm trying to say is don't sweat the small stuff. Don't let minor things that are out of your control drive you crazy. If you come across a tiny obstacle, do your best to use it to your advantage and work around it. So ends another segment of Aji's Decorating Corner. Thanks for taking the time to read my long-ass rant. XD
Til next time.
Evening, readers. I return with an Aji's Decorating Corner update. Yep. That's what I'm calling it. Because I'm weird like that.
Over the Labor Day weekend, my bedroom walls got painted a nice light gray/silver color. My mother did the trim, and I painted the rest of the walls. Some touch-up work needs to be done. But overall, the walls are finished.
Today, I tackled painting the heater white. I did the front of it, but decided to leave the sides for my mother to do. I didn't want to risk messing up the walls. New black curtains were put up yesterday. However, we took them down so we could add some silver panels between them that my mother got from one of her co-workers.
She also gave her a teal throw pillow. Since it didn't fit her room decor, my mother gave it to me to put on my bed. Now, here comes the burn part. After I said that I liked the curtains and pillow, and had no problem with including them into my room design, my mother seemed relieved. Then, commented that my room needed more color.
I already have planned in my head how I'm going to introduce color into my room. I tried explaining that to my mother, and she just laughed it off. She clearly doesn't think I know how to decorate my own fucking bedroom. That kind of hurt my feelings. Just because some things aren't to her taste doesn't make them wrong.
It's my room. I'll decorate it how I damn well please. Anyway, I've been posting pics of my progress on my instagram page. So, if you want to see what I've done so far, you can see on there. Once everything's done, I'll post pics of the finished product here.
Til next time.
Uuuuuugh. This week is going to be a depressing one. I'm still trying to find somebody to take me to Necrocomiccon and that's coming up empty. I'm also flat broke. So, no spending money.
On top of that, I have nothing to wear to the con. The majority of my clothes are in storage. Whenever a cool event is happening near me, there's always something in my way that keeps me from attending. This really, really sucks.
My Current Mood:
Seems that I have been slacking in the blogging department. Besides the constant snow and breaking my glasses, I have nothing new to blog about. It's been a slow couple of weeks. Need to get to a Michael's or an AC Moore and get some more beads for my necklace project. Yep, that's still a work in progress. It will probably take another year to finish it. Damn my lack of funds.
