any way the wind blows

so i took on what seemed to be a simple task, however, massively annoying and time consuming things come in deceivingly small packages.

winding my embroidery floss.

yea.

however, the result is totally worth the cost.

rainyday templates

what a perfect day for this post.

it's just kinda crappy enough.

anyway i don't remember where i was browsing but i saw a post for this amazing company, called RainyDayTemplates. They have (actually) cute templates for blogger and stuff. They are totally affordable and if you want to spruce up your blizog, this is a really great way to do it ! For extra cost you can customize it to your exact specifications, so it's really up to you how much you want to spend, which i really like.


i am definitely going to purchase one, but here are a few of my faves.

white night

yay! we're on our way to having a completely white bedroom. the color we used was benjamin moore's chantilly lace, which is the ultimate ultimate super pretty white. yay!

re-ferb

so my room plan has changed. we are now goin all white. i saw this picture and realized i wanted to wake up in this every day.

via livingetc

so, slowly but surely, my room is transforming.

honestly, now waking up in there is so lovely.
and all we did was get a rug and buy new sheets and bedskirt!

we still have a lot of work to do. i bought the fabric to make drapes but i haven't done it yet, and we are putting some nice white shelves up so we can have the ugly tv furniture outta there.


before:

ALMOST after:

ahh the little things.

out with the old and in with the white

the whole bedroom. i've scrapped it all. it's gonna be all. white. all night.

this is gonna be my bedroom by the time i'm done with it

secrets

i am letting you into a place where something very special happens: sleeping.


i hate this room. i cannot tell you or explain in words how much this room makes me cringe whenever i walk into it.

i have such ideals about how bedrooms HAVE TO look that i cannot even begin to endeavor where to begin. everything in this room makes me want to scratch off the paint with my bare fingernails.

so now i am beginning my restoration. UGH i hate this room. god - the whole thing, its bad. its really bad. we have so much work to do in here and what i want requires probably a billion doll-hairs.



here is the before (have you EVER seen SUCH a "before" in your life)




so with a tight but reasonable budget i hope to get everything in the picture below and have a nice, yummy and serene bedroom. now only if i could paint the floors white....




and the fabric for behind the bed will look like this:
(forgive me, i forget where i found this, if someone has a link , please tell me)

oh. my. god.

UGH.

i am trying to re-organize my bedroom/dressing room/house just a little bit so i dont feel like i am always seeing soemthing weird and saying "what IS this? why did i KEEP this?" then putting it back down and walking away.

anyway so i am now throwing out things i even don't want to throw out. old halloween costumes (no - i WONT wear it again), empty diaries people gave me that i never wrote in, silly things like programs from broadway shows and things i just have no place for but hate throwing away because "aww".

well today is the day people. AND IT SUCKS. not only is it sad, it's dusty and annoying and messy and i have about 4,000 ziplock bags with labels like "photos", "memory box", "tchotchkes". apparantly all im doing is taking all the stupid shit i STILL dont need and compiling it into groups. but i did throw away 3 garbage bags full of stuff.

it really is annoying but im making headway.

it is all for the greater good to make THIS:



look more like
(well not exactly because this is clearly an office space, but you catch the idea)
THIS:

twinkle twinkle.

i'm such a hoarder. i buy little things and there they are, living in my house. for a one time editor i have zero ability to edit. i don't like many things.
but maybe, just maybe i do.

i also have a real disdain for "storage". like, as much as i love to see color coordinated baskets with labels on them in OTHER people's houses, i end up buying the baskets, labels, and more stuff to go in them but never get sorting. i'm a messy organizer. i have a fabric closet. for 2 months it is poifect. then after that the fabric stops getting folded. the pens start collecting. i buy extras of EVERYTHING. because if i run out of something, i promise you i will give up on it entirely.

i am a creature of habit. i am someone who wears the same 4 grey tshirts and 3 pairs of jeans every day. however, i have a closet full of beautiful clothes that only come out when i RARELY go out - i told you, creature of habit. or, hermit of habit is a better term.

anyway. some days i get chucking and really clean it all out. i wish i could get to the point where it looks like THIS:

via decor8