Comfort | Redecorating on a Budget

This is my room (I moved my bed the other day) and I love it. As I mentioned in a previous post I've put a lot of work into it. What started off as a complete blank slate (bare and white 5 years ago) has now become the place I retreat to after a long day at work, play with Oliver, and genuinely love.

I also love to redecorate it, but right now I don't exactly have the money to go all out and get a whole new room. Here are a couple of the things I've done to change my room up for 2014.

I know it may not be to everyones taste, and some might think it resembles the old room in their grandmothers house, but I love it.

Every piece in this room was hunted down, or found in the back of a closet. Even given to me, for example my bed belonged to a family friend, its an old antique cast iron bed that needed the paint touched up so I decided to paint it gold. What you can't see in this image is that I have a lot of gold accents in my room, the bed bing the biggest.

I also recently decided to paint most of my furniture white. My furniture was all a natural pine finish, and with the direction my room was heading I knew I wanted white furniture. After looking online for pieces and seeming what people were selling locally, decided to keep what I had and headed downstairs and found an old can of white paint and ended up painting five different pieces with that one (barely ½) can of paint. As an extra touch I bought two new (different) knobs from a local shop and fixed them onto a cabinet door and a small drawer. 

There's still so much I want to do, and maybe I can move out soon and start over, but for now I will think I will keep adding little touches to make my space mine. 

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All Dolled Up | Makeup & Jewellry Set Up

I love having the things I love on display. This is in no way showing off, I have worked hard to make my room the way it is and love looking at other room decor post. This blog is after all, about the things I love. 

So here's a little sneak peek on how i display my jewellery and makeup. Most of the items I picked up at winners and value village. 

If, like me you like the shabby chic/vintage/old lady look in your space, I suggest going to thrift stores and markets to look for nicknacks and trinkets. 

Teacups: not only are the cute, but also perfect for storing. I use some for lip stains/lip glosses and one for my most used makeup brushes. I also have a few teacups and saucers around my room that I have put tea lights in to give off a nice glow at night when I want to relax with an actual cup of tea and a book (currently I'm reading the Shadow Falls series, its pretty good if you like paranormal young adult books and are just looking for a fun light read).

Let me know in the comments if you want me to go into more detail about the makeup I use most often.

This is an old mirror a family friend had, she heard I was looking for a mirror about this size to do my makeup in and offered this frame. All I had to do was bring it in to mirror/glass shop where I got them to fit in a sheet of mirror. Ended up being so much cheaper than buying a mirror this size from any shop.

Hope you enjoyed this.

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