We moved in to our first home here in the rural Downeast three years ago. I had to have a house with a name, and our home’s name came from seeing a mother deer with her fawns down the hill the day after we got the key to this place. It was sort of magical, like we’d taken the keys to not just a little house, but instead to a home in the fairytale woods. I’ve had a lot of fun setting up house ever since. I remember even as a little girl I enjoyed making things pretty and neat. My husband likes to ask “What’s wrong with you?” as he was your typical “messy bedroom” type of kid. Ha!
We’ve got a small bedroom in a modest sized home, so we did a few space saving things in our renovations last year (more on that later). Some that I’m especially proud of include the pocket door shown (no swinging door to take up space), and the floating bedside shelves. I’d like to get wall sconces down the road to save further space. We also share one “double decker” closet, a dresser, and a wardrobe.
While I’m no professional decorator, I think that anything with visual impact (like arranging items on a shelf or putting together an outfit) is best learned through studying images. I’ve spent too much time figuring out what I like (and what I don’t) via Pinterest, and now I’m using this blog to figure out how to show the beauty I observe in it’s best light.
I left our cat in here for authenticity. Our pets are all over our bed all the time and on a not so glamorous note I have two words of advice. Washable. Bedding.
Toile pillow shams from Etsy, light switch plate available here, wall paint is “Palace Pearl” from Benjamin Moore.
