The Big Reveal

I first acquainted you with my room decorating project in this post.  Since that time I’ve painted, ordered blinds, reworked draperies, and dug through boxes of treasures that represent a variety of aspects of my life with my husband and family.  

Here is what I started out with (no, that right window is not crooked).

Here it is now.  

I have yet to bring my plants from my former house, and still need a few more accessories, but for the most part I am enormously pleased!  Trust me when I tell you that the photos do not do this room justice.  It’s a great beginning to my whole house decorating project. 

My son pulled together all of the accessories to make a great arrangement atop the media center.

My cozy reading corner.

A basket collected on one of our travels.

My beloved Nancy Drews.

I changed my mind on the trunk, switching from the original rather simple version to this sunburst, darker trunk with legs. A furry bear footstool lurks in the background.

This is the picture that started it all. I swear I’m going to hang it one day.

My mother made these drapes for me years ago for a guest room. They worked out perfectly here.

Travel souvenirs.

More travel souvenirs.

A didgeridoo purchased in London is propped next to an African mask.

My dad’s pocket trumpet.

A camera my dad bought in Berlin near the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building (Hitler's Headquarters) in 1945, perched on top of a portion of my complete collection of Agatha Christie novels.

A septarian nodule dating back to my college days as a geology major.

Now on to the kitchen, bedroom, and bathrooms!

This post is linked to:

Mosaic Monday
Metamorphosis Monday