The Art of Cozy

If you were to randomly drop by our house one weekday night,

you would quickly find out that I am no

Martha Stewart.

There will probably be dishes in the sink.

The bed will most likely be unmade.

And there won't be a lot of decorations to make it feel like you stepped into a magazine.

Remember how our bedroom looked when we first moved in?!

Bumpy paneling painted that generic sand brown

A half torn off 'Rock Band' sticker on the wall

No closet door

Dressers thrown on one wall

The bed against another.

My philosophy was this.

Since painting requires stripping the room to bare bones,

why hang pictures and take all that energy to make decorate

when it's just going to change?

Fast forward six months.

Nothing has changed.

Zip. Zero. Nada.

Last week I had an epiphany. . . .

Wait.  What was that epiphany. . .

Whatever.  I guess it was cooler in my brain.

Anywayza.

I basically realized that I could be creative with what I have

and make our home cozy.

With what I have right.this.second.

So one afternoon

I huffed that furniture around the room.

Pounded in a few nails.

Gathered a few choice items from around the house.

And voila.

I present to you 

La Bedroom de Cozy

{insert sparkly soundtrack from Extreme Home Makeover}

I realized that placement of furniture is key.

I realized that I already had lots of cool pieces from other places

 in the house that really made the room perfect.

I realized that practicing the art of cozy makes it just that.

I didn't want to leave our room.

It felt like a brand new space.

So while I can't wait to take the paneling off 

paint this room awesome

and maybe buy some real side tables,

It is possible to

create lovely spaces with a fairly non-existant

decorating budget.

Now, I wanna hear

 all your best decorating secrets.

Or tell me your coziest, favorite room in your house.

Readysetgo.

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AConfessingPS

The 'Rock Band' sticker is still on the wall

True story.

xoxo