We live in a tiny house...really tiny house. It is a Cape Cod that has 2 bedrooms on the first floor, a living room, bathroom, kitchen and a new addition - we call the sunroom. The second floor has two bedrooms - a large master bedroom and a tiny additional bedroom we once used as a nursery and then as an office.
As our boys got older and moved out - well one is out and has his own house while one is at college - the use of the 4 bedrooms has changed. Our oldest son's room became our youngest son's room. The youngest's room became the guest room/office. My husband expanded the closet in the small bedroom upstairs for himself while the rest of the room became a storage area by default. I decided to switch closets with my husband and claim the whole small bedroom for myself.
We started decluttering the room and switched out closets - which forced us to go through clothes and shoes. We donated quite a bit to the local thrift shop. Now the room will become my craft studio. I am so excited...to have a space to get all my supplies organized in one place. Right now things are stored through out the house.
I started by painting the tiny room a sunny yellow...just the perfect color...not too bright. I LOVE it...the room glows...and since there is only one window...it needs all the brightness it can get. I found a floral fabric that I also love...it is very modern and graphic looking...with large flowers in various shades of yellow and black and grey. I plan on using it to create panels on the doors of the armoire - which right now have a wire mesh...and you can see all the bins of yarn in it.
This past weekend we had our new bed delivered - a king size to replace the full size we have had for years - and share with our dog - ugh..... Now our upstairs is all torn apart - as we had to move furniture around to have the bed delivered. The progress I was making on my craft room has been displaced with lots of items temporarily moved in there - that coupled with the need to drag out some bins of warmer clothes has made for more clutter - it never seems to end.
It is a work in progress...but is getting there....more to come.
Cozy sleeping arrangements you had. I'll bet you're going to love the King sized bed.
Your craft room sounds wonderful! The colors of the drapes sounds like it'll play really nicely against the yellow walls. Pictures!
Posted by: Carrie K | October 07, 2010 at 05:03 PM
That's very exciting to get your own room! Will you be posting photos when you're done?
Posted by: Beth | October 10, 2010 at 07:50 PM