In the bedroom

[batskeets]

Because I feel like it, here are pictures of my 5-minute re-do of my west bedroom wall! The lighting in here is kind of crap, but I think I was able to compensate via some quick Photoshop filters. The originals were pretty yellowish:

The southwest corner, featuring the new faux-curtains, one of the new homemade tag boards, my paper lantern, and the J poster from the SHOXX I bought from Alyson:


The northwest corner: more faux-curtains, the other homemade tag board, and the top corner of my desk hutch.


The entire west wall. The fan in the window won't be there, come winter. You can see a bit of the original, grungy, off-white curtains at the bottom, there. I'm thinking about attatching some kind of fringe to the bottom of the blue pin-overs to cover it up.


The southwest corner again, with the paper lantern lit up! So pretty! <3


Yeah, so it's not as cool as kristine's new room, but given the fact that I'm not allowed to paint the walls in here, it's certainly an improvement! Anything, and I mean *anything*, is better than white on white on white. I'm thinking that I want to cruise St.VdeP, Goodwill, etc. soon, and see if there's any cheap furniture that I can restore and re-finish in pretty colours.

Also: taking photos of one part of the room, while trying *not* to capture the messiness of the rest of the room, is no easy task. ::rotfl::

Comments

White walls make me cry.

[kristine.livejournal.com]

I wanted a big paper lantern for my main light source in my room, but I wasn't sure whether it'd be bright enough. (Oh, and I'm also paranoid about it burning and starting a fire. ^^;;) Instead, I have that row of little paper lanterns.

And you're right: it's hard to capture your room without the messiness. *LOL*

Re: White walls make me cry.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the paper lantern doesn't make for a particularly bright light source--for the size of lantern that I have, I think you can only go up to a 60 or 75-watt bulb.

The paper lantern is nice, soft lighting by itself, so it's very pretty. I like to have it on when I'm on the computer, but I probably wouldn't try to read a book by it unless I was directly under it. ^^; I have 3 different light sources in my room, so I just add and subtract as I need it.

I like your itty bitty lanterns, though! They're so cute!

[koualecia.livejournal.com]

You own me. <333 *tackle* Thank you SOOO much for the paid account! And shibby decorating. I love the lantern. >3

[xplo.livejournal.com]

You know, from the way the lighting in your room changed over time when I took those infamous cam screenshots, and what I had to do in PS to correct for it, I would have thought you were farther from the window.

Yes, I am the BIGGEST DORK EVER. XD

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Well, most of my window is covered with aluminum foil, to keep the evil day star from overheating my room. Would that explain it?

[xplo.livejournal.com]

Yes! Well, possibly. I think so.

Why in god's name am I still up? >_<

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