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After almost five years in Geneva, I FINALLY decided to decorate my room. Mighty Mom, you saw the old one, so you can see the changes. Mainly I wanted to get the tapestry of the women with the dog that Llara embroided and the painting my grandmother painted (she never had an art lesson) plus the tapestry shown earlier on this blog up on the walls.
I mean you can't rush these things.
And we all know I am colour neurotic. And Rose, I was able to make all the selections in under 45 minutes so I didn't have to spend must time shopping. Whew...it wasn't my no-buy year alone that kept me from redoing the room. It was the dislike of shopping in general. But once I started I couldn't stop until I had everything I wanted.
Almost everything on the walls had pinks and blues. My favourite colour is dusty rose, so when I spotted the duvet covers within the first few minutes of entry into Manora, the rest was easy. I found the drapes within another ten minues although they weren't readily visible.
Then finding the sheers was easy.
A quick tour around the Manora household area and I found the tiny little roses to sew on the bottom two patterns of the sheers. The tassels match the roses on the sheers and in the duvet covers. But the thing I love most is the huge sticker of the flower in place of a headboard.
For a moment I was tempted to buy these huge candles that picked up the colour of the drapes and have a fine line exactly the colour of the tassels for the top of the book case. (Llara here is where you roll your eyes) BUT I priced them and what I wanted was over 300 CHF. I compromised with just one tiny one next to the alarm clock.
Besides I have two models of buidlings that the sons of this house made on top of the bookcase. Both of them occupied this room at different times, and I kinda like the continuity of having them represented in my room.
Now that my Changing Rooms moment is over, I am really enjoying the colours. Dusty rose makes my eyes happy.
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2 comments:
The room looks lovely.
I can't see all the pictures. Make sure they aren't placed all at the same text position, like the beginning of a paragraph. Drag and drop or cut an paste. Hope this helps but I'd love to see them all.
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