Mission: Room Redo, Pt.1

As a big fan of Saucy Dwellings and The Bedroom on LiveJournal, and sweethomestyle on Tumblr, I get daily urges to redecorate my room.  In the past 8 years that I've inhabited this room, I must have gone through 8 different decorating phases.  There was the island-y theme, the ecclectic theme, the boutique hotel theme, and so on and so forth.  Freshman year, struck by a cold & cough (on which I blame the following story), instead of going on Spring Break, I stayed home.  Not wanting my well-deserved and long-awaited week of respite from college to go to waste, I had the brilliant (and sickness-induced) idea to paint my room.  High on meds, I chose a bright red with a gold top border.  By the time I had cleared out my room, laid down the tarp and taped off all the trim and ceiling, I was good to go.  By the time I had finished the first primer-less wall, I was good to stop.  I guess it looked so easy on HGTV because the designers pretty much just delegated and didn't actually pick up a paintbrush. But there was no turning back.  The blinding red on the wall was screaming to keep going and 3 days later, the room was complete.  It took 2 coats and even then, you can still tell it's uneven, on account of not using primer.  To this day, I stand firm behind my decision to paint my room, even if I was drunk of Nyquil and/or Tylenol PM, because it was a labor of love.  I did it all myself, which I'm sure you can tell, and I know that next time I can and will definitely do a better job. 

The question is: Will there be a next time? As you may already now, I am 24 and still living with my parents.  While this might seem blasphemous to some, I don't really mind since I am really hesitant on dropping money on rent.  I'd rather save up and buy a house so that my money can put towards equity instead of a landlord's pocket.  Sometimes I wonder if it would be worth re-doing my room since I'm planning on making the move in the next year or so. 

I realized today that I do want to.  Thus, the mission begins.  This one is going to take awhile, folks, but by george, charlie and sam, it WILL happen. 



MISSION: IN MOTION