make my bedroom a sanctuary of peace

This is going to take some creative resources that I don’t have. My walls are made out of the chalkboard material, so I am going to add some drawings of things I like: mangoes, eggplants and my dog for starters. I’m not very creative, so I will try to gather some inspiration over the next week before I begin.

The other half of this project will be throwing away garbage and keeping my clothes in a more scheduled rotation. I am hitting a bottle neck on Fridays which leads to a week full of dirty clothes floating around. I hope this project is done by the end of the week.

I’m having to take baby steps with this one, but I have now cleared off and organized the top of one bookshelf in my bedroom. It only has the essentials on it and looks very organized. The rest of my bedroom is still quite a mess, but at least one part of it looks good.

I’ll keep working on it to create a sanctuary of peace, one area at a time until the whole room is peaceful and serene.

Can’t have a sanctuary of any sort let alone a sanctuary of peace with all the clutter I have in my bedroom. I’ve begun going through the clutter and bagging up the stuff that I intend to throw out. I’m finally getting some momentum up now that I have cats living with me.

I’m glad for whatever motivation I can get, but I have to ask myself why I would clean up the clutter for my cats but not for myself. That doesn’t seem right. I should value myself and my happiness more than I do.

Okay, in light of the enormity of this task I have decided to start small by clearing off the surface of a 3’x3’ table that I have in my bedroom and restore it to my original purpose for it. That is to hold and burn candles. It used to look very serene and I am determined to make it that way again. Hmmm, maybe I better not burn the candles again until I clear away the clutter next to the table, too.

I expect it will take awhile to accomplish this goal as my bedroom is currently more of a disaster area than a sanctuary of peace. I am prepared to take this one step at a time, though.

I knew I wouldn’t be able to achieve this goal this year but perhaps I can next year. I’d like the room to have a nice style. I love color so I could go in so many different directions with the room. I’d like new paint, flooring, and sheets.

^{I liked the splashes of color in this interior design photograph}

I had several little things done with the room but yesterday we had the most significant progress! A. & E. helped me completely rearrange the furniture in the room and it has made such a difference. It looks less cluttered and cleaner.

When you walk into my bedroom is shouts out feminine!! I think it has a lot of personality. The colors are blue and white with accents of yellow. Except for my desk and the cat condo by the window it is filled with antiques which I love. My iron bed, oak dresser and wash stand, the childrens clothing, and the folk art picture all add to the charm. Well, at least I think so. This is an old picture, minus the cat condo, but you get the picture (no pun intended!).

So much done. It will be easier to work on this now that the bulk of it is cleared out of the way. I’m glad I said yes to help.

My youngest son’s girl friend is coming over to help me start anew on the “sanctuary of peace”. He came through my drape and said she wanted to help and I said “yes”. I have given up trying to figure out why I can’t do this myself. I accept that I can’t do this myself and I said “yes” to help.