I moved into my house (my first real house- Mike and I have lived in apartments for the first 6 years because we moved every year for jobs and school) about 2 years ago. Until 2 weeks ago I had decorated every room in my house except my own bedroom. I guess I figured that no one ever sees that but me so I won't put any effort into it. But nothing gets you moving like having all of your family and friends over who you know are going to want to tour your house to get the decorating bug into gear. I am very lucky to have a husband who could care less about how I decorate- which is a good thing because I do not have a grown up style. Maybe it's because I am around kid's stuff all day or maybe it's because the bright colors inspire me to be creative- whatever it is, I decorate to make me feel good not to match the latest Pottery Barn catalog. Here is an item I love...My own eiffel tower. It is 6 feet tall and I get to wake up to it every morning (better than any view I had from my hotel rooms in Paris). It is supposed to be a garden ornament but it was a much cheaper option for a large piece of art. It is light weight and the kids love it to!
I figure it was better than a mural because I can take it with me if we ever move again- or if Bella has a Paris birthday party it would be great as a decoration. Yes, I plan to put lights on it at Christmas time (kitch is my middle name). Jamie gave me a great big shelf she wasn't using anymore and I found these un-decorated letters from Joanns. I got some scrap fabric and decoupodged the BIG letters. The large pencil I did get from Pottery Barn- but it was all dented up because they used it as a display and I got it for $25- I thought it went well with my desk area! My other great piece is my chandelier- 
if any of you shop at Anthropologie, you might recognize it. I feel in love with it there but there was no way I could pay $1400 for it. One day I was working at POPIN and looked through some lighting catalogs we had in the back and saw the very same chandelier- for $450!!! I about fell out! So that is my huge splurge but it is such a joy to look at! I saved money every where else in my room because I made all of my own bedding (sewed vintage hankies to a white sheet, then to another sheet to make a duvet) Made my curtains out of old bed sheets that had a pretty ruffle on them. Found a chair on the side of the road that someone had thrown out- spray painted it light pink and recovered the cushion with some scrap House Inc. fabric. Here is my desk chair that 
I got at a scratch and dent place, gave it a coat of white spray paint, then wove bright pink ribbon through the back slats the sewed the ends. Both of these projects costed me about $15 (8 for the desk chair, 5 for the spray paint and 2 for the ribbon). My bedroom is pretty big so I have my "craft studio" in here too. Maybe one day it won't be such a disaster and I will show to pics of that too!
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I saw this chandalier at the big "A" also! Good score. I gussied up an old one for my daughter's room with spray paint, etc. and was pretty proud of myself. My husband hates it! So it must look like Anthropologie.
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