A Space

We all have dreams, right?  For some it's traveling, others it's a dream job; each to their own.  Me, I dream of one day owning a beautiful warehouse, loft space or large, modernist open plan apartment.  I spend hours of my life daydreaming about furnishing and decorating this dream home.  I pore over interiors magazines, wander round vintage shops, Scandinavian design shops, kitchen shops, you name it, picking out what I would have in this dream home of mine.  The reality is that I live, and will do for the foreseeable future, in a moderately sized rented flat, that is not mine to decorate.  This has the capacity to depress me.

But, with my incessant ability to hoard, potter and rearrange, and a little bit of creativity, I am slowly learning to turn the places I have to exist in,  into spaces I want to spend time in.  In my current space, my bed is a haven, with gorgeous bedding that's MINE and scatter cushions galore, and I have recently made the foray into candles and oil burners.  My latest achievement, however, is transforming the desperately dull Ikea Malm drawers in my room into a little work of art.  All it took was the pictures from an old calendar, scissors and blue tack.  If I owned the drawers, and if you want to do something similar, I would've sanded down the front and pasted the pictures on with wallpaper paste or PVA, for a more permanent finish.

What do you do to make your space your own?

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