my own little corner

When our house dreams first started to take shape,

I had fantasies of having my own little space - a nook, a corner - something that was my own.

As we started looking, that idea became less important

and I focused more on other things like the yard, the kitchen, the overall layout of the house.

And kind of forgot about the idea of my space.

When we found our house, it had three bedrooms.

The front room is the "master" bedroom

(as much as you can get a master bedroom in a house built in 1946. Basically, it's the largest room- let's call it Papa Bear room)

We decided to use that as our tv room because

we adamantly did not want our 37 inch tv dominating our living room

and we chose the Mama Bear room for our bedroom.

We were no longer in a two bedroom apartment so we didn't have to pack

the bed

two bedside tables

and

two large dressers

in one Mama-Bear bedroom.

I originally was convinced that I wanted to "save" a bedroom for guests

but we also have an apartment in the basement and once we get all of the boxed up stuff we haven't dealt with yet, we can make it into a nice space for guests - complete with their own bathroom.

It really isn't very nice yet, but it will be eventually. Give me time.

This left the third bedroom.

The closets are also small in the bedrooms because it's old and people back then didn't have the volume of stuff we have now.

So fella uses the closet in the front room

(he also gets up at an ungodly hour to go to work so using that closet is less disruptive to my sleep.)

And I use the Baby Bear room.

It's my office/dressing room/ music room.

It's neat and tidy and only has my stuff in it.

and I LOVE IT.

(I realize these pictures are sub-par but it's all I have right now)

The desk I got at the Christie antiques show in September.

Same goes for the two chairs.

I have since hung curtains and it makes a huge difference in the "cosy" factor of the room.

 

(again - terrible picture but at least you can see my breadbox and lamp in action!)

(I'm now realizing that I forgot to take pictures of the other half of the room.

I'll post those later)

I would also love to get a comfy reading chair for this room but for now, I'm happy with it as it is.

On the docket this weekend -

- Dinner with two of my siblings tonight

- I really want to put up some Christmas lights outside - my weeny wreath with the battery powered lights is lovely but a little thin.

- buy abovementioned lights

-Straighten my tree (it leans to the left)

- do some more baking

Watch the snow hit on Sunday - big storm a' coming our way!

(which makes me so glad we live on a fairly major street- the city plows and salts the sidewalk!)

Happy Weekend All!