My childhood bedroom never had much of an identity. It was just sort of an ever-growing collection of my possessions from birth through teenage angst, displaying a mish-mash of the furniture I'd had since I was 2, my glow-in-the-dark stickers, my Keroppi phase, and my teenybopper days.
Circa 2003:
Like I said, this furniture is the same set I've had since I was a baby... and it's still there to this day whenever I visit. :) The bed sheets were once pink and frilly to match my canopy but I made the cool decision in the 90's to upgrade to some Lion King sheets.
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| Things of note here: the full Nancy Drew collection on my bookshelf, some stuffed animals I never bothered to get rid of, hmm.. yup that's about it. (But seriously, por que Ricky por que!?!) |
THEN, I discovered IKEA the summer I left for college, and it was really the first time I got excited about decorating because I was able to personalize my dorm from scratch. At that point in my life, I was very colorful... in the most tropical of ways.
Freshman year dorm:
Spongebob?! Hibiscus patterns? Posters of islands and palm trees? Oh, that sounds so accurate.
Alternate duvet cover. I really went to town on that turquoise.
When I went home for winter break that year, I was rather inspired to give my room a facelift and I decided on an Arabian Nights theme. I remember my mom's concerned look when I was described I was going for a harem look, but I think I did rather well considering my limited college student budget.
Pretty much how it still stands today. And yes, I did say adios to my Ricky Martin poster.
