A fortuitous coincidence, this list, as only last week I undertook a makeover of the area next to my bed. Inspired by Lisa of Mathilde heart Manech's recent overhaul of her bedside table, I decided I'd had enough of the tatty old table and the fact it had become a dumping ground for all manner of rubbish - old receipts, fistfuls of medication due to my recent ill health, toiletries that would have been better off in the bathroom.
My new, improved bedside area (I just moved the much nicer table from the spare room into our room and then tidied away/threw away most of the excess 'stuff'') is cleaner, tidier and makes that dark corner of the bedroom feel so much more spacious and light, and features:
1. Table lamp from Homebase
2. Homemade book hearts in a frame (what do you mean, you'd expect me to have a photograph of The Boy? Books are my first love, it's only right they should have pride of place)
3. A glass of water
4. Burt's Bees honey & almond hand cream
5. Alarm clock
6. Q&A a day diary
7. Books I'm currently reading (I've just finished the two pictured, their place now taken by The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey)
8. Kindle & iPad
9. Stack of craft books and magazines for browsing
10. And on a floating bookshelf above the table: stack of half-read books and a wooden letter J
That floating bookshelf is amazing! I'm so going to get one, whenever I move out. Also, why do people put pictures of their loved ones on their bedside table if their loved one is, I believe in most cases, is right next to them? I was not surprised with the book hearts at all, they look awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt's cool, isn't it? I got it online from the Literary Gift Company but I also saw them on sale in the Netherlands last summer.
DeleteLovely, I've pinned this image from your bedside - looks like a very comfy, relaxing space. x
ReplyDeleteYeah, that floating bookcase is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love your bedroom floor aswell - I'd love to have a bare wooden floor but our floorboards would need too much work :(
They're pretty grubby and dusty in these photos, I only realised after I posted them! Luckily my floorboards had already been done when I bought the house, so both downstairs living rooms and my bedroom have bare wooden floors. I love them! (Bit draughty in winter though)
DeleteThe floating bookshelf is awesome! It's fuelling ideas for redecorating my room! Xo
ReplyDeleteI love this - my bedside table is a disaster area. If I get a break between jobs that is going to be one of my projects.
ReplyDeleteIt has seriously made me so much happier and more relaxed in my bedroom - something about having all that clutter gone and a pretty, tidy space in its place makes such a difference. Do it!
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