My Bedroom in Roscoe Village

My Bedroom: where I dream…

A tour of my blue and brown bedroom.

I live in Roscoe Village in a three bedroom apartment with my friend Heather. We each have a bedroom to ourselves and the third we use for storage. My bedroom is pretty. It is where I sleep most nights. The blue and brown color scheme is probably less pink than you would think.

Photos of my blue and brown bedroom:

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme.

My bedroom has a light blue / teal blue / brown color scheme. It’s small, but there is enough room for me and a full bed.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. My bed. I sleep with six pillows, a monkey, and a jackalope

My bed. I sleep with six pillows, a monkey, and a stuffed jackalope I picked up at Wall Drug. I have a textured brown duvet cover from Target and a light blue spread and pillows on top. Behind my bed there is a big world map print from These Are Things and a few art prints from Kurt Halsey.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. My night stand

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. My night stand

My nightstand is at the foot of my bed, because it’s the only place it would fit. On it there is my alarm clock and a few tchotchkes. It’s surrounded by art.


 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. Mini Eiffel Tower and Seattle Space Needle.

I have a miniature Eiffel Tower and Space Neelde I picked up in Paris and Seattle.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. My photos of Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse and a photo my grandparents took of Mount Rushmore before it was completed.

Hanging on the wall are photos of Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse and a photo my grandparents took of Mount Rushmore before it was completed.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. Jackalope feltidermy

There is a jackalope feltidermy head from Girlsavage on Etsy. If you can’t tell, I like jackalopes.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. Print of my favorite Kurt Halsey painting

There’s more Kurt Halsey artwork. This is a print of one of my favorite paintings.

 

My favorite photo of Takeru Kobayashi, the Amsterdam canals at night, and me and friends in Hyder, Alaska.

I also hung some of my favorite photographs. My favorite photo of Takeru Kobayashi, the Amsterdam canals at night, and me and friends in Hyder, Alaska.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. If I am given a flower I will not throw it out. It ends up in a jar.

If I am given a flower I will not throw it out. It ends up in a giant teal jar. And that jar is on my floor by the window. Alongside some more teal glassware.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. My replaced ballerina music box (I lost the original in a house fire and found it years later on ebay).

My replaced blue ballerina music box plays Memory. It sits on a shelf on my bookcase. I lost the original in a house fire in high school and found this same one years later on eBay.

 

I love flowers.

I love flowers. I try to buy some when I can.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. Drawing of me by Kurt Halsey

I have more art by Kurt Halsey. This one is the most special. It is an original drawing of me by Kurt Halsey. I won the opportunity in a contest on Livejournal.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. my dresser

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. my dresser

We’ve had this dresser in my family since probably before I was born. It had a million coats of paint on it so I stripped them off and refinished it. It’s pretty and the perfect scale for a tiny room. Though it’s slightly falling apart.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. Kurt Halsey and Heather art

More Kurt Halsey art and dragonfly art Heather made for me.

 

My bedroom. My blue and brown bedroom color scheme. Rocks from Crazy Horse and The Spindle and a photo from Venice.

Rocks from Crazy Horse and The Spindle and a photo from Venice.


 

And that is my bedroom in my Roscoe Village apartment.

That is where I dream.

 

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Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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2 Comments
  • Sid
    May 26, 2010at11:07 pm

    Just out of curiosity, what does the jar of old flowers smell like now?

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