My Bedroom Makeover: The Inspiration Phase
Welcome back to another installment of a series I like to call Arlyn Finally Does Something About Her Boring Bedroom. This week, I’m dipping my toe into the never-ending realm of inspiration a.k.a. Pinterest and Instagram rabbit holes. If you were here for the before post, you may remember that the two biggest issues in my bedroom (that I share with my husband, so when I say “my,” I really mean “our”) are storage and a complete lack of personality. In fact, I compared the room to a bag of Malt-O-Meal generic cereal…good enough for the investment, but not quite the same punch as name brand. Let’s jump right in, shall we? To address the former issue first, a handful of readers in the comments threw out the idea of an armoire jumping to the aid of my “where to put the suitcases” dilemma with additional room for shoe storage which I desperately need. Some asked if the luggage fits under the bed—sadly, no. But I’m now currently on a watermelon sugar-fueled hunt for a burl wood armoire. I’m not 100% sure where I’d put such a thing, but there are ideas swirling in this brain of mine that I’ll,...