the bedroom project 2014

In preparation for my very likely move back to Homeland, I've been reclaiming my old attic room back home, which had been turned into storage space, and redecorating. Previously, anytime I am back home I would simply crash in my mom's room on her floor. Lol, typing it out makes it all sound so vagabond and sad :D. Anyways, after the stuff that went down in Workland went down, I feel it's pretty much inevitable that I'll be moving back to Homeland and living with my parents. Lol, that sounds sad as I type it out but in all honesty Asians do such things and aren't ashamed of it. Plus, I'm single, it's completely okay :)

Anywho, since I have had a place to myself for the past 6 years, living with quite a number of people again will be a total adjustment for me. I have an intense need for solitude sometimes so i knew that my mother's bedroom floor was only workable for a short amount of time. Long term, I would need to get my own space. So began the big bedroom overhaul project.

Earning your own money certainly allows you more liberties in decorating choices. Instead of whatever my parents deemed was good enough, I can spend my own money however I want in order to achieve the aesthetics I want. And apparently I am going for an English vintage farmhouse vibe. In a black and white palette. Surprisingly, I have an inherent need to deck my space in white furniture which I would have been loathed to do not too long ago. But somehow, when I decided the theme I was going for, all I could envision going with the concept was decked in white.

Hence, the majority of the furniture I have gotten is in white. I mainly went through IKEA for the bigger furniture and accent pieces but I also have gotten more than a few things from deal sites like LivingSocial.com and Groupon too.

From Ikea, I have gotten the following:

Malm 4 Drawer Chest

Kvart Floor Lamp With 3 Spot

Laborg Low Pile Rug

Napen Clothes Stand With Cover

Knodd Bin With Lid

There were some things that I wanted but were OOS, so I will have to wait for them to become available which I hope is soon. Like the bed I want which is the Hemnes Day Bed With 3 Drawers below:

And the accompanying polyutherane foam mattress, SULTAN FLORVÅG:

Then there are these items which I recently decided I wanted:

I want to get 2 of these Aneboda wardrobes though right now quantities are limited so I might go for the wardrobe I originally wanted which is a tad more pricier, the Musken 2 Doors + 3 Drawers wardrobe below:

From Groupon I got these two accent pieces:

This full length mirror that also doubles as a jewelry case. And also this steel stand rack, though The pic's grainy since I had to crop the original image:

And last (for now) but not least, from LivingSocial I snagged this rolling side table which I am gonna use as my nightstand:

All in all this project is gonna cost me close to $1000. This isn't inclusive of the decor pieces I have already purchased prior like the art I have from Typo. Anyways, although the room is cleared and cleaned up, it's really only half liveable since I have an enormous collection of IT books from my learning days that I have no where to put right now. That's also not to forget the large collection of novels I also possess. All of them are just sitting in boxes on my new carpet. I haven't had the time to sort them out since I had to come back to Workland. I should be going back soon, I just don't exactly have a date yet. My life's kinda up in the air right now, lol.

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huge Cotton On haul :D

I'm not gonna say much 'cept I did go a little crazy. Shipping was free for orders above USD50 without a code and that meant I could finally use a 30 off code I had been holding on to that would expire in August. Total cost of this haul was roughly USD141.61 after conversion. On to the pictures, all screen capped from the Cotton On site :)

6 Unlined Lace Bras at $1.88 each. Total: $11.28

3 Lace Lined Wirefree at $1.88 each. Total: $5.64

2 Lace Unlined Wirefree at $1.88 each. Total: $3.76

2 Soft Unlined Wirefree at $1.88 each. Total: $3.76

2 Smooth Lined Wirefree at $1.88 each. Total: $3.76

5-pack Cotton Lace Boyleg at $17.53 (30%).

3-For-$10 socks though I actually paid $9.39 due to forex conversion. I got 1 in ditsy floral and 2 in the grey marle with charcoal tip. I know socks seem like a random buy but I do have a specific reason- am planning on taking up running outdoors and believe it or not, I do not own any proper socks!

Next, in keeping with the running theme - what Cotton On calls Runner Vest. Got this for $17.31 after 30 off.

Decided to get it in a brght blue so that I can be seen clearly since I'm running in the city and not some nice park. Also got this black, nondescript Flexed Fit Hat for $1.88 on sale. Again, I actually do not own any caps and figured a cheapie one would do just as well as something from Nike, Adidas, Reebok et al for exercise purposes :)

Next up, this lovely sleeveless white shirt that was on sale for $4.70. This is the Michelle Essential Shirt and the RRP is actually $18.50. I feel this would be great under blazers for the ofice and since they're sleeveless, you won't have that unflattering bunch in the jacket sleeves. There was also a floral version but by the time I was checking out, it had completely sold out :(

And last of the clothing stuff is this pair of jelly heels :D I got the Jessica Gladiator jellies the last time and when I saw these Jamaica Jelly Heels, I knew I had to have it. Got them in black for $17.31 after 30 off. These pair are totally reminiscent of my eldest sister's Guess clear jelly shoes she had yonks ago when the jelly shoe trend was all the rage - I feel that that was in the late nineties....

What would a Cotton On haul be without me getting stuff from Typo? I decided to collage the stuff instead of having them individual as this post is already image-heavy as is :D

Lol, I know the stuff I got seems totally weird. A wooden crate, a milk crate, 2 milk bottles, 2 mason jars, a ruler and a pot of acrylic chalkboard paint. I mentioned I'm redecorating my room and "farmhouse chic" is the aesthetic I'm going for hence all the white wood stuff. Except for the ruler which was on sale, the rest of the stuff I got 30 off with the promo code. I really scored on that considering these are the items that normally wouldn't go on sale so woohoo for moi!

Hehe, so that is hopefully the last of my Cotton On online haul for some time. Ok, confession, I did check the site recently, right before typing up this post actually, and, thankfully I can safely say, there is nothing that I possibly want right now, lol. But I feel that I am good overall on the lingerie front as well as the room decor stuff. Thanks, Cotton On for making my shopping soooo easy!

hauling Cotton On - home decor et al

I'm a HUGE fan of Cotton On's kitschy decor store Typo. I usually want a lot of things from the store but like I've mentioned before, the things are rather pricey.....until they go on sale that is - that's when the rock bottom prices make me go nuts wanting to snap up everything :D

Am currently in the process of redecorating my room back in Homeland. Yes, I still live with my parents when I go back there - what's the point of having your own place if you're not even there to live in it? Anyways, I've decided that my attic room will have a black and white decor which is the reason most of the stuff I got were in those hues. I'm going for a classic English country style. I haven't gotten round to it yet but I'm gonna get the white Hemnes daybed, the Musken 2 door/3 drawer white wardrobe and the Koppang/Hemnes 3-drawer white dresser all from Ikea.

Ok, on to the typo stuff. Although I haven't decided on a desk, I got some office supply items. Since the theme was white and the stuff was cheap, I got these old wire style desk tray, magazine holder and pen cup.....

And also these old school/retro style stapler and scissors.....

Also bought this lovely baroque mirror.....

This absolutely adorable cuckoo clock.....

These cute yet functional building blocks calendar

And the last of the stuff I could find images of on Cotton On are these silicon heart-shaped cupcake moulds.

These next few things I got off of various pinterest boards but all pinned from the Cotton On site. I got this white birdcage shelf.....

A decorative but functional tea for one set like below but in black.....

And a monster alarm clock in black.

I'd say the most expensive thing was the cupcake moulds. The rest of the stuff were all under 10 bucks. That's defintely an absolute deal right there :)

DISCLAIMER:
All images are from Cotton On's site or pinned from the Cotton On site, I own none of them.