This month I moved back to Huddersfield to start the second year of my Fashion Communication and Promotion degree! I spent last year in halls, living in a flat of four about a five minute walk from uni and while I did enjoy the experience, I'm much happier to be back in a house with a cosy, homely feeling and lots of space. I was determined this year to create my own happy little bubble where I can stay focused and motivated during the day and relax in the evenings. I am honestly SO pleased with the outcome. I've been turning to Pinterest religiously lately for inspiration or a way of dragging myself out of a low mood so I wanted to reflect this by having lots of uplifting quotes to inspire me and coach me through the next year. I wanted lots of colour and detail rather than having a distinct theme, so from the dozens of fairy lights to the many maps and travelling pics, the whole room gives a very 'me' vibe. When I was little I used to hope and pray that my parents would convert the loft in our family home into my very own room and now I'm literally living out my attic room dreams! I have an amazing view (although there is a tree kinda blocking it which I wish I could cut down) and the sun spans over the window all day so it's always bright and airy. The extra flight of stairs made moving in with my mountains of stuff pretty challenging but even that has its advantages as in addition to the twenty minute walk to uni, I've been declaring everyday as 'leg day'. I'm expecting to have the legs of an athlete by the time I move out next year. The whole house has white walls and exposed brick with accents of lime green (I daren't post pictures of the rest of the house as with six people living here, it is NEVER clean) and feels really modern and quirky. We can't figure out the heating so I'm permanently cold and the neighbours already hate us but I am SO happy here.
Aaaah isn't it just soooo cute *insert heart-eyed cat emoji here*. I've opted for two sets of bedding from Primark this year - a cute pastel geometric/grid print one which I have yet to try out and a plain white one which I love because it makes the rest of my soft furnishings the focus - even if it does crease like craaaazy. My throw is also from Primark, along with the geometric green/grey/marble print cushion on the far-left and pink one on the far-right. The other two are both from Matalan. I have some (once again) Primark festoon-style fairy lights hung up along my pinboard which my dad helpfully nailed into the wall (shh) and atm I have some scanned illustrations from Sophia Amoruso's Nasty Gal book pinned up to add to that whole #girlboss attitude that I've been trying to channel lately. On my bedside table I have the most adorable box which I picked up from TKMaxx earlier this year, a New Look copper mason jar and an oil pourer/vase, originally from TKMaxx, which I spray painted copper - not obsessed I PROMISE - and added some IKEA tulips to.
I neeeed to talk about this wall because it is EVERYTHING. I just love seeing other ppl's feature walls full of framed illustrations, photos, posters etc. so I've tried to recreate my own here and even though it's still in its early days and there's a lot I could do to improve/add to it, I'm in love. So far I have a hand-painted acrylic canvas (left) of an area in Krakow which I bought there last year, two 'just be you' and 'dream big' prints from a cafe/design store called Fig and Sparrow in Manchester, some travel polaroids, two quotes which I printed and framed, a large Paperchase vintage-style world map, an illustrated postcard from Venice and a cute little decorative hanging framed quote from Primark. This wall is the main thing that I feel really ties everything together and I just can't get enough of how much colour it adds to the room. I mounted the larger pieces (i.e. the canvas and frames) to the wall using adhesive command strips which you can probably find in any craft/diy shop but I bought in B&Q. Since I'm living in rented accommodation, I'm not allowed to add any permanent fixtures to the walls and these are a really good alternative to blue-tack because they're much easier and sleeker to use.
The storage space in my room is seriously lacking compared to my room in halls last year so I brought up a bookcase from my parents' house that wasn't really being used anymore and I'm glad it fits nicely into the little space at the end of my bed. On here I have a vase originally from Habitat, which I also spray painted copper, a snazzy AF pencil holder that my mum found in TKMaxx (filled with all the colours of the rainbow in sharpie form), a few books which I had to read at school/college and more often than not hated - but now love - and a B&Q potted plant which I mentioned in my last blog post. My desk area still needs a lot of work because it's looking super bland right now! Along with my beloved new Macbook I've also invested in a printer of my own this year which makes the long, dreaded walk to the library printers a thing of the past. My lamp was from Wilko and cost about £3 max and I've tied a Zara neck scarf around the base. I also brought my own desk chair from home because the one provided by the landlord was discoloured and pretty disgusting! Wouldn't find that in halls. I'm anticipating that in the up-and-coming months the back wall against my desk will be decorated with various deadlines/sheets/post-it notes/newspaper clippings etc. which might bring this area alive a bit more! I spent my freshers' week mostly drunk and making questionable decisions or hungover and nursing my poorly-self and now I just simply can't express enough how pleased I am to finally be settled back into my uni town and getting stuck back into my course. Thanks for reading!
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