set decorating

Have been de-cluttering and decorating my own "set" aka my bedroom today, as I always seem to be saying in my posts.

Took advantage of Aaron Brothers's penny sale where if you buy one frame the second frame (of equal or lesser value of course) is only a penny. I have some Thrice posters hanging out, so I decided to get some frames for them. Yay. Don't know where I'll hang them yet. The smaller one is on my dresser and will probably stay there.

Here is my old bookcase. I love stacking books like this:So messy though. So much crap. How did I happen upon all this stuff, honestly? I've moved the whole thing to make room for the "art deco" dresser that Dad found for me. I like my Ikea bookshelf, but why have Ikea when you can show off a unique dresser? Will post photos when that area is all finished.

Here is my new place for the playing of musics:I got the idea from the deco on the film The Royal Tenenbaums where in Richie's yellow tent he has a bunch of little knick knacks around his record player. I have some volcanic rock from Mt. Etna that Rosario picked up for me. A jam jar from having tea and scones in at the Orchard Tea garden in Cambridge where Virginia Woolf took tea. A wooden carving of a caribou that I found hiding in the house. On the wall are some random postcards acquired in Paris, and a letter my brother wrote to me on cardboard scraps.

Another corner of my room. And another stack of books. I think the idea of book stacking came to me in an episode of "Pushing Daisies." It actually looks different now, but I liked the direction where this was going. I've since taken off the photos from the hanging lamp, and the vinyls are by the record player now. The anime poster is gone.

I know I have a lot of stuff--as evidenced in these photos. But I can't help but attach a memory to all of these things. Tossing something out would be like tossing out a memory. A room filled with memories is just so comforting and warm to come home to.