I can’t tell you what the rest of this week is going to be like for me, but for right now, rather than sit and profess my sadness to you, I’m just going to pretend like I have no sadness.

That’s healthy, right?

Back in the day, I was always doing projects and reorganizing our house and making it incredibly difficult for Brian to find things because I was always rearranging things.  But then, oh I don’t know, things change.  You are diagnosed with Hashimotos, you start a blog and learn about twitter, you battle grief and depression and well, that mojo is just gone.

But while it’s gone, it’s missed and wished for every single day.  So, last week when I rearranged our office, it really was a big deal to me.  I felt so good about it all week long.  (and Brian loved it, too,which is not surprising because did you see how awesome it was?)  I felt like me and it was the loveliest feeling.

Then yesterday, I slept a little late, until nine or so and then after a few cups of coffee, I put my running shoes and bra on (the key to success) and I tackled the day.  I organized drawers and kitchen cabinets, cleaned off the front of the fridge and did all of our laundry.

The big project, however, was in my bedroom.  Since December November, I have had a pile of moving boxes in my bedroom, everyday I’d look at those stupid suckers and throw my dirty jeans on top of them at the end of the day.  I knew one day I’d have the gumption to open those boxes up, but that day just seemed to never come.

Until yesterday.

And then I was feeling all inspired (as always) by The Nester.  She’s been running a wonderful series on her blog called “Ten Minutes to a Room you Love.“  The idea being that you can improve your room simply, right now, with what you have.

There are many things that bother me about my master bedroom.

One: The pile of boxes.  (duh.)

Two:  Lack of drawer space.

Three:  Our furniture does not match, it resembles a collage dorm.  (Minus the posters on the wall.)

Fortunately, there are tons of things I love about the room, like the wall color, the size, the windows, my window treatments, my quilt (okay, my bed), the white trim, I just really love my room.  But I knew it could be better.

So my goal?  Empty the damn boxes and just do something different.

First of all, in my dream world, I’d like to think that I’d have either one of these two dressers:

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but the truth is, I can’t spend any money, so, the only thing I can get at the Pottery Barn is inspiration, and that’s okay with me.  And that’s just what I did.  While browsing their catalog yesterday, I noticed a mirror above a dresser, I remembered that I had a mirror that I bought from Ikea almost ten years ago and immediately grabbed my hammer, a nail and that mirror and ran upstairs to hang this bad boy.

I already has this dresser in my bedroom, which I bought from Target about two years ago:

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So simple.

I love the door handles on that dresser:
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On the other side of the room sat the pile of boxes.  I unpacked those and was left with just space.   I was considering putting a little kids dresser there that Brian and I purchased for Ariel when she was just a baby swimming around in my belly, it was $99 at Babies r’ Us, but I just couldn’t stand the thought of something so chintzy being in my room, but I decided to try it anyway.

After placing everything in my room, I asked Brian if he would run to the hardware store to buy new drawer handles and he did. (yes, I know the idea was to do it without spending a dime, but I would not have been happy with the outcome with big, white plastic handles on the drawers.  Leave me alone.)

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Now these handles are probably not the handles I would have chosen (these are), but that’s okay, anything is better than what was there.

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Is it just me or does that dresser not look like a $99 dresser purchased over six years ago?  (warning: do not open the bottom drawer, it will fall apart.)

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This change brought me happiness during a time when I really needed it.  I’m so glad I did it.

Makes me excited for tomorrow…

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