New Home Planning: Bedroom

You might remember that earlier this year I blogged about moving back with my parents for a year to try and save up enough money to buy a home of my own. I’ve now decided to put off buying for at least another year for a few reasons, but instead will be renting somewhere in February with Matt. Even though it won’t be completely my own place, I’m really excited about it. I’ve shared houses a few times before, and it’s always been great, but the thing is that you only ever have a small part of the house to call your own – usually your bedroom and a couple of shelves. So I can’t wait to make my mark on the whole place. I might not be able to paint it and put up shelves but there’s a lot you can do with a rental to make it homely.



If you looked at our bedrooms, you’d know in an instant that both Matt and I had never lived with a partner before. Mine is super girlie... his is super brown. Seriously, what is it with guys and brown? Ugh. We’re both going to have to compromise a little on the aesthetics next year, but I think we’ll make it work (although I have no idea where I’m going to put all my shoes!).



Because of this, I’ve been hunting high and low for new duvet covers. Mine are all hearts and flowers – it kind of looks like Cath Kidston threw up in here – and his? Yeah, you guessed it. Brown. The thing with boy-friendly duvet covers is that the girl has to like them too. You might be happy to settle on having everything white, but I like a colourful bedspread – it’s such a major part of the room. Here are my favourites...