My Pad For an iPad - Living Room

Last month I entered a competition on Blogging Edge, the task was to describe my bedroom, this month its living room.

I have 2 rooms downstairs the front room is known as 'the playroom' its full of all the toys for my daughter, and where I will be working from when I am a childminder.

The second room, which for this blog, will be my living room. Even though I spend all the day in the front room, this is MY room.

I wont be winning any competitions for having a tidy house! Its not that I am lazy or scruffy, but I have so much stuff, boarding on being a hoarder.

Can you tell I like leopard print? I made the leopard print cushion covers out of an old bedding and same with the butterfly covers. In the evening this is my domain, sit on here with my laptop. Its an IKEA day bed, much comfier than a normal sofa. I have 2 large underbed storage draws here too which I am always finding things to fill with.

My beautiful tv! with just a small selection of my dvds. This is the horror section, disney, stephen king and a bit of tv. It just looks messy :/

I have sold lots of dvds recently when cash was tight, I had a completely full shelf before, but this is my collection right now, its always growing. I like to have them open but my mum keeps insisting I shut them to make it seem less cluttered. When I start working the kids will have to go through this room to get outside so I will close them then.

My glass cabinet, full of my most rare and expensive things, and its also the home of my Michael Jackson collection and War of The Worlds, had this for many years, think its time for another!

An idol of mine, this is above my sofa, my Marilyn Monroe collection.

And finally:

My sewing machine, it was my mums, I am not that good but I keep practicing, cushion covers are nice and easy dont need to be perfect! I have made a skirt and a blanket, next going to try turning socks into little cuddly toys!

I am definitely going to look at tips from the website http://www.emoov.co.uk/home-staging/ when I start working because this room needs alot of work to try and make it look clutter free!

Blogging Edge: Whats In My Bedroom

Something different tonight, this is a little campaign ran by Blogging Edge. I can't do a before and after,  I don't know when my wardrobes are coming so I thought I would just do as it is.

My house is quite big, but I have so much stuff, it just looks cluttered, I am waiting for 2 new wardrobes to replace my awful messy canvass wooden structures that I have at the moment.

As its a rented property I can't really decorate :( If I could I would have  leopard print wall paper on one wall :)

Since I started living alone I have been needing to give my room a sort out, this is my motivation, I cleaned under the bed a while ago, its full but everything under there, can't be thrown away. 

My Bed: I love my bed, its huge and so comfy. King size from Ikea and its all mine now, its years old and takes up lots of space but I never want another bed.

Bedside Cabinet: I don't have much make up, and it end up in the bathroom and the back room, but this is where I keep my favourite stuff. On the shelf underneath is a bag full of make up too, but this is what I use mostly. There's usually a little mirror on there but it migrated down stairs and I am in the process of putting it back..

Books: books and more books. I love to read. The 3rd picture are my favourite collection. Game of Thrones, Stephen King, True Blood, Harry Potter and a few others. I have moved a few times and this is my down fall. It really clutters up my room too but I don't care, I need my books.

Lilys Drawers: These are my daughters drawers. I keep them in my room because its just not worth putting them in her room, she's 2, they will be all over the floor! To the right is a little alcove full of bags of clothes up until about 5 years. Under my bed a gigantic bag of clothes that are too small. I can't wait for her to be old enough to have them in her room and get myself some space back.

Pole: My favourite part of my room, and why such a big room is so cluttered, need quite a bit of space. It's not every day you find someone with a pole in their bedroom, but I love it.

I refuse to take a picture of where my clothes are its just too messy, hopefully when my new wardrobes are here I can take some tips from http://www.emoov.co.uk/home-staging/ about tidying up my room. I don't need to make it look good enough to sell, and I like the lived in look but its definitely missing something, I also need to apply it to my backroom, which is just as cluttered! 

Hope you enjoyed the tour around my room!