about 2 years ago i decided, hey lets redo my bedroom. but it has not worked out that way due to money.
i am looking to redo everything cheap and have had the same idea in mind for a long time.

my end goal was to have a dark red color on all of the walls with a somewhat antique and modern mix for the rest of the room.
i wanted all black or dark wood furniture or possibly a black cast iron bed and all of the fabric to be white. i already have various art that my friend is willing to make for me or has already made that matches this idea.

my thing is that my parents think that these colors are wayyyy too dark or completely horrible. i really have no problem with this since if i had my way, i would have as little natural light as possible. i really like things to be dark. i have 2 windows in my room though and when i painted the room, the color came out completely wrong and is now more of a bright red, which i hate. i was thinking more of a deep red or a reddish/purple.

i have no idea if this color is too dark or how to pull it off and i cant find a room that looks similar to what i want online so i can show my family that the idea in my head wont come out horrible.

is this too dark or does anyone have anything visual that is close to what i want?

I've lived in this apartment for almost seven years now and I have never figured out what to do with my room. The room is a generally odd shape and there's a back door in it. I also have to have space for the cat litter box, food and ect. Right now it's painted this horrible green and orange color scheme, I don't even know what I was thinking when I did it. And I don't have a bed. So I sleep on the floor.

My style is like French Cafe mixed with modern and not so modern east asian flair. None of my furniture matches really because it's hand me down. I also collect things like owls and have 45792843573 books so I need room for all of that.

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hi everyone :) most of you guys have totally spectacular rooms. my mom just redid mine and it's pink, black, and white. my problem is finding some cool knick knacks. i was just wondering where you guys find yours? if it helps, i'm a monster twilight book/movie fan and another fan of old hollywood. comments would be most appreciated :)

My name is Rachel. I'm 22 years old, and live with my parents in a house in Albany, NY.



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Hey Everybody.

Just wanted to remind you about our spotlight posts... Maybe those will answer some of your question postings :)

SPOTLIGHT overview!

Plus I added all tags you suggested.

Have a good start into the new year. :)

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hey my names heather and im 22 yrs old and i live with my mom in a apartment in bullhead city arizona =D heres my room =D

( my room )

Hello everyone ♥
My name is Johanna and I am a 19 years-old girl from Munich, Germany.
I love a japanese band called Kanjani8. They've sneaked into every corner of my room. Not in the creepy, over-the-top way though ♥
And this would be my room:


Welcome to my room! ♥

( lots of mint green & white ahead )

Hi all!
I'm so glad I found this community :)

Well anyways, I plan on redecorating my room to look more antique-ey,goth/victorian :)

I would like to stick with blacks off whites and teals/turqouise colors, BUT I cannot paint my walls due to me living in an apartment.

I can put shelving up though :)


So any good ideas or refrences you can show me? And good places to go to get little nick naks? (Besides the local antique store ;p)

I will be going to a local craft/fabric store called hobby lobby as the have amazing fabric there for curtains :)

Any help would be appreciated!

P.S.-if this is too long, lemme know and I'll attempt to make a cut :)

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My name is Victoria. I am a transfer student, originally from Alabama but I moved to a school in Northeast Georgia. This is the first time I lived on campus, and so the pictures are from the first few days I was there. The room was moved about 3 times since then but I have no pictures. :[ It looks pretty plain but I was sharing a room with someone so I kept a lot of stuff at home. Next semester I will be here again posting new pictures of my own room and (so far) my own bathroom.

( My Dorm Room )

I also have a question/request. I was wanting to do my poloroids and some fun pictures I found online, hung up with clothespins. It's a dumb question but how do I keep the clothes pins from scrunching together if the string curves down? (I hope someone understands what I am saying.) I was also wanting to see people post pictures if they have the photo-clothespin in their room. Thanks in advance! :]

I was wondering what your favorite jewelry stands or wall mounts are, and where from! I'm trying to decide if I should buy one or make one.

related to that, if I were to make one, I want to use this mirror that I have in my room. the frame's made of wood that I want to paint white, what kind of paint would I use for that? if I bought chicken wire or something similar, could I just staplegun it to the back of the frame or would I need to do something different? and a picture, so you can see what I'm working with!