a little bittersweet

As I mentioned previously, we’ve started to switch around our rooms for the baby. So as not to forget all the work we put into our home as a newlywed couple, we took some shots of our two bedrooms in their current state for posterity.

The turquoise room was our bedroom and although the white furniture has been great, we feel we should graduate to something more adult. So we’re passing the furniture and the room on to the baby, with a new crib and rocker of course. The thing I think I’ll miss most is the quilt on the bed. The colors in our new room will be much more muted and a little less feminine, so I’ll be packing up the quilt and saving it for a time when we have more than two bedrooms.

The bright, and I mean bright, orange room is the guest bedroom and office. This room will become our bedroom, with a much more toned down and tranquil gray for the walls. I’ve always loved the way the orange walls go so well with the dark furniture, and the shelving above the computer desk is my favorite. Although the bright orange isn’t all too relaxing for sleep, it is quite energizing during late nights glued to the computer, plus we’ve never really had that many overnight guests anyway. Luckily our living room is almost the same color palette of this room in reverse. It has dark brown walls and orange accents, so at least all the orange I’ve collected will have a new place to live.

I have loved owning and decorating our first home and have spent a lot of time and care on each and every room. So, while I’m endlessly excited to redecorate, I still love the rooms for what they are and I am a little sad to see them go.