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Our first glimpse of the bedroom was not promising. The room was
long and narrow, with only one tiny window; it featured faded
peach floral curtains, two twin beds (of different heights,
which we were apparently supposed to be content to sleep on by
pushing together), a dingy lampshade hanging from the ceiling,
and a nighttable covered with a peach throw. We lasted three
nights on the pushed-together twin beds before we bought a new
bed at IKEA, which we moved next to the window for maximum
light. With the addition of the wedding quilt my mother made for
us, along with some fuzzy white pillows purchased at a
going-out-of-business sale, the room soon felt more like home.
The peach curtains, meanwhile, went in the closet; too lazy to
sew replacements, I simply attached two big lengths of
inexpensive chocolate-brown dress lining fabric so that they
hang from the curtain rod on either side of the bed. Meanwhile,
I replaced the original
roller blind
fabric -- the same floral
pattern as the curtains -- with a simple burgundy material. (Click
to see the original space)
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