Décor breathes life into a place. Without it, walls are blank and without personality, and bedrooms are just rooms without any comfort and without the feeling of ownership. There are reasons why places like Ikea exist—people love making a place their own. Buying a new apartment or house, or even moving into a dorm like I did earlier this year, is a huge moment and how it is decorated impacts the life of the people who live there. The right décor either breaks or makes a place, and makes it a home or just another room.
Assessing The Furniture In The Home
My family home is the place where I feel most comfortable. Thinking about it reminds me of our light blue walls with an orange slice at the top where our roof is convex and of the lake theme in our bathroom, with the anchors on the walls and the cloud wallpaper. The lighthouses lining the shelves in our living room are testaments to our love of Duluth and our numerous family visits and my mother’s love of walking the piers to the lighthouses every time we visit. Our basement is ‘woods’ themed, with paintings of deer and a hunter vibe—this was for my father, the outdoorsman. I am not saying that it is necessarily the best décor, or the fanciest, or the most well put together, but it is home. My room when I was young was light blue and Spongebob themed. The thought of a room designed after Bikini Bottom and a talking sponge is horrifying, but at the time, I was quite pleased with my Spongebob bedspread, Spongebob TV, Spongebob chair, and Spongebob stickers. It is safe to say that while my designs would not win me any prizes, they made me happy at the time. Spongebob was a huge part of my life, my favorite show, and the memory of this room reminds me of childhood and happy, simple times when I was not worried about finals and financial aid. Now, my room back home is painted lime green and has zebra curtains and sheets—I am honestly not sure if that is any better than Spongebob.
The décor of my room has been quite personal; throughout the years, it has represented me and my ever-changing interests. Our family home has represented my mother’s love of Lake Superior and lighthouses, my dad’s love of the outdoors, my sister’s youthful wish that we lived somewhere with ocean beaches rather than lake beaches, and my own childhood love of the show Spongebob. Therefore, décor has not mattered just one time in my life, but my entire childhood. Décor has made a house into a home, a home that I love returning to during holiday breaks now that I am in college because it reminds me of the first portion of my life which shaped me as a person