Who Invited Sarah?

Its Monday! That means its time for a random fun post!

When I was younger I always wanted my bedroom to be a certain way. I dreamed of it looking like the inside of the PB Teen magazines that came in the mail. However, I have always had a quirky sense of style that these magazine bedrooms just did not encompass. I would say we started with Barbie Mariposa Fairy Princess, which then grew into Middle School Cringe Eclectic Fangirl, and VSCO Girl Meets Boho. Then my Texas era began with Fancy Hotel Vibes (I didn’t pick the décor for this one), Vintage Trinket Spider-Man Tree House, and finally we have evolved into the most me feeling bedroom aesthetic Vintage Quirky Collage Plant Lady.

I invite you for a trip through the bedrooms of my life. Its an honor, so buckle up…

Barbie Mariposa Fairy Princess

This era began when I got to choose what color I wanted to paint my room. Now as young girl who was obsessed with fairies the only acceptable choice for color was Pink and Green. I chose to paint one wall a light green and the rest pink. I also found these large stick on butterflies from Home Depot and begged my mom for them. She somehow agreed so these were put on the wall and on the door, which was also painted green on the inside. My sister grew to loath me for this color combo as she inherited the room when I moved to the basement and was stuck for it for many years.

This room also featured the best closet doors. My Nana is an artist and for a gift one year she painted my closest. It was a merry-go-round horse (There is a photo of me on one as a baby and I am pretty sure it was modeled after this). It was a beautiful painting, however, my memories from this time include one of me swallowing a pencil grip (story for another time) and as a result my Nana telling me the Bible story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

I am asking my Mom if she has any photos of this room because I currently do not but I will add them to this post if she can find any.

This is Sarah from the future here to let you know that my mother did not have any photos.

For now, here is a photo of me from this era as a replacement.

Middle School Cringe Eclectic Fangirl

The middle school cringe eclectic fangirl era I miss very dearly. I was so very much myself in this era. I think this was probably the only time besides now where I was completely me and had no cares about what anyone else thought. Ah the good old days. This time was filled with art and One Direction, and crazy colors. Here she is in all her glory:

As you can see the walls are not pink & green. This is because I was banished to the basement when I became a middle schooler. Yes, my lovely Texas natives this is a basement. You can tell from the ONE window that is level with the ground. There was so much going on in this room and to be honest with you if I had to live in this now I would die of sensory overload. My wall art is basically all handmade. something you cannot see in the photo above is an Oswald the lucky rabbit wall hanging and a framed photo of Harry Styles that my sister bought for me on the streets of NYC. Also featured was my handmade printer paper sized 1D poster. Isn’t she a beauty. Please excuse the awful quality photo.

This aesthetic era continued for a while and on my 13th birthday it got a little upgrade. My Dad (whose birthday was Friday, Happy Birthday Dad!) made me a loft bed! It was so so cool and I felt like the luckiest girl ever. I also got Chubbers. Who is Chubbers you may ask. Well, Chubbers is the big purple bean bag you see in the photos below. If you have questions about the name you are out of luck because that is a question for 13 year-old me exclusively.

VSCO Girl Meets Boho

High School Sarah decided to leave the loft bed behind and pass it along to Conlan. I took a foldable table and created a little artsy nook in the corner and ordered a tapestry, hence the boho. If you look closely you will see my first ever collage in the corner. Its crazy how far my collaging style has changed from then! My VSCO girl phase also included a love for polaroid pictures. I had a mini one and I probably have about 200 photos in a little golden box that I keep for the mems of course. This was the time of me putting all of them on the wall and also waking up with them all fallen because I used painters tape. This new bed was also made by my lovely Dad and I wish I had it with me in Texas. Its a Japanese floating bed and you can’t tell from the photos but it has no visible legs and looks like it’s floating!

Then we have the college dorm era these three pictures are freshman, sophomore and junior year. You can see that the photo theme continued on. This was also the time when I started to collect plants. I became obsessed with this shop near my hometown called “The Cactus Man”. Sadly the cactus man passed away when I was in college, but I cherish my cacti I got from him and will always. These rooms definitely hold some interesting memories and honestly a lot of tears. However, I am so grateful for my years at Fredonia and will always be grateful for everyone I met there. You know who you are ;).

Senior year I lived above a realtors office and had such a fun view. One of my favorite memories was the first or second week of school my bestie Emma went out with Anthony & all the boys and she told me to look out the window. since I lived on one of the main streets in Fred basically everyone had to walk by to get to the bars. They all waved and yelled hi to me. It was such a little moment, but one that feels like it encompasses my senior year so well. These are the only photos I really have of the room where it looks decently clean. (Just ask Emma, I was always saying “sorry its a little messy” and ” I will be ready at 8:30″ spoiler alert: I was never ready at the time I said) Also fun fact, the sign that was in my dorm room that said “Kachow” said “Do the little lad dance” for senior year. Vibes.

Fancy Suite Life Vibes

I then entered my Texas era. My first apartment in Houston was honestly in one of the fanciest buildings I have ever been in. It smelled like a boutique hotel and I had the best concierge ever. Shout out Nemo! Since I was not sure if I was going to like Houston, my parents and I decided that the best thing would be for me to rent furniture. We found this awesome company that rents EVERYTHING and I truly mean everything. they gave me all my furniture, all my kitchen items, sheets, towels, wall art and more. It was perfect. I also got to connect my Instagram and Pinterest so they could see what my vibe was at the time and try to cater to that. While I loved it and it was convenient it never truly felt like my own home. It was very neutral and basically not quirky enough for my liking. Also when I lived here I had to work 7 days a week to afford it so definitely not the ideal situation.

Vintage Trinket Spider-Man Treehouse

My next apartment in Houston was a garage apartment. I LOVED it. It was a studio so technically my bedroom was my whole house. but it came with furniture and kitchenware so I was set. I unfortunately don’t have picture of it, but I had this HUGE bookshelf. Each shelf had a different theme. Confession: I am an emotional borderline hoarder. Anything that has ever meant something to me, movie tickets, prom tickets, photos, little figurines, my first valentine, a yamaka from my cousins wedding, and more I will never throw away. I feel like its my way of remembering, since my memory of when I was younger is not great. (This I learned when my therapist asked me to recount my life from first memory to present day… oops) One shelf was all my Houston mementos, another college, all my collages were displayed. Another was for hardcover books and another for paperback. I loved living here and would recommend a garage apartment for everyone.

Vintage Quirky Collage Plant Lady

The problem with this garage apartment was that it was close to work, but not to my friends. I was spending all my time in the heights and driving 30-40 minutes to and fro was not a fun time. So Brooke & I, legit like 3 months into meeting started to discuss moving in together. It honestly worked out so perfectly. We found out apartment in August, SO CLOSE to our bestest friends and moved in October. Right now, I would say this room and aesthetic feels the most me. Our apartment feels like home and I am so so so happy to feel that way. I love that I have a door (niche things you take for granted if you don’t live in a studio).

I love that Mia has a cutie place to sit on her window bed. She loves to watch the birds and bat at them of course. I got this absolutely fabulous dresser from Facebook marketplace that I am obsessed with. Only a few people know this, but I keep my Spider-Man figurines in one of the cabinets in the dresser. It’s a secret little cave where my weird obsession hides. Pretty sure a man ended things with me because I showed it to him ;). I still have a gallery wall to put up but I just wanted to share the growth of my room from crazy cringey to where I am now.

Have a Good Week!!

& come back on Wednesday for my Bible Project Post!