Back to routine...

A bouquet of emotions swirling inside… the joy of reunion, the excitement of families coming together, of seeing each other again, laughter, celebration, delight, enjoyment, exhaustion, stress… goodbyes, yearnings, melancholy…. live goes on.

It’s been a roller-coaster of emotions and activities these few days indeed… and days so utterly full, that it has taken my little heart an entire day and a night to recover and get back to the normalcy of my days and my routine… not to mention that it took me around two full day’s work to get our little white cottage back to its normal pristine estate in and out... phew! I’m exhausted.

Of course, that’s because aside from cleaning and washing loads and loads of bed linens, towels, tablecloths and all sorts of things you can imagine, I also decided I needed to see some changes in the decoration around the house.  Particularly in my little gypsy room.  

I know.  I need to hit the Pause button sometimes… or very often.  But I needed my brain to relax a bit and changing the atmosphere of my home, it really does help.  That’s just how my brain works…

You see, whenever I’m bore, or need to indulge my senses or feel young at heart, I crave for color, and beautiful patters and lots and lots of elements and pretty things put together… that’s when the gypsy girl appears out of thin air, and with her, her beautiful unique gypsy space come to life…

 I change things around often, add more embellishment, more color, more prettiness...

But when I’m tired or stressed or feeling down, my brain works in a contrary way.  I crave for whites and neutrals and a more minimalist style that requires only just a few touches of color and prettiness… so my gypsy room crumbled all down pretty fast yesterday morning… and out of the rubble came the bare white walls and while linens...

I moved the furniture around

tucked away the gypsy rugs and fabric boxes and changed the bedding...

All the colorful gypsy pillows were put away in their boxes...

And out came others... 

Mood boards were taken down and neatly put away

Clean, bare walls came to light... 

Restful, peaceful...

The large blue frame mirror was moved to the other side of the room, the gypsy string lights were put away, and so everything else I had embellishing the mirror... such as the rose garlands, jewelry, an array of gypsy textiles, and the super cute little sequined beaded evening handbag...

Left out only this cute vintage child's petticoat

in white...

I also took down the gypsy altar...

And removed all the silk roses and ribbons off the chandelier...

  Simple and unpretentious

Restful to the eye decor

I brought the little brown stool out, and prettied up with a white tutu…

For an extra touch of femininity 

I put away everything that was embellishing the top of the larger chest of drawers 

And left only a few things...

that don't compromise the eye...

Spray-painted jars in two tones of pink
Love it

And I love the contrast between the pink and the lime-green of the necklace...

Just a few vibrant primary colors and few accessories…  it is incredible what these simple changes can do for your mind.  At least for mine it does ;)

You are more than welcome to share your thoughts and knowledge on how to you destress yourself. Please do share your thoughts in the comments below.