Breakfast in Bed by It All Started with Paint
Breakfast in Bed
~:: by Linda Braden from It All Started with Paint ::~
I’ve never had breakfast in bed.I have, however, had breakfast near a bed. From a room service cart.
And while the idea of breakfast in bed sounds lovely. Decadent. Maybe even a bit Brady Bunch’ish…
… the reality strikes me as unappealing.
I mean, those trays seem wobbly. Then you set a wobbly tray atop an unleveled down filled surface …
I don’t know about you, but the idea of coffee spilled on my white comforter equals disaster. Along with orange juice on the sheets. And syrup on the pillow. And the crumbs. Don’t get me started on the crumbs …
So then I have to ask myself, why in the world did I pick up a wobbly, wooden, sad little tray table at the thrift store?
Could I have been swayed by the $2.99 price tag?
Or was it a desperate attempt to jump start some major changes in the master bedroom?
I’m talking about some serious, much-needed changes in décor.
When we moved in 17 years ago, we purchased a bedroom “set” … and, yes, I can feel you recoiling from your computer screens … but that’s what grown ups did back then. Or, that’s what I thought grown ups did back then …
And that is how my master has remained. Sure I added a few lamps. Pictures. New rug. But the bedroom set is still a set. A huge Nate Berkus no-no …
Clearly the master is overdue for change. Big time.
So I started that big-time-change by taking some tiny little baby steps …
… in the form of a $2.99 wobbly, wooden sad little thrift store tray table …
… that got a few coats of bright orange spray paint. Because shouldn’t breakfast in bed be bright? And sunny? And orange?
And then there are some lovely brown and blue fabrics …
… that will be spun into lovely drapes and pillows and cushions.
I can only hope my $2.99-wobbly-wooden-sad-little-thrift-store-tray-table-spray-painted-bright-orange can spark the big projects.
And who knows? When the big changes finally come to my master bedroom …
ABOUT LINDA: Who am I? Why I’m a wife. A mom. A homeowner. A city dweller. A nail gun user. A DIY-er. I’m also a poor woman’s Martha Stewart … mostly because I’m significantly poorer than Martha. My empire is much smaller. It’s a 2,500 square foot empire with a 100+ year old foundation sitting on a standard over-priced city of Chicago lot. And my challenge is to DIY some charm and character back into this builder-grade homogenized space as I update my early 2000’s décor. I share the good, the bad, and all the in-betweens on my blog, it all started with paint. Oh, and my name is Linda. Linda Braden. And I can also be found hanging out on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Hometalk … or sewing up a storm for my Etsy shop.
Breakfast in Bed by It All Started with Paint was written exclusively for Bonbon Break Media, LLC.
