The finishing touches?

Well, my plan today was to draw. I haven’t done it in quite a while, and I really wanted to today, but as always, this country keeps crushing dreams and hopes. The power outages have gotten worse, and the electricity keeps cutting out more and more often, which is why I couldn’t sit down and paint in peace—the power went out about three times today. So, with all that free time, I started thinking about what else I could do for my son’s room. I came up with the idea of taking a table I used to store odds and ends, clearing it out completely, and using it for my son’s room.

As you can see, this table was pretty dirty and ugly; it really wasn’t serving any purpose other than holding onto things I need to get rid of (which, by the way, I’ll leave for tomorrow since I didn’t have time today). Honestly, I’ve always hated this table a little. My mom gave it to me, so I used it, but cleaning it is pretty tedious. Even so, the table came alive in December since it’s been the table for my little Christmas tree, so this year I have to come up with ideas to make my little tree look taller without the table, hahaha.


And I realized that my son needed a table in his room where he could put whatever he wanted, since all his toys were scattered across the TV stand—which also serves as his clothes rack—so this little table was going to be a big help. I cleaned it and polished it with wood wax, and with my son’s help, we started decorating it with his favorite anime toys, and we’d put his shoes underneath.

I really like how it looks, and my son is so happy. I’m a little worried that my cat might climb up there and knock all the toys over—he always wants to lie on top of things whenever he sees something new, ha ha ha—so I hope he doesn’t do that. It’s been a few hours since I set it up, and so far everything’s going well; I’m hoping it stays that way. I’m so excited to decorate my son’s room. For me, it’s pretty amazing because I never had a room of my own and always wanted one, so it makes me happy to fulfill that dream through my son, while respecting his tastes. I want to buy more things—like a lamp, for example—but I’ll do it little by little, since it’s pretty hard to buy anything right now.
