Our personal space is our personal shrine, our own comfort, peace and what happens to be our reality.

As a university student, living in with a roommate didn't give me the privacy I solely desired. It didn't give me the opportunity to decorate or arrange the room the way I wanted it to be because the other person wasn't okay with it. I had to get a space of my own in an area I knew nobody and I did.

What getting my own space did for me?

• It gave me the opportunity to paint the walls the colors I wanted.
• I had my bed close to the window
• I had the number of shelves I wanted for my books.
• My reading table was also close to the window.
• I chose to use rugs to cover my floor than tiles because it made me feel more at home.
• My small library of books were arranged in the position i wanted it to be.
• I had at least 10 self painted paintings mounted on my walls.
• I had at least 3 empty flower pots lying around the room.
• All my clothes and shoes were located in my closet.
• I only bought and used bedsheets that matched the aesthetics and colors of my room.
• Little home decors here and there with little crap lying around.
• I had red tape light hanging on the mirror.
• Picture frames
• I was able to paste my trashy drawings, goals, affirmations on my wall without having anyone question them.
• It took me a while but I invested in scented candles and incenses.

I made my new room my own shrine, it became somewhere I never wanted to leave. It made me very conscious of who I let into my space. A couple of time I had a visitor come to my room they always left with a comment about how cozy and homely my room felt and it made me happy because it meant my space was very accommodating. I didn't spend so much on achieving this neither did I rush it. It took a while, but everything came to order finally.

Why You Should Design Your Space

• Designing your personal space helps you create an environment that you are very much comfortable with. A lot of people do not enjoy being in their room because it holds no kind of value or feeling to them.
• Create your own therapy room. Your room becomes your therapy room after a not so good day of being out. When you think of your room and bed, it gives you ease.

How You Can Design Your Space

You do not need to spend a thousand bucks to design your space. All you need is to write down the number of things you'd like to have in your space.

Suggestions

• Fresh Paints or wallpapers
• New Curtains or blinds
• New sheets and pillow covers
• Colored light bulbs
• Plants
• Paintings
• Paintings, either hand painted by you or an artist.
• Shelves to form your personal library
• A work or reading table
• A big mirror
• Candle stands and candles
• New mugs and jars
• Mock ups you wrote yourself
• Picture frames
• Pictures of a holiday, vacation, family or friends and so many more

Then start getting them. You don't need to get them all at once most especially when you are not financially boyouant. Diy some yourself and also visit your local home decor thrift shops, those stores really helped me get a lot of things at very inexpensive prices. I got my planters, picture frames, plates and candle stands at really inexpensive prices.

I decided to open an online home decor thrift store to cater for those who do not have a thrift store accessible to them.