i've decided to decorate one room in my house the way i want to....to create a sanctuary for myself and my husband.

the rest of my house is a rustic, folk-y kind of decor....but our bedroom is just a mish-mash of various and sundry bits and pieces that didn't 'go' anywhere else in the house.

so, I'm making it into a buddhist retreat.

i found a tapestry pinky-purpley bedspread with a big buddha head on it for $25, and i'm using that as the room's center.  i saw a wooden buddha head at world market the other day and i'm hoping that santa will bring it for me, and i've got my eye on a couple of ansel adams prints...yes, ansel adams and buddhas DO work together...well, for me they do anyway!   i'm going to get some of those plastic glow-in-the-dark stars to stick on the ceiling and the top of the walls - i don't sleep very well, and i have it in my head that it'd be kinda nice to lay in the dark and stare up at gently glowing stars instead of laying there thinking about how i can't sleep.  eventually i'm hoping to paint the walls and ceiling in a pinky color that fades out purple as it ascends the wall...kind of like a sunset but with pinks and purples instead of reds and oranges....and of course, the ceiling would get painted a deep purple color. 

i want a place that i feel safe in.  a place where i can light my incense, sit on my zafu and let my mind be free for a little while.

 a place for d to sleep during the day, a place that's quiet and tranquil.

a place to contemplate, to relax.

a place for me and D to be....just us.