Ifnyou have your own room, you know that it can be a place to get peacenand quiet, or where you can turn up your favorite music…
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nitncan be a place you decorate your way, but also the place that is yournresponsibility to keep neat and clean. n
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nTodaynis set aside for everyone who has his or her own room to take thentime to appreciate it! Maybe you will want to reorganize or cleannyour room. Maybe you will want to treat yourself to a cute new wallnswitch plate or wastebasket. Maybe you can make a floor plan byndrawing your room to scale (hint: use graph paper) and cutting outnrectangles and circles that are scale representations of yournfurniture. Be sure to mark doors, closets, and windows on your scalendrawing—and then play around with new and different arrangements ofnyour furniture.
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nOrnyou can try using an online tool such as the Better Homes and Garden website to make and manipulate a floor plan.
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nBut,nwait!
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nInknow that a lot of you are thinking—but, wait!—I don’t have anroom of my own!
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nYouncan carve a private corner from your shared bedroom or somewherenelse. One of my daughters used to work on a cruise ship, where shenhad to share a really tiny room with another woman. She found anlittle window seat where she could curtain herself off from the restnof the ship, and she could read and daydream and watch the ocean rollnby in her own little spot. Here are a few ideas for creating anprivate hide-out or retreat:
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- Divide your shared bedroom with furniture.
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- Make your bed into a canopy bed to make it a private oasis in yournshared room.
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- Findna special nook in your yard orneven in a backyard tree. Ornthink ahead and grow a teepee or playhouse in your garden.
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- These window seats may inspire you tonlook around and see if you can change a window into a pillowed, cosynnook. Is there a window between a bookcase and a corner? Tuck anchair, a giant beanbag, or a pile of pillows into that spot.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nDay of Serpents in Lithuania
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nRussiannStudents’ Day
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