Sweet dreams...

It is evening and this is the time when a room can change and take on a special glow. I have often been asked by Dutch friends how I can stand to make my bed with all my pillows. I think your bedroom should be your sanctuary. To me that means keeping things around me that I love and make me feel at peace.

So my bedroom has many pillows which I have always found comforting. I happily make my bed each morning and replace the pillows again. I find it a good start to my morning. Life is in the details.

My bedroom is not a showplace like you see on many blogs. I love my simple homemade patchwork quilt which has developed a beautiful old look as it has been washed. My bear Bronwyn holds a sampler pillow I stitched.

This cuddly dog was a gift from my Aunt Janey when I was only 3 and had to have my tonsils out. I still have him all these years later and could never miss him now. I cannot remember this not being on my bed throughout my life!

Dagi is my living cuddly toy! He loves to snuggle up with me when I go to sleep. A granny square afghan my mother made for me to throw over me if I get to chilled. No television in our bedroom. It is supposed to be a place of rest but I do like to read in bed.

My reading corner takes on a pretty glow at night with the lamp shining on my sampler walls. I love waking up to the vision of these stitched pieces.

Is your room a sanctuary? If not, look around and see what you can place in your room to make it a peaceful place. It doesn't need to look magazine perfect but does need to feel comfortable. If not, you may suffer these words by William Wordsworth...

"Even thus last night, and two nights more I lay,
And could not win thee, Sleep, by any stealth:
So do not let me wear to-night away.
Without thee what is all the morning's wealth?
Come, blessed barrier between day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!"