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Find a rug or bedding you are in LOVE with and use them as inspiration for jumping into some color. (bedding would be cheaper... if it was me, I'd have colorful bedding and a good quality neutral sea grass rug. You'll have the rug for years and you can use it in other rooms as your household changes. look somewhere like overstock for thayt) Like other comments, I think you could move your bed so the windows are to the side of it, not behind.

Curtains wouldn't go amiss either, you can get a good pressure rod by umbra, they look great and like "permanent" hardware if you can't put holes in the walls.

If you have a piece of art that you love or that has always spoken to you, you might look at some of the colors in it as inspiration as well.

If you don't have art that you love at the moment, or perhaps not for the bedroom, consider getting some artist canvases (or just one) on sale from somewhere like blick and cover them with cloth you like, or spray paint them or it a soothing color and poke white led string lights through it or just hang it simply painted. These have the benefit of being your wall art if you choose to leave it at that, or being placeholders while you work on the rest of the room and contemplate what you really want up on those walls... also, it dampens the acoustics and makes for a quieter room.

If you do spray paint the canvas, leave them to air a couple days before putting them up so you're not putting fumes immediately into your sleeping area.

You can reuse such canvasees for lots of things int he future.

Some nice seagrass storage baskets above your closet will maximize your storage space, further help with acoustics and give a nice finishing touch to the place.

Be careful about what you let come in contact with the foil, perhaps to get a good seal you want to use foil, but you might wrap your food in parchment and then that packet in foil. Certain ingredients can be reactive with foil and not good eats.

take two flour tortillas (make sure they are pretty uniform in size, if using the lovely hand made ones)
Place in a large skillet over low-medium heat
when bottom tortilla is warmed, flip tortillas over together as if they were filled
flip top tortilla over (the side that was on the hot skillet is now facing inside)
wait a few seconds
flip both tortillas over again
flip top tortilla over
wait a few seconds
flip both tortillas over again
flip top tortilla over
spray top tortilla w canola oil spray and sprinkle very lightly with salt
flip both tortillas over (your oiled, salted side of that tortilla is now in contact with the skillet)
quickly remove top tortilla, place your fillings in.
If you're using filling other than just cheese, put a layer of cheese down, then your other fillings then some more cheese. (melted cheese is your glue)
Put that top tortilla back on (you don't want it to cool too much)
spray the outside lightly with oil and sprinkle lightly with salt.
when cheese is melty and you can safely do so, carefully flip
you can riase the heat a little now
flip it once more if you like!

You should wind up with a crispy, blistery, delicious quesadilla with a difference!

I'm a big devotee of spray painting, but I am with the others, you could probably get some money for them and buy something you like or buy something with the same profile to spray paint and still have some change left.

you could throw some lovely fabric over them and put glass topper on top of that until you have a room in which you want to use them as is...

Nice! What is the gray paint color on the walls, please? Thank you

The contention was that the fashion of forks did not effect our evolution in the last 250 years. On the subject of forks, try a broader search than wiki and north america. On the subject of evolution, I encourage you to read a little more overall. It is a fascinating and complex subject. A brief look at photos of skulls from various parts of the world disproves the amusing assertion of this piece.

250 years ago? As in 1762? I'm sorry, interesting idea, but I doubt the timing very very very much.

I've not read all the replies, so pls forgive if someone has already said this. I was in a gallery recently and to hide their little storage area, they had sliding "panels" of thin burlap or Chilewich type material. The fabric was hung simply enough, only a piece of metal at top and bottom to give it some rigidity. It slid side to side on what was basically like a tiny little sliding door track. I was all - WHERE DID YOU GET THIS AMAZING THING!!?!?! Because in my last place I needed exactly that kind of thing and couple never find it. His answer - IKEA. Said it was super cheap too. Check it out!

Or, like another user mentioned, inexpensive room dividers. You can find some cheap ones on overstock and places like that. I'm using one right now to hide an enormous air intake vent someone bizarrely decided to put in the middle of the dining room wall.

If you have a good relationship with your landlord, the suggestion someone else made of putting like closet doors on the alcove could actually be good for him/her too. You never know until you ask, (cautiously, nicely)... maybe take a trip to the lowes or whatever in your area and price them. Then you can say - would you consider putting doors on? _____ has them and they would cost $_____ . You doing a big of the legwork and knowing the price would be more persuasive, assuming they are very busy. Or say you looked at the doors and they cost _____, if you put them in, you'd be leaving them with the place - is it an idea they like, if so can you take it off your rent?

That is if your landlord is approachable! Good luck.

Yay! These are the world's most wonderful lentils. So lovely. You just want to be quiet and eat them and contemplate their texture and loveliness. I'm not even a vegetarian!

I've only been able to find them at DiBruno's in Philly so far (I sadly no longer live in philly) - and they don't sell them on their website. Thanks for the link! I will be replenishing my supply with all speed.

I like the idea of a reading nook, but you could also have a little bar-let in there... I see a pair of heavy ceiling to floor curtains to frame the opening (and to draw when you just want to hide in there with a book and a glass of wine!) ....a good comfy chair and footstool... a tiny table for your glass and book... shelves packed with books and objet ... and a small tiered glass and metal drinks cart in the opposite corner of the nook.

It will have a reflective quality and add to the feeling of opulence, while giving you the bar space everyone is suggesting.

Give yourself a nice relaxing and indulgent space!