Took me a while to get this one made, partially due to personal reasons, but partly also 'cause I'm not the best at coming up with themes for these.

So if any of y'all have suggestions for future themes them feel free to drop them in the suggestions thread.

How much thought/effort do you put into the look of personal space?

I try to keep things somewhat organized, but other than that, I really don't put any effort/thought into the look of my personal space lol. Might actually start to care about it if I ever get my own place though.

My girl is on the spectrum and she unconsciously trys to turn every space we live into olmec's hidden temple. It's pretty rad actually.

I always vote to do the living room in a bean bag cuddle pile but I have never had the money and powert to try it.

I think I would like dark green/near black walls, but I’m afraid it would be too dark :ohnoes:

I'm getting to the point where I like things that are visually cohesive as well as being something that I like. I've gotten really into Victorian furniture, which helps causes some of it is very kooky and fun but it all sort of goes together. Plus fainting chairs are hella comfy. And buying old stuff means it was built to last -easy to fix/maintain/restore and easy to reupholster. It feels like the closest thing to ethical consumption under capitalism cause everyone involved in making and transporting it has been dead for decades and it doesn't require new resources to produce

There's a bunch of different styles from the era but I like Eastlake stuff the best for the most part, plus anything with a demon or green man or north wind face in it

My spaces are either cluttered with whatever project I'm obsessing over at the time, or pretty bare. Back when I lived alone, my boyfriend would joke that my apartment was all he needed to see to know that I was a communist.

I've been consciously working on decorating, and keeping my work spaces more organized, but it still doesn't come naturally. Living with friends helps, and we host weekly game nights so there's incentive to clean up and make things look nice, whereas when I lived alone the only people coming over were guys I was hooking up with, and I didn't really care what they thought.

Right now my bedroom is very pink and white and a little messy and full of electric and 3d printed bits from a combat robot I'm working on, and sometimes I worry about being some sort of trans stereotype.

I realized I was better able to focus when I was doing something with my hands, so I'm trying to use that to strategize how I do my work and engage with people. For right now, I do meal prepping things while talking on the phone so I can do a repetitive task and focus on the person at the same time.

For me, I love dark, muted, and silent spaces. In the mornings, I keep the lights off and I'm able to navigate with the little light there. I get annoyed if my roommates turn on the lights when I'm eating or minding my own business in the kitchen. I sometimes wonder if it'll be worth it to get sunglasses to wear indoors. I like being sensitive and able to notice minute details, but it's not helpful when you don't live alone.

Other design quirks I have:

I like having straight lines of clear space to get to things and places I use/visit regularly. As long as I have a direct path to my bedroom door, I can tolerate clutter.

I hate bright light as I said before, but I especially hate bright yellow light.

I prefer smooth wooden floors as long as they're swept and maintained.

I like having a small table nearby where I can set my drinks/snacks wherever I go.

I'm generally very disorganized, but I can find and remember where I placed things if given enough time.

I also have a closet of things I don't open that I'm not ready to sort.

There are more things, but that's all that comes to my mind at the moment. I'll make an additional comment about my neurodivergence in general.

my room would look so much better if the happy home academy broke into my house while i was sleeping and wrote me a letter in the mail the next day

I have two headmates (headspaces if you prefer), one of which is more logical and practical, with the other being more emotional and expressive. I've always been extremely indecisive and prone to overthinking, but lately I've found that the trick to making decisions is to just let the side that's less suited to the task have the final say. For example I was buying a laptop and comparing specs and prices and they were all close to the same, so I just deferred to my other half and they're just like, "Ooh, get that one, it's cute and blue!" Often, the framing of the decision and the options that are within the realm of consideration are more important than the decision itself, and being attentive to all the factors is great for framing a problem, but can easily lead to getting too overwhelmed with variables to actually make a decision.