REMINISCING, CHILDHOOD ROOM

I THINK OUR CHILDHOOD ROOM HAS A LOT OF BARING ON WHAT HAPPENS TO US AESTHICALLY AS ADULTS.  IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO DESIGN AND DREAM IN OUR OWN ROOMS WE FEEL CONFIDENT IN OUR DECISIONS AS WE MATURE, NOT TO CARE ABOUT TRENDS OR "IN" COLORS.  I HAVE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED MY CHILDREN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS, NOT ALWAYS MY TASTE, BUT THE DOOR CLOSES.  I BET I'M NOT THE ONLY MOTHER THAT DOES THIS.  AS A CHILD I HAD A BEDROOM SET MY FATHER ASSEMBLED FROM A KIT THAT SEARS SOLD.  I REMEMBER THAT IT WAS HIS FIRST "DO IT YOURSELF" PROJECT, HE HAD PIECES LEFT OVER, SHIPPED THE WHOLE THING BACK.  THE NEXT KIT CAME AND HE READ THE DIRECTIONS.  APPARENTLY IT'S UNAMERICAN TO USE THE DIRECTIONS.  I MISS HIM.  HE MADE MY WHOLE SET, WE STAINED IT AND IT BEGAN LIFE AS A CANOPY BED AND IN THE DAVID CASSIDY YEARS IT WAS SAWED OFF AND LOOKED MORE LIKE A SPOOL BED.  I HAD HIDEOUS WALLPAPER I ONE EVOLUTION.  BRIGHT YELLOW WALLS, I REMEMBER WANTING A BEER CAN COFFEE TABLE WITH A SWINGING BED, THOUGH DURING THOSE YEARS I NEEDED ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND SOME NIGHTS.  THERE WAS THE POSTER CRAZE, THE DOOLHOUSE ROOM, THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHASE, THE CLOTHES HORSE CLOSET ROOM...I EVOLVED INTO AN INTERIOR DESIGNER FROM THE MASS MOVING, MELDING, MOMENTIS, MOM THAT I BECAME...