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I grew up in a household of ten (irish catholic and eccentric) filled with what i call autistic hoarding, executive dysfunction and general mayhem. IT was mad and delightful and completely chaotic and terrifying.

My own house now has a tendency towards clutter because of my special interest. sometimes most walls of the common areas have paintings stacked and leaning against them. A cull takes place a couple of times a year.

My ex looks after the outside of our house. The garden is nice and there is a back deck and a pool. it is very hot where we live.

My studio is cluttered and messy.

My bedroom is small, white, with a single bed and brass objects lined up on the sill and the dressing table and favourite objects also strategically arranged.
it has polished wood floors. It resembles a monastic cell or a nun's sleeping quarters. I am 46. On the bed is a teddy i was given at birth. There is nothing "middle aged woman" about my room.
in the corner there are a couple of bags of crap that are fast developing into piles. (the hoarding tendency encroaches yet again. It try to run from it, but it always catches up with me. )

I come from a family of 10, too, Millie. Just curious: what makes a bedroom look like that of a middle aged lady? In your opinion? I want to make sure mine doesn't look like that!

A book that I found immensely helpful in keeping clutter down, was called, "Clearing Your Clutter" by Karen Kingston. It helped me to think differently about keeping things.

i have made connection with other women in 12 step programs. (NA and AA.)
All these women have double beds with pillows and cushions - a kind of "maturity" to their rooms that is lacking with me. A nice throw rug.
I have things from childhood around my room and on my little kids dressing table. I have my glass jar of marbles that i have carried around for many years, my plaster moulds of my teeth from the dentist which are arranged very nicely at the front of the dressing table... three of them - kind like the triumvirate of orthodontic objects regaly displaeyd there. I also have little kiddie trinkets. My teddy. My collection of elephants. I have none of my art in my room. it is a painting free zone!

They have family photos on their wall or bedside table.
They might also have a nice wardrobe with a door open and a stack of very nice dreses lined up and shoes lined up neatly on the floor of the wardrobe.
They will have some nice mags by their bedside table, whereas i have two manuscripts by autistic friends - one by garyww called "take me to your leader" which is great and an autobiography and one by Inventor which i am currently reading called "Eyes of Time" which is the first volume of his epic. I also have a stack of art books that i read and look at,

The other women i know have maybe a book or a few as well.
Their rooms are different and more mature. So beware!!

mine is just a good, weird kid's room with an stragen adult's bent to it.
i love it this way.

Thanks for clarifying! I guess my room is an interesting mish-mash, too. My house doesn't have real closets, just alcove like recesses, which I hang cloth shower curtains over. So the one in my bedroom has a pretty red and gold paisley patterned one, with a little valance attached. I like to think it looks like the elegant curtains at the theater, before they are raised for a performance. My bed has a geometrical print quilt, and I have a white teddy bear named Tony. A drop leaf table in the corner has a pretty red shaded lamp, a heart shaped jewelry box covered with sea shells, and a set of childrens books that I love. I also have a small bookcase filled with children's books. I recently ordered prints on line that I have placed on the walls. I guess my room looks like a combination of an adults room and a child's!