My favorite literary character of all time is definitely that “Anne girl” from Lucille Maud Montgomery‘s series “Anne of Green Gables.” I’m reading a novel about Maud and how she came to write the Anne series. So I thought it appropriate to create a room, created with vintage and salvaged pieces, inspired by Anne.

Note, if you’ve seen the Canadian TV mini-series of the book, you have a vision of what Anne’s room looks like. But the room I’m conjuring up isn’t similar to that of a poor orphan girl. It’s the room Anne would dream of. A room in a house located by multiple “lakes of shining waters” in which she and her “bosom friends” would share their most confidential secrets.

Anne’s dramatic bed would hold a fluffy mattress and be dripping with silk sheets. In front of it would be a late 1800′s ottoman, suitable for a queen, to set upon a tray of evening cordials or to rest weary feet. Across from the bed would be a overstuffed chair, perfect for lounging and writing. To the side of the chair would be a small, ladylike round table.

The side table would hold a study lamp made of a marble bust, as well as a vintage book with a new book cover. Perched on one side would be a cake stand used as a candy dish, for Anne’s late night treats. A beautiful, old, gilded mirror would be hung on one wall.

Oh Anne. I absolutely adore your romantic notions, your adventures, your spunk, your quick temper and your innocence. I think we are kindred spirits.

UPDATE: I was thinking about this on the train this morning. Though Anne yearned for adventure, a truth of the novel was that Anne loved her Green Gables, and in the end she wanted to be no place else. So maybe this room for Anne would be beyond the Haunted Forest,  just across Lover’s Lane, upstairs in a room at Green Gables.