Prompt: Describe a room before and after being decorated or renovated.

Essay:

Sunlight breaches the half-open window, illuminating dust particles dancing in the air—a spotlight on the room’s former desolation. Before me stands an embodiment of neglect: walls dressed in peeling wallpaper, their patterns a faded memory of grandeur; a carpet, once crimson, now a patchwork of stains and wear. Furniture, scarce and sorrowful, huddles in corners as if seeking refuge from the room’s pervasive gloom. This chamber, a forgotten chapter of the house, whispered tales of disuse and decay.

The transformation begins with a vision—a pulse of potential in the heart of the derelict. Each stroke of the paintbrush is a verse in a new narrative, the walls shedding their dreary past for a cloak of vibrant hues. Sunlight, once a harsh revealer of flaws, now plays among the colors, igniting sparks of life where none seemed possible. The carpet, a relic of bygone chaos, gives way to hardwood floors that gleam with promise, their surface a mirror to the newfound lightness within.