I just saw an ad today for Benjamin Moore paint having self stick paint samples - like a foot square peel and stick sample to put on the wall - so much easier than painting different samples on a wall!
Yes, get your padded headboard. Make the room your sanctuary. Paint it a color you love. Play music you love. Organize the closets your way. Put his things in the guest bedroom closet. Or the front hall closet. Burn some sage!
Since the pandemic is limiting your social options, start a regular Zoom cocktail party with some girlfriends, or coffee klatch. If you don't have enough girlfriends, start one on Meetup and make some new friends! Join in from your new sanctuary bedroom with the door closed so he can wonder who you are laughing with in your bedroom!
Buy some sexy lingerie and leave it drying in the bathroom or somewhere where he will see it.
Make a vision board - a poster board with pictures of things you want in your future life. Put it somewhere in your room where you will see it every day.
Are you employed? If not, do you need to brush up your skills to get a good job? Now's the time to tackle that, even if people aren't hiring. If you are employed but make a lot less than your H, start thinking about what it would take to enhance your income after a divorce.
