Anastasia and Maria’s Bedroom.

  

What I can tell you about this picture is that this is how their bedroom looked back when they lived there. Maria and Anastasia’s Bedroom was next door to their sister’s.

  

It was very similar in style, except the frieze in this room showed butterflies in roses stenciled above gray-painted walls. It was also slightly larger than that of their older sisters. Anastasia and Maria’s bedroom did not have a doorway to the hall, so the first thing that is notably different in their room compared to the big pairs is the giant closet on the back wall.

  

Secondly, the display they used to hold their icons had peaks of even height, whereas the big pair’s was staggered. Maria’s bed laid against the back and side walls (left), while Anastasia’s bed is the one coming off the side wall (right). The room was decorated in green and white and had a dressing table against the window.

  

The mattresses on the camp beds were thin and were covered with two blankets, which were adorned with the girls’ initials. As the girls grew older, they began to decorate their sides of the room to their taste by covering the walls in framed photos from their various outings, paintings, portraits, and whatever else fit their fancy. Icons covered the rest of the walls as the girls were highly religious.