Mission: Big Boy Room

Here is my little boy, Chase's room.

 

These were taken awhile ago and of course I forgot to take pictures before I started my projects, so just picture more car signs in the gallery wall, car stickers on the road around the room and a couple cheapo target side tables under the window.

I first designed his room about 3 years ago and looking back it was a little too young for him even then.  But, to my defense I bought all the bedding and decided on a theme about a year before I actually did anything and at the time he was REALLY into cars (and still kind of a baby).  But for the last couple of years he has been not so subtly telling me that he wants to change his room.  So I am going to set out to tweak his room into a more big boy friendly superhero room, while spending as little as possible.

My goal is to move the bed onto the main wall (where the gallery wall is above) and paint a skyline mural using leftover black paint with yellow electrical tape for the windows (it's the same thing I used to make the road lines in the pictures above).  I'll change up the bedding by hopefully sewing a duvet cover for his comforter, pillowcase, bed skirt and matching valance.  I am planning on painting over the gray with a light blue custom made from a bunch of leftover paint from other rooms to lighten it up (his room is by far the darkest room in the house!).  To hopefully help with the lighting situation I am going to change the light fixture to an  Ikea one that I'll paint with high gloss red.  I'm planning on using the same paint on a couple of gutters to use as bookshelves on the wall next to the door.  I'll start a superhero gallery wall and maybe add a couple shelves to display his medals and other trinkets.  His closet also needs tweaked, but that may have to come later.

I better get to work!  Hopefully I'll have all the painting done by tomorrow.