Narls' Room: Done!

Two months into home ownership and I just finished my first room! Before our house, my family and I lived in an apartment filled with white walls so I've been itching to paint with fun bright colors. As a result, my 2-year-old son's bedroom was our first room to decorate.

 

The entire inspiration for this room came from David Walker's FreeSpirit line of fabric.  I used it on the headboard, the bench and the curtains.   The majority of the paint came from Sherwin-Williams; the lime green is called Hep Green, the bright blue is Reflecting Pool and the vibrant orange is Navel.  The red trim was just a small container of a cherry red color from Home Depot and the black is chalkboard paint. 

The previous owner built that fullsize bed frame and set it sideways in the middle of the room. I had planned on removing it but when we lifted it up we noticed that they laid the new Berber carpet all around it buttttttt, not underneath it. Underneath was shaggy dark brown carpet. Pretty weird right? Especially since it didn't take much to lift that bed frame. Anyhow, new carpet isn't in the budget and my son sleeps on a full anyway, so I just worked with it.

 

A bed without a headboard looks strange to me so I made a headboard out of wood, fabric and batting and then mounted them on the wall. 

I spruced up the bench on the bed frame using the same idea only gluing it to the frame. 

Using shelves and frames from Ikea, we displayed the art he makes in his early preschool class. What can I say, we're proud parents.

I know the curtains would have looked better if I made them longer but I wanted to remove the temptation of hiding/playing in them and accidently pulling them down. 

Not too shabby for my first time making curtains, huh?

I found these space prints from Etsy.

I had to display his Uglydolls. They're too adorable not to. The cutout ones taped to the wall are decorations I made for his Little-Monster themed first birthday party. I'm nostalgically sentimental like that.

The chalkboard wall gets lots of love but I wiped it clean for this picture. Above the chalkboard are decals ordered from Etsy. Also, you might not be able to tell from the pictures, but we have glow-in-the-dark planets hanging from ceiling. And there are glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling and on all the walls - looks super cool at night(anything to make bedtime more appealing right?).

These little buckets from Ikea are perfect for holding chalk & erasers. 

We took the doors off the closet to make that space part of the room. Putting his dressers and shelves in there opened up the floor space for more important things, like playing. And tantruming. I repainted his dresser to match the room.

I have to include his book shelf because it's the first - and only - time it's been this clean and organized. 

I am so proud of this room! I'm thrilled about how much was diy and I'm thrilled to see my designs and ideas actually come to life just how I pictured them. And I'm  the most thrilled at how happy this room makes my little boy :)