The Boy's (Blue & Orange & Outer Space with Bunk Beds) Room

Sorry for the large break in posting on here.  I blame by perfectionism/procrastination.  I have been wanting to post some of the decorating progress in my home, but I haven't wanted to post anything because I have not fully (to my expectations) completed anything.  Well, I am learning that that may take a while so I figure I will show you what I have gotten accomplished.  The boys room took me a long time to decide what to do.  I asked the boys what they wanted and Hunter told me blue walls and a rocket ship and all the planets painted on his walls.  Hayden said no blue, he wanted orange.  Well, we had to compromise.  Here is what we came up with.  I still have some projects that I would like to do, I'll leave you in suspense, but here is what the boys room looks like right now.

Well, I tried to use what we had.  I loved the green book shelf and dresser from the "cowboy nursery" from our old  house.   I thought it looked really good with the other colors and was very excited it could be reused.  I also reused the stars from that room and painted them orange along with the frames.  

The boys also got their very requested bunk beds, which they really had no choice about since we are putting 3 boys in  one room.  

I got all the great pictures from this book which was inspired from here.

I have also been waiting for about 4 years to hang my clip boards on the wall.

So, not the best picture but here is the set up with the crib.  I was going to make bedding for the crib, but decided it won't be in there long.  Like I said, its not quite done, but looks alot better than it did.  That's for sure!!!

Organizing the Playroom...

So one of the first projects that we did in our new home was to get the playroom somewhat organized; which, understand, is a constant work in progress...We pulled this room together with things we already had, which made it pretty easy to do, and inexpensive.  It all started with our old media cabinet.  It was to big for our new space so we figured it would make a great toy cabinet.  It is still going to be painted white, but that will come with time.  For now it is housing a lot of toys large and small.  I will show pictures of the inside of the cabinet in a future post as it is also still a work in progress.  I find we have to live with things a while to see how to best organize them rather than do and redoing over and over.  We also re-purposed the white shelves.  They were left in the boys room when we moved and we didn't really care for their placement, so we thought they would be perfect for more storage and it makes the toys look a bit like art, if that is possible for toys.   I also had to put a sitting area in the room.  I had these wing chairs and thought they would work well.  I love it for reading and it is a great place to sit and just watch the boys play.  I also think it helps the room not just look like a big toy room.  
This shelf is one that was used in our old playroom along with the baskets.  I also will be painting this shelf white, but it works for now.  I tried to keep this room bright, colorful and fun.  It was an adjustment having the play room on the main floor.  In our old home it was in the basement.  But it has been nice as they enjoy going in there and playing and having it set up this way it is also easy for them to clean up, which is nice for me...

Here is the way the room looked before we moved in.  I think with the new paint color, white curtains and other changes we have made, it has really brightened up the room and it is working for our family and making it feel like our home.

It is a stormy day today so it sounds good to curl up right here with a good book and listen to the rain...well, maybe I'll curl up with 3 boys and a good book instead...

Updating

I did an updating project on something I had wanted to change out for a while, but just wasn't sure what to do and didn't want to spend a fortune. I am so sorry. I forgot to take a before picture, so the best I could find was a picture I took of birthday decorations, but you can see the before of the project in the picture too... It is the vine and candle thing (I'm not sure what you call it?)

This is what the container started out like.

when all else fails...paint it white, right?

I found the grass in the Easter decorations and really liked it, added the flameless candle with timer
back in with some fun paper and twine

and there you have it
barely any time or money and looks much more updated to me! 

Sorry for the poor pictures, but hey, my living room looks better!!!

Refreshing

So, I'm ready to get the house in spring mode.  I'm ready to freshen up the place.  I have been starting my spring cleaning early and trying to figure out how I want to spruce up the decor around the place, so I'm starting to pinterest.  Here are a couple of things I have come across.

I'm liking the glass containers 

I'm also loving square wreaths and the handmade flowers

I also love the grass.  I think I would have to go with artificial though.

 I'm ready for spring...