Boys’ Room Redo

Yesterday I was reading a post by Clarice at Heartfelt Thoughts from a Mother to Her Daughters.  It truly inspired me and it was exactly what I needed to hear read yesterday.  You should go read it for yourself.  It’s worth it.

One of our upstairs bedrooms, which my two oldest boys now share, had gotten ugly enough.  I mean for goodness sake HELP already!  We do vacuum and dust, but the walls were covered with the kinds of marks boys make through the years by firing lego pieces with a Nerf bow, wrestling, throwing things (gasp), and rearranging their furniture and dragging things across the walls.  Hopefully that sort of activity has died down a bit and we can expect this room to stay pretty now.

BEFORE:

Keep in mind that this is an old BEFORE photo.  The bunkbed has long since caved in and been discarded.  The high shelf on the wall is long gone, the walls were horrid and I’ll stop there.

While their room still needs work (ceiling, carpet, trim) it is SO MUCH BETTER today than it was when I woke up yesterday!

AFTER:

The paint color,  Jamaica Bay by Behr, was chosen from the fabric of the thrifted orange and blue curtains.

The quilt hanging on the back wall was also thrifted ($5.59) and I think matches the paint well.

I really like this little corner of the room.  It belongs to Big Joe.   

One of my favorite things about this corner is this framed print I found at the thrift store yesterday for…  Are you sitting down?  Only 3.99.   I think the print is actually really old.  The frame is not. 

I’m not sure you can see the detail of the print, but the top corners are a bit worn and there are faint “cracks” in the finish.  I love it!!  And the blue dress is lovely with the blue paint!

Perhaps it does not look exactly like a boys’ room, but how about a grown boys’ room?  Yes?  The boys still have their clutter and their man cave stuff, but the room is a little more mature.  After all, they’ll likely be married one day so they best get used to this type of decor, right??

One last framed print I purchased at Goodwill yesterday for 3.99.  I thought the yellow bird was also pretty against the blue paint.

This room actually needs a COMPLETE OVERHAUL, but that will likely not happen until the boys move out.  In the meantime it didn’t cost much to make it look presentable since the boys are older, and enlisting the help of the children and several paintbrushes and rollers, it only took two hours to wipe the walls free of dust and paint.

TOTAL COST:

Paint:  21.00
Thrift store curtains:  3.29
Wall quilt:  5.59
Curtain rods:  23.00
Thrifted framed art:  8.00
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Total: 60.88