Oh my, it has been quite a while! I have been a busy bee recently updating our second floor. (among a miriad of other things!!) It seems that while most people get spring fever and do major overhauls in the spring, I like to make changes in the fall. Coinciding with school starting perhaps?? heehee
After 5 years of sharing a room, J decided he wanted his own room. We are fortunate to have 5 bedrooms, but John and I each had one of the rooms as office space, and the other room was being used as a small guest room (often referred to as my niece's room). Let the switch a roo begin! John moved his office into the guest room, I moved my studio/craft room to his old office and my studio became J's room. Here are the before and afters of J's new "big kid" room. Pictures of the other spaces coming....
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| this was my studio, but we had already moved my stuff into another room. |
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| another view before. I painted this desk glossy black. Will be seen later! |
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| I really loved having pink and green walls, but J wanted nothing to do with them! |
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| here is the after! Our inspiration for the room came from the curtain fabric. Not sure if you remember my valances in my studio, but I re-purposed them to be the green and white pillows. |
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| I have 2 skateboards to mount as shelves above the desk. They are just not up yet. |
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| The bedroom set was my dad's! Love that! Oh, and we have a mirror to add above the dresser. |
I also got my grandmother's dining room chairs out of storage and painted one for J's desk chair.
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| before... |
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And AFTER!! I am SO loving glossy black right now!!
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| FINALLY hung the prints... Curtain fabric is from Jo-Ann Fabrics |
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| love how the colors totally match :) |
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| and added the skateboard shelves too. |
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| I got these 2 skateboards at Target for $10 each! Just mounted them with "L" brackets |
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| just a close up of the pillows on the bed. |
So I think I have achieved a room which J loves, has a subtle skateboard theme, and will be a room he can be in for quite some time!
I am also going to re do 2 more of the chairs. One for my desk, and one for my vanity. I may use the 4th for my SMALL desk in my kitchen, but it is REALLY
small. Not sure the chair will fit well...
I am planning to post some more before and after's once I have them finished!
xoxo
10 comments:
What a great makeover! Congrats on all of your hard work coming together to create such a great space.
It looks great! The fabric is so nice and crisp! Great job!!
Hey! Did I 'inspire' you at the club the other night? ;-)
You are so talented!
Love it! Where did you get the skateboard prints?!?!?!
Bevy- I got the posters (11 x 13) at All Posters dot com. I really like them! skateboards, but not crazy!
Patsy- hello there! Yes, I finally realized I needed to be posting again! :)
What a great re-do on that room. Love all the skateboard stuff!! Our 9 year old really doesn't care much about what we do to his room. Wish he did.
Hi Kelly! Thanks for stopping by :)
I just love this room! It is so good looking!!! If I had a little boy I would want his room to look just like this. You have been a busy beaver! Miss you!
What a great room. I love the skateboard shelves, pillows, and the window treatments!
Wow, you've been busy!!
Can you come to my house?! :)
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