Boy Room Makeover

Our boys had no fancy PB or RH nursery.  They had plain IKEA cribs bolted into one for about a year.  Then the cribs were reconfigured into the original two.  When they started escaping over the top we took out an upright slat in each one.  E REALLY liked to sleep with T.

Nap time was party down time.  They would tilt any pictures, empty all drawers, take all toys, grab all books and stash them under the rug, behind the radiators, beneath the big floor pillows.  Everyday.  So no "decor" for them.   They graduated to big boy IKEA beds and storage drawers.  But still were limited to minimal decor.  When nap time left us (early on) more things did go into the room.  Trophies.  Ribbons.  Lego models.  They displayed things on the chests I fixed up with maps of the favorite surfing beaches in NJ and NC.

 

Now that third grade is upon us the guys want desk space in their room.  Not sure how effective this will be since they do their work at the kitchen table after school.  This is their room in the throes of  rearrangement.

 

 

 This is the result.  Chances of it looking this good beyond a week are slim.

 

 

 For the moment neat.

Bedrooms

Here's the master bedroom, on the first floor.  Before:

After: 
We had the wallpaper stripped and painted with Behr Pewter Mug with white trim. 
 
Left to right:
The dresser was Mom's, my Victorian marble top I've had from childhood, great grandfather's shaving stand, bedside chest-curb, ordinary new bed, drop leaf farm table from PA., framed pieces are all old rowing prints.

This table I bought from a radio ad in State College.  It has been used as a dining room table and a computer table.


Pillow cover I made from old linen runner.


Old double weave coverlets on the bed and chair, my Mom's big mirror...was that ever fun to move from NJ!  Plan de Paris through the door.



There is a sitting room connected with pocket doors. This room has not been painted. Highboy (thrift shop $125), flip top table from family, old bike is my son's 1st auction purchase...at 6 weeks old, framed items are all family pictures / documents.


The wash stand is a family piece.

Desk I bought at auction (when I was in high school), the window treatment came with the house. All the oriental rugs are old, this one is Afghan from PFS's former student/rug dealer, chair-curbside (see it here).

The chair is the "clothes horse" cleaned off for a party.
I love the gray walls...it some of these photos they show up bluer than in person...it is just a restful room.