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I feel like this has been SUCH a long time coming. The last time Sam had a “finished” room was in his nursery back when we lived in Kansas. He only had that room for a couple of months before we moved to TX. We lived in a rental while we waited on our house to be built. I had no desire to decorate a room that was only going to be used for a little while. Once we moved into the new house I knew it wouldn’t be too long before he would be out of his crib, so his big boy room waited some more. Ugh. I know he didn’t care, but I felt bad for the little guy. Finally, two years after being in our house and many DIY’s later, Sam has a finished room! Woohoo! Can I get an amen!!!
Before
Before I get into it, I want to bring it back to how it looked before we started. I only have this one photo. I just stuck everything in there from the last house. And hated it. The curtains were obviously too short for the taller ceilings/windows, but I put them up anyways (Looking back I have no clue why).
After
Too much ugly, let’s get to some pretty. I’ve already shared with you guys the portion of his room with his bed on it as I worked my way through the DIY’s.
Everything over here has special meaning. The dresser was his great grandmothers that I repainted years ago for Izzy’s big girl room. A lot of the art was reused from his original nursery with some other pieces added in, mostly DIY’s. Might be hard to see, but the photo in the bottom black frame is of my grandfather who tipped his plane on its nose during a hard landing. The antlers were found in Papa Moo Moo’s barn on one of our visits. The globe was bought for his nursery and I wanted to keep it out since Sam loves looking at it to see if he can find where Grandma and Grandpa live. And the basket holds Mike’s old baseball bats and glove.
I put a hanging chair in here for his because, hey, it’s fun! It’s also super comfy. Seriously, I could relax in that thing all day. But warning (and this shouldn’t come as a surprise) kids are gonna swing the heck out of these so make sure you’ve got that puppy anchored into a ceiling beam and give yourself enough swinging space!
To keep his growing collection of stuffed animals from being piled up on the floor, I hung some baskets from the wall on hooks.
He loves his room. And that’s all I could ask for.
Thank you, Cassie! I think it's those meaningful pieces that make it so special for me. He never knew his great grandma, but there's still a piece of her in his everyday life. Or every time I look at the photo of my grandpa and his plane it makes me smile and think of him 🙂 Of course, Sam just loves that is a plane.
Shelley you are the best at styling spaces beautifully while keeping them real. I love the baskets on the hooks for stuffed animals! And that great art grouping around the dresser!! So so so cute, pulled together, and a space that will work so well through the years!
Thank you so much, Lisa! I feel like I stink at styling so the way you see it in here is how it looks everyday. Of course, minus the pj's he always tosses on the floor 😀
Amen to this! Hey how do you always pull together stylish, functional, fun spaces like this?! #teachme
That swinging chair, those baskets on the wall make me happy. I especially love the sentimental meanings. Gives a room soul! Sam, the future astronaut, obviously adores his new space (see what I did there)!
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Newesti adore this room, as i have told you before! it's such a great space with so much style, and i love that it has meaningful pieces, too!
Thank you, Cassie! I think it's those meaningful pieces that make it so special for me. He never knew his great grandma, but there's still a piece of her in his everyday life. Or every time I look at the photo of my grandpa and his plane it makes me smile and think of him 🙂 Of course, Sam just loves that is a plane.
Shelley you are the best at styling spaces beautifully while keeping them real. I love the baskets on the hooks for stuffed animals! And that great art grouping around the dresser!! So so so cute, pulled together, and a space that will work so well through the years!
Thank you so much, Lisa! I feel like I stink at styling so the way you see it in here is how it looks everyday. Of course, minus the pj's he always tosses on the floor 😀
Just love this room!
Thank you, Amy 🙂
Amen to this! Hey how do you always pull together stylish, functional, fun spaces like this?! #teachme
That swinging chair, those baskets on the wall make me happy. I especially love the sentimental meanings. Gives a room soul! Sam, the future astronaut, obviously adores his new space (see what I did there)!
Good grief I'm behind! Thank you so much!!! This little guy tells me he's going to the moon one day 🙂
I want that swing chair! And Sam. Please send me both. 🙂
If I send the swing with him you'll be sending them both back within 10 minutes 😀
I love the light wall color(s) you have throughout the house, but I can't find the names. Do you have them listed somewhere? I'd love to know!
Thank you! The walls are all PPG Palomino Grey.
Hi Shelley! Lovely room. I would love to know what paint/color you used for the Jenny Lind bed? I'd like to paint my son's bed that shade. Thanks!
Thank you! It's SW Tricorn Black. You can read more about the bed and paint I chose here: http://westermanfam.blogspot.com/2015/10/jenny-lind-bed-paint-diy-bed-rails.html?m=1
Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Sweet boys room. Love it! Did you also use the Palomino Gray in your boys room?
Thank you so much, and yes, it's also painted Gray Palomino!