Mini Makeovers...

As I had mentioned before, I love to “re-decorate” rooms.  The boy’s didn’t NEED much for their birthdays this year, so we decided to give them new bedding sets and re-paint their rooms.  They both love showing off their new rooms! 

It is very enjoyable and stress-relieving for me to makeover an area.  From start to finish I enjoy each step…coming up with the plan of attack, watching the boys all excited about what is happening throughout the venture – answering the questions about How? Why?  …and of course the finished project.  It provides the sense of accomplishment that people can actually SEE.  All too often we take great strides in life – with really no “material” proof of what was done.  Just the everyday parenting as a whole is an example of succeeding with “little” rewards—ones that I wouldn’t trade for anything, but the fact that you can actually SEE progress in a project and get “physical” recognition from it, is an important part of pride in your life!  This is why I try to hang all the kids’ art work from daycare at least for a little while…even though it may cause “clutter” – it shows off the pride they put into the abilities, and shows them we are proud of it too.  Isaac often asks me – “Mom can we do a project?”  I am so glad they can enjoy it as much as I do and we can do those things together!  I guess this is the reason why I am “crafty.”  --the need to feel you have succeeding and completed something!?!

So I did some very basic “upgrading” to big boy rooms for their birthday “projects!”

Isaac’s room got an urban make over.  He now has the full size bed (from the crib).  And it is decked out in a “checkered” type bedding with blue, orange, grays, and black.  There are big boy things all over the comforter.  Motorcycles, helicopters, race cars….street lights. 

So the graffiti like squares I painted on the wall mimic the patterns from the bedding.  Isaac’s room was already a baby blue, so I removed the “baby” by keeping the blue on top (mostly because of the vinyl saying on the wall—needed to be preserved) and adding the bright orange on the bottom with the black border.  There is definitely no baby left in that room.  He was sad that the "treasure chest" (toy box) moved into Trevor's room due to lack of space, but other than that he was satisfied!

See how he had to ACT just like Isaac
and "Pose" on his Bed...They are
watching EVERY move!

Trevor’s room became a bit more colorful.  His new dinosaur bedding matched many of the colors we had around the house already.  The “architectural walls” throughout his room offered me many options for placing pops of color around the room.  I stole the rest of Isaac’s blue and orange paint and put them on a wall… I used the yellow from Isaac’s old nursery and a green from the basement down stairs.  Didn’t cost me a penny!!!  Always a plus!  (You can’t see the green in any of the pictures, but it brings color in by the door.)  Keeping the biggest 2 walls the neutral khaki helped tone all the colors down a bit.  (and made less work for me – remember this is a mini makeover!)  It was easier than all the stripes I previously had in my mind.  !!

The new bright green curtains add even more excitement to the room...and they are room darkening A PLUS!!! Esp for nap time!

I still love their names on each wall.  It really lets them know it is “my space.”  I think little—or big boys—need that too!

My boys are growing so fast.  No nursery left in our house.  I did get to help with my future niece's new nursery this past weekend though (so much fun -- I love it!)...Maybe I will get to share that in the future too!... I think I need her in the picture too -- "posing" for me!