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Boys Budget Bedroom Makeover (Pics)

17 years ago

Well I'm almost done re-doing our boys bedroom this week while the oldest was at Grandma's & Pop Pop's. He's coming home any minute. This was a surprise for him.

The boys are 4 1/2 yrs & 2yrs. & wanted to share a rm. instead of giving up the playroom. It's sort of a Vintage Transit Theme.

Seriously I spent about $300 for everything that you see in the rm. I mean EVERYTHING & I could well be over estimating. OK - except the crib - that was a $40 E-bay buy & will go back to the nursery soon.

I'd been collecting & buying stuff for almost 2yrs. now mostly from Bombay Kids when I worked there until they closed. They are also the only new items in the rm. Everything else is found around the house, cheap or hand me downs from the white IKEA bureau that now houses clothes & toys that I had while in high school to the white shelving unit salvaged from when we closed our store 5 yrs. ago, to the $5 bed that DH refinished.

I couldn't thank my co-worker's at Bombay enough (even the liquidator who sold me some stuff at $1 on our last day) help me find things at the last minute & ship from around the country when we were given 3 months notice about closing.

So here it is so far (I wish I had better pics but my battery was dieing & I couldn't fuss around):



My camera battery died so this pic is very dark, it's the bureau between the beds:

Reading/ Play Area w/ big tire pillows for reading:





Some of the planes and Wall Hanging:







Yesterday I found a matching set of antique maple twin beds similar to the one that we already have for $100 for the pair. DH is picking them up today & taking them to the shop to make slats or them.

The vintage looking pics above the bed are from the movie Cars & I will lower them once DS2 (aka: Super Crazy) learns not to bang them.

I still have to get window panels for the windows & get rid of the shades (safety hazard w/ the strings).

Of course I'll have to get window gates for the window by the crib once the bed goes in.

You can hardly see it but at the bottom of the twin bed is a small toy bench that my dad made. I painted it dark cobalt blue yesterday & am going to distress it. My dad made another one that I am going to paint red & put at the bottom of the other bed.

Over time I will work on saving money to get matching colored baskets for the shelves (I'll probably paint cheap ones from IKEA). I'm also looking to purchase a few more vintage looking tin cars for the top shelf.

Well DH & DS1 should be home soon - I can't wait to show him what we did while he was gone! Thanks for looking!

Comments (17)

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Way cool, ttodd!

    Love the vintage Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet. :)

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Way way cool! An excellent theme for two boys! LOVE it!

    Don't forget to check out the classic transportation posters at art.com too!

    Here is a link that might be useful: art.com - vintage travel posters

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    ttodd,
    What a great room for your boys. You really know how to find bargains and of course all your hard work of painting and hanging things really has paid off. I cannot see the trunk your dad made. Maybe when your batteries have been charged , you can try to get another shot of that.
    How long before the little one is out of crib.
    I love the theme, great for boys and not too babyish.
    You should be very proud.

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Thanks!!!!!

    DS1 LOVES hot rods & old cars. His Pop Pop collects, restores & shows antique & classic MG's as his hobby so old cars are right up DS1's alley.

    Bungalowhouse - Can you believe that I found those pooh classics back when the oldest was born? DH loves Pooh so I have a fair amt. of old Pooh stuff.

    Teacats - thanks for the link. I think that a large vintage poster would look wonderful on the big empty wall beside his bed. Maybe something w/ a big hit of red.

    Lyban - the youngest will be out of the crib as soon as those slats are made for antique beds I got yesterday! Baby #3 is due in September so he needs to get out soon! I am happy to have inherited my mom's bargain hunting gene. Thankfully I didn't inherit her 'Too Much Stuff' gene!

    I was really looking for something that they could grow w/ but that they would really be interested in. It was hard keeping all of the boxes & bags under wraps until now. It's been yrs. since DH & I could get to the back of our closest & corners of our bedroom because I was stashing stuff for so many yrs. Probably the only time in my life I was ever so focused!

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    What an imaginative room for two young boys. Lucky boys have a wonderful mom!! Love those flying machines. They're great.

    I love that "baby #3 is going to be here soon so other son needs to get out of baby bed." That's too funny!!! If nothing else, your timing is good. LOL

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    The room looks great! My boys always had models hanging in their rooms like that when they were younger. Thanks for the memory!

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    What a cute room! I'll bet the boys love it. Are the walls blue or grey, I can't tell on my monitor, although they seem to lean blue....

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    You did a wonderful job! I love the paint color you chose. This is a room that will grow with your boys too - not babyish.

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Wow - that is gorgeous!!! You did a GREAT job!!

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Wonderful job as usual! Still find it hard to believe you're a budget decorator. Never looks that way, that's for sure!

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Please share the paint color you chose! I am looking at paint colors for my twin sons' "big boy" bedroom, and just love the color! My boys are 4.5 years too. What a great job you did for the room!

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    A wonderful job! The boys will have to love it.

    Wondering if you thought about putting old road maps or atlas pages on the ceiling. A fun thing for them to ponder from their beds.

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Oh you are clever. That is a brilliant room! What I especially like is that you kept the wall color muted, something that IMO is important in children's rooms. The many wonderful accessories are shown off so well.

    Les - when our elder DS was around ten, he had us put an enlarged photo of Einstein on the ceiling above his bed. It stayed there until he left for college.

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    17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I want to know - how did the boy's react when they viewed this awesome room!?

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Kimberly & Oneplustwo,

    I'd say that the wall color leans slightly to the blue side when you put bolder colors w/ it like the red, white & blue color scheme going on now. When the rm. was empty & it was just the white shades, white trim, cream area rug & some white furniture it seemed more sophisticated & leaned less toward blue more towards gray. This rm. was our MBR originally & after the reno was done (as far as it's gotten) & painted, I nearly moved back into the rm. I'd just go in there by myself & sit & be quiet.
    The color is an old Lowes color that I think is by the Valspar manufacturer. It's called Silverware. They still have it in their computer & in the old fandeck that they have behind the counter. A close BM color is Blue Lace.

    Teacats,
    I found some wonderful posters that I have my eye on! Thank you!

    Les,
    Love the idea of maps on the ceiling. In fact I have quite a few framed antique & reproduction maps including a huge wall sized one dug out of an old one rm. schoolhouse that my FIL was working on. I've been looking for a hanging place for them & I think that after your suggestion I've found the spot in the upstairs hallway. The old soft colors will really tie the upstairs rms. together.

    DH stopped at the shop & made the slats for the beds yesterday on his way home (that was the fastest he ever get furniture fixed for me!) & here are the headboards. Now I just have to get a mattress set this wk. & get the beds put together:

    I love those beds so much that I asked DH to work w/ my dad between workshops to make a king sized version for me in black. It was midnight when I asked so I'll see if he even remembers.

    You can hardly see it in any of the pics but there is also an old horse drawn wagon seat bench that DH re-finished that is the perfect size for little kids to sit on. Somebody didn't want it anymore & just dropped it off at the shop. My kids love it! Now that my camera battery is recharged I will have to take a pic of that & the toy bench that my dad made once DS2 gets up.

    DS1 who normally talks me ever-lovin' ears off was speechless when he saw it! He said that he loved it & I got a big bear hug & lots of "I love you's'. He even played w/ his little brother fight free for a few hours in it before we had to leave for a car club banquet.

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Hi,

    I juat found this on the web and thought of your room.

    Here is a link that might be useful:

  • 17 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Robyn, I almost painted the boys rm. tan! It was a last minute decision to keep the current color. I even looked at a quilt at TJ Maxx yesterday just like the plaid one in the pic you posted & had 2nd thoughts. I think I'm going back to get it now after seeing this pic. Thanks!