I showed y’all a little teaser of Braylen’s big boy room on Friday, and I am so excited to show it off some more today.
His poor room has gone through a lot. It looked beautiful when it was a nursery, then it went through looking like a prison, and now its a full-fledged big boy room! It still seems crazy to me that I have a kid old enough to need a big boy room, but alas- I do!
The main thing that the room needed to transition was a bed. We searched high and low to find the right one, and even started drawing up plans to DIY one. Heres the thing with DIYing and money though, sometimes it just doesn’t make sense. Some DIYs end up being much more expensive than just buying something, and that was the case for us on this. We wanted to make a really rad wooden bed, and once we totaled up what we would spend in lumber alone {not even factoring in the amount of time it would take} it was way more than an amazing one we found on Craigslist for $50. All it needed was a little spray paint and the beauty was good to go:
Once the bed was dried and good to go, we got some new bedding and moved some things around. When it came to the mattress, we checked out reviews by bestmattress reviews, for example, as we knew there were many options to choose from. Reviews make buying anything a lot less stressful. Anyway, we are still using the side table that we made while we were in the old house, and its perfect for holding a few books and his new night light. Which by the way, I love that new night light. It technically is a soccer ball, but it is all white, so ends up looking pretty modern. It changes colors and makes Bray smile so big! Maybe down the line we’ll get him something like a vintage soccer ball to go with it. That’d make a nice extra touch, wouldn’t it?
We actually brought back in the tripod lamp we made way-back-when. We took it out of his room once he became mobile but unstable, but now he is good to go around it and so its back!!
We are still needing a few things in the room, but when does a room in our home ever not still need a few things?! I am pretty sure we are never ‘done’ with a room! Are you the same? Or do you do a room till its finished?
I love how the room has come together, and I am beyond obsessed with the tailored roman shades we have from Bali! Hope you all like the room just as much. I’ll be sure to post new pictures as the room gets more and more complete.
