My boys room!

So we have officially lived in the barn for 1 year.  Luckily, we have officially finished the boys room.  I am going to say that my excuse was the fact that I was letting the tin for the ceiling develop a weathered look...ahem-mm... but I know I could have sped up the process with some good ole vinegar.  Anyhow, the tin ceiling is finally done, which means they now have a ceiling fan and some lights vs. a light bulb hanging from a wire(smile).   So here we go.  The tin has rusty spots as well as a white weathered look.  Just think beach shack!

I built the red shelf over the desk out of MDF all by myself.  I wanted a place to keep all craft items.  The clear bins keep everything "somewhat" organized, and there is a place for notebooks and construction paper.  The tank holds 2 frogs and a newt.  I have the lovely job of feeding them live crickets!....YUCK!   

1.  Board shorts as curtains...a fave!  8x10 pics of us at the beach...I added some fun rub-ons and beach quotes out of my stash.

2.  Bamboo ladder in which I had planned to somehow hang pictures from that all matched, but then came up with this idea....thrilled....so different!  3.  See this picture...I would have never done this had my talented friend....heather ann...posted one like this of her girls on her blog.  If you have never visited her...you are definitely missing out.  She has inspired me in many ways.  An all around girl!  I already had these inexpensive glass frames that I had originally purchased for Marshall's artwork, but it really did not do this picture justice in such a colorful room, an then I got the idea to decoupage an unused canvas with some of my scrap paper.  Then I mounted the glass frame to the canvas and now it makes a statement.  4.  The stars...I have had for for around 12 years now.  A splurge I made in my early 20's.  I had ALWAYS wanted to put lights in them and hang from the ceiling  and FINALLY...after all those years..I am satisfied.  the boys chose blue and I think they look great.  They are thrilled!

I was about to put the red shelf in the garage sale because I did not have a place for it, but i thought it was too cute to sell, so I came up with the idea of decoupaging square chipboard with beach paper that was in my stash and I hot glued it over the square tins on the shelf.    The basket bins above holds all the crazy toys.  I absolutely love it... and I have heather ann to thank for that one too!  She has one in her office to organize her craft supplies.  Its from Ikea.  And you can barely see the big red lobster and a huge shark mouth picture ...hand picked by my seven year old.   I had originally planned to mount the tiki torches to the wall, but I didn't have the space, but I like them around the bed...there are no wicks to them..HA!   Here is what I surprised them with at Christmas.  My son was so thrilled, he said, "I just love having a mom that's a designer".  Ahhhh!  As I had mentioned the lobsters, in which you still can't see the large one...I found them at Ross and almost passed them up because I couldn't think of what exactly to do with them. (One is behind the tree)  I loved them, and since they were dirt cheap, I decided I would take them and ponder a while.  Walllaaa....I decided to make a sign out of scraps of leftover cedar.  I got the letters from my beloved hobby lobby.  the boards are all cut irregular and there is a net on it if you can see.  It's a huge sign.  Sure am glad I learned how to work the saw this past year.  I'm a project maniac now!  Of course the boys are begging for the lights to stay up and I say...What the heck.  I'll  put away the tree and snow globes, but the lights can stay.  They also have lava lamps up there.  And don't miss my  cool waiter shark...love him!  He has sunglasses on.  I have one more project left in this room and I will share that later.  It's almost 3 am , and I guess I should go to bed...told you I was a night-owl!

Comments

[Karen]

What an awesome room! The board shorts over the window are so cute. Yo have a wonderful imagination to come up with that idea! Lvoe it.

[chris]

That room is incredible , a barn sure makes for great generous room sizes. I love that shark what fun, I have just ordered bunk beds for my daughter as they love to share a room on the weekends, I found the cutest bedding yesterday , I can't wait to set it all up , I am going to paint them white to copy a pottery barn bunk bed I couldn't afford.
Your boys sure are lucky to have a designer for a mom.

[Sonia]

wow!! That is the coolest room ever! I hope your boys know how lucky they are!

[Blanca]

You are one talented gal. The way you dressed those windows is just too cute. I may need your advice on my master bath. I painted it a blue I thought I liked but now I am having second thoughts about the color. Can you help?

Blanca

[Heather]

What a FUN room, Andrea! They have to just love it!

[Megan]

wow!!! too much fun!!!! another great job of course!! :)

[kim in Camas - ScrapToMyLu]

LOVE the swim shorts for curtains! You are brillant!
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[Gucci Shoes]

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[medieval clothing]

wow that room shows to be a lot of fun with everything inside!