Big Boys Room

A couple months ago we did the big switch from a crib to a big boy bed for Tobin. My parents bought bunk beds for the boys and I took the opportunity to redecorate their room.

Here is what you see when you first enter through the door. We found the desk at a garage sale and I painted it "Waterloo" blue. The shelves are from Ikea and display Noah's robot and rock collections as well as a few other prized possessions. We're still looking for a desk chair.

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The bunk beds. We chose this model from Ikea because it was the lowest bed we could find. The ceiling slants in this room so we wanted to make sure that Noah had enough head clearance. It's also helpful that Toby can climb onto the bottom bunk with no need for a stool. The quilts were made by Geary's talented Aunt Mary. She actually traced the images from coloring book pages and hand colored them with fabric markers. Tobin's is Cars themed and Noah's has rocket ships.

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Bookshelf and toy storage. We're using two robots as bookends.

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The dresser is a craigslist find also painted "Waterloo" blue. I still need to paint the closet doors but you can see my clever closet organization. I used a short shower curtain rod inside an old bookshelf frame to create a lower closet bar to hold Tobin's clothes.

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And since I'm showing the inside of the closet you might as well see the toy storage half. We've had the Trofast storage system from Ikea for several years but I recently hung more shelves above it for some of the toys that I don't really want Toby to have access to. Legos and such.

When I do hang the closet doors I'd like to find some vinyl wall stickers with gears and cogs to put on them. I also have a few pieces of art to frame and hang. But overall the boys have a great new space. What do you think?