Big Boy Room #1 - The Plan

We moved into our house when the triplets were around 8 months old and as you can imagine, moving into a new place while caring for 3 babies was rather hectic, to say the least. 

And life hasn't slowed down since.

So here we are nearly 2 years later and the kids rooms have never been touched as far as decor goes. All three rooms are total blank slates with white walls and no furniture except beds (we just transferred them from cribs to big kid twin beds! Wu hoo!).

New beds meant we needed all new bedding.

We found this adorable airplane bedding for one of the boys' rooms from Company Kids. 

It was a bit pricey, but luckily for us, my dear mother-in-law purchased the quilt for us :)

Once all of the bedding arrived, I became really inspired to finally start decorating one of the boys' rooms (the other two rooms will follow later).

Here is the plan I made to serve as a guideline for putting the room together.

The plan is to start by painting the walls with wide stripes using 

Benjamin Moore's Misty Blue and Sunrise paint. 

Eventually I would like the bottom half of the walls to be clad with either white beadboard or some other white paneling...but that will have to wait until the hubs is unburied from all of the yard projects.

 The curtains are the Henny Cirkel panels from Ikea.

I thought adding an embellishment to them, such as large yellow ball fringe, would be a fun touch.

The idea was inspired by some curtains Sarah Richardson (on Sarah 101) had made for a boy's nursery.

I'm on the lookout for a fun lantern pendant (like the one in the inspiration board above) to replace the current light fixture. It doesn't have to be red though (because there's always spray paint!).

I've already collected several vintage style airplanes over the past several months to either hang from the ceiling or display on other surfaces. I also heard from a little bird that my big boy will be receiving one of these airplanes from Pottery Barn for his birthday...

I found these cute airplane watercolor prints at A Hand in Each Pie by TJNeal's on Etsy
after being inspired by this picture on Pinterest...

Source: rachelridd.blogspot.com via Erin on Pinterest

The room has a recessed little alcove that I would like to turn into a little reading corner for my big guy. I envision an upholstered bench with storage below, places to shelve books and knick knacks, and curtains to close for a fort-like feel. 

Something kinda like this... 

Source: prettyhandygirl.com via Erin on Pinterest

But this might be pretty cool too...

Source: ohdeedoh.com via Erin on Pinterest

Or this...

Source: estilismoconencanto.blogspot.com via Erin on Pinterest

The fabrics I chose for the reading nook, pillows, bedskirt, and other upholstered items were all found online at Fabric.com.

I love how the look of layered bedding makes a bed look all plush and comfy. 

I would like to add a down comforter and duvet cover to the bed and am in love with this duvet by Whistle and Wink.

However, the $199 price tag is way too steep for my taste buds, so I am the hunt for something just as cute, but a tad more budget-friendly :)

We already have a headboard (that I will be painting navy blue) and a cute white nightstand, which were both made by my father-in-law ages ago. 

So the only new furniture we will need to add to the room is a dresser, 
like this Hemnes tall-boy from Ikea.

And last, I just need to add in a rug to tie it all together. 

The one pictured in the inspiration plan is from Pottery Barn Kids, but I'm not totally sold on it though.

Now that the plan is put together, it's time to set it in motion!!

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