As a child the only time I ever recall any room being
painted was after we had a major house fire.
My parents let me pick my room color, HOT PINK! It stayed that way for decades even as my
dad's office. When we moved here 6 1/2
years ago we bought a new house! I was
so excited to not have to paint. But
little did I realize that what now seems like white primer paint can start
looking dingy and old quickly. It is
also not the easiest to keep clean. The boys have been asking for their rooms
to be painted for years. In fact Dan has
been asking since we were in Illinois.
SIGH Since we were not going
anywhere this summer (again) I figured why not fulfill the request. I committed to Sam first as it became part of
his birthday present, since it's in summer.
My thought was to have a fun mom/son project while Dan was off to scout
camp. But when I proposed this to Sam he
instantly thought of it as an extreme makeover surprise, since he loves that
home show.
I started off making a
Pinterest - Sam's extreme room makeover board that lists all of the
requirements I had for the room and then began to collect little ideas I
thought would be fun to incorporate.
Sam has some extreme interests. He is obsessed with science to the point I can not satisfy his intense need for more understanding. I knew that would need to be a theme. He is not instinctively organized so there needed to be a spot for everything. I needed to create more space and be very careful about what goes back into the room. He had a request for a ceiling idea that I figured out a cool plan. But it will have to come in phase 2. I
put a call out on Facebook indicating what I was doing and received some fun
feedback and ideas, one of which turned out to be my favorite part.
I have read and viewed pictures of people
making over blah furniture so I figured why not, he has some OK furniture.
I did buy a headboard, frame, bed and bedding
as a set from a garage sale.
Yup I
actually purchased something at a garage sale.
But it was from a friend.
(if you
know me well you know I have personal issues with garage sales - OK for anyone
else, just not me) I am saving the frame and bed part for another project and
kept the headboard and bedding for this project.
Below you will see some before and after
pictures.
Our cameras all died within a
week of each other.
So some pictures
aren't the best as they are cell phone shots.
But you get the idea.
Final wall
decor pictures and ceiling mural will come later.
Final note, it would turn out to be the hottest week so far, the week I had to be outside a lot spray painting. But I did have fun and felt very motivated by the idea that Sam might have a place he felt was personally his. Result, he tells us the colors are earthy, CALMING and comfortable. Success!
Youtube videos of Sam seeing his room for the first time and then giving a tour.
Initial Reaction
http://youtu.be/PdKrRkgmgN0
Sam giving tour of room
http://youtu.be/XV5ud7RXgWs
SORRY for placement of these pictures. I really hate Blogger editor. It shows one thing in edit and does another in publish. SIGH
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| NEW WORK TABLE BUILT BY NICK, fits over Al's crate |
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| PAINTED AND INSTALLED, fits like a glove, Finished pillows up top |
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| Earthy shelving, can expand |
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| Material squares after painting design on with homemade stencils. |
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