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Lucas’s Room 2.0

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You guys…

I couldn’t be more thrilled with the changes in Lucas’s room lately.

Let’s start from the beginning, eh?

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Blank slate.  Dirty carpet.   Windows that were a hazard (they were loose, single-paned glass and one didn’t open at all).   Sorry for the Legos.

Then, we ended up here after replacing the carpet and windows and adding the furniture that we had from our last house…

And while I liked it, (1) Lucas never used that tent, and (2) we BARELY used those Ikea Expedit shelves.   We needed them desperately for our last house because his closet was so small, but in this house we have WAY more built-in storage.  Namely, a larger closet and a built-in desk, which meant that those shelves were nearly empty.   And they took up space that could’ve been used for something else.  So, I moved them into the guest room (with Joey’s help).  The other thing that bothered me was that the space didn’t feel as fun as I wanted it to.  I mean, we have an energetic, lovable little boy and his room felt a bit grown-up to me.  And to others as well… I’ve  had several people comment that it didn’t seem like a little boys room until you looked closer.  And I totally agreed.   I wanted to add some more pattern and comfort to the space to jazz it up and make him feel totally at ease playing in here.

So, I made a few tweaks that set us in the right direction.

Now, the space looks like this…

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I wanted Lucas to have a comfortable seating area for reading (well, once he learns how to anyways, in the meantime… “Air quotes” reading will suffice ;) ) and playing and this totally fits the bill.   It’s so much cozier with the addition of that area rug (found at Ross for $30) and feels much less cavernous than it did before (it’s a pretty big room).   The grey chair is an extra Ikea Nils chair that we had on hand (same as in our dining space), and I paired it with the ottoman that I revamped last year.  I plan to recover it again with a wider striped fabric to allow the rug to really shine, but I haven’t gotten there yet.

You can see that we also added a header to the window…

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The blinds had been missing a valence since we moved in and it always drove me batty how unfinished it looked.   So, we basically just sanded and stained a 1″ x 6″ piece of wood that we had leftover and mounted it on top of the unfinished header.   This small (and free) change is my favorite thing.  Like, for real.   It’s amazing how much more custom and tailored the window looks now.

As for his desk area, we started here…

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Then moved to this…

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And now we’re here…

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You guys… I found that metal bucket chair WITH THE TAGS STILL ON at a thrift store for TEN dollars!!!!    I know.   Shutthefrontdoor.  That chair is actually what prompted me to start the rest of the makeover.

I decided to paint the backs of his upper shelves with the navy I’d used below (it was an oops mistint).  And now I’m not sure why I didn’t do that initially.  It looks SO much better.

That awesome bicycle painting was created by my mother-in-law and previously adorned our hallway by the foyer.   And while I loved it out there, it goes so much better in Lucas’s room and really fits the transportation theme we’ve got going.  Plus, swapping it out with the Expedit shelf makes the desk area so much lighter and brighter.  Those shelves really blocked the sunlight from the window.

The rest of his room stayed pretty much the same-ish ( I mean, I’m always tweaking stuff)…

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The two tray car organizers up top fell off the wall because they were too high for Lucas.  He would pull on them to put his cars away and they just couldn’t take the weight anymore (the other two are going strong, though).   I decided to leave them off and added a painting above the remaining two instead to bring color to the space (again, created by my MIL).

And a few more pics for good measure…

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All-in-all, I’m really happy with how the space is turning out.  It’s much more fun, cozy, and functional now.   Lucas has played in there way more since we put the rug in.  He’s drawn to it.  It’s seriously like a bug-light for kids. ;)

The funny thing is, I fully anticipate that our other rooms will continue to go through similar transitions as this one until they feel “right” to me.   We’ve lived here a year now, and I’m still chugging along, changing things up until they feel like us.  It’s part of the fun of figuring out our style.  I definitely wouldn’t call this space done yet, but it’s slowly getting there.  :)

So, how do you guys decorate?  Do you go through the same trial and error process?   Are you more a planner up front?



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