When Asher first came home, we made a spur of the moment decision to put the boys together in one room. I had purchased matching twin sleigh beds the day before I left the US to get Asher. In the three weeks I was gone Dean and my son Tyler were supposed to be cleaning out the spare bedroom and setting up the beds for the boys.
Yeah, that didn't happen. They set up the beds, but all the..umm...crap that was in the room just got pushed to the side, not cleared out! So the night that we arrived home, here was I, exhausted, jet lagged and just a little bit irritable, PURGING that bedroom of everything in it, moving a dresser, etc. It wasn't very pleasant experience for anyone who witnessed the event, I'm sure.
And that was it. I never did any decorating in there, just left it as it was. There was very little room for the boys to play in there and I never felt satisfied with it because it was just thrown together.
About a month ago I decided I wanted bunk beds in their room. Never mind that Axel is petrified of heights. Never mind that I loved their sleigh beds. I just wanted to give them more space.
So what do you put in a room with a 8 year old and a tween 12 year old? Well, hows about some Rock-n-roll???? I found the bedding first, and did the room around that.
First, I found this bunk bed from IKEA. It's the Kura reversible bed, which can be used three different ways. What I liked most is when you flip the bed over to use as a bunk or loft bed, the top is only chest-high for me. Not too high for Axel and not a pain in the neck to straightened the bedding on the top bunk! When you buy it for $200 at IKEA, it looks like this:
So, here's the rest of the room....
The walls went from yellow to light gray. (they look a little greenish in these pictures! LOL)
It still looks a little plain to me. I'm thinking of taking down some of the decals and doing a cityscape or something, and getting black shelves for Asher's toys.
Axel's favorite part is the new bedding. He LOVES guitars!
They really love their new space!
Yeah, that didn't happen. They set up the beds, but all the..umm...crap that was in the room just got pushed to the side, not cleared out! So the night that we arrived home, here was I, exhausted, jet lagged and just a little bit irritable, PURGING that bedroom of everything in it, moving a dresser, etc. It wasn't very pleasant experience for anyone who witnessed the event, I'm sure.
And that was it. I never did any decorating in there, just left it as it was. There was very little room for the boys to play in there and I never felt satisfied with it because it was just thrown together.
About a month ago I decided I wanted bunk beds in their room. Never mind that Axel is petrified of heights. Never mind that I loved their sleigh beds. I just wanted to give them more space.
So what do you put in a room with a 8 year old and a tween 12 year old? Well, hows about some Rock-n-roll???? I found the bedding first, and did the room around that.
First, I found this bunk bed from IKEA. It's the Kura reversible bed, which can be used three different ways. What I liked most is when you flip the bed over to use as a bunk or loft bed, the top is only chest-high for me. Not too high for Axel and not a pain in the neck to straightened the bedding on the top bunk! When you buy it for $200 at IKEA, it looks like this:
It's ok looking. The blue makes it a little too "little boyish" for my taste, but when I googled the bed I found a lot of people who had done all kinds of things to them, which got my wheels turning! Dean and I transformed the beds. I love how the chrome paint turned out when I textured it.
The walls went from yellow to light gray. (they look a little greenish in these pictures! LOL)
It still looks a little plain to me. I'm thinking of taking down some of the decals and doing a cityscape or something, and getting black shelves for Asher's toys.
Axel's favorite part is the new bedding. He LOVES guitars!
They really love their new space!
