Posts I said I would get to....

Lets start with T and M's Room's....  T's room has been finished for awhile, except the missing dirt bike silhouettes I still have not gotten.  Call me lazy.. Oh well.

You've been warned!!

John and I got this on our Cruise - I thought it was super cute and fitting considering we have two boys. His room is not Pirates, but I still wanted to put it up.

Monster Trucks... I don't think T will ever get sick of his Monster Trucks. LOVE LOVE LOVE's Them!!

The decals were purchased from Fathead, they were a pain in the ASS to put up we used spray glue to make sure they don't come down.

His bed was his old crib we converted it to the full size, which he loves and honestly he's lost in it. It takes up so much of his room I feel bad, but we made it work. The rub was purchased at IKEA and he loves it. Its his little town for all his cars or monster trucks.

The wall is full of basketballs, baseballs, footballs, a hockey stick and a jersey. all which have been signed by numerous professional ball players. We also have one of Shaq's GINORMOUS shoes.

Onto M's room

Looking in from the door.  This decal was purchased off of Etsy and holy hell it was a pain in the ass to put up, piece by piece we had to do it plus add extra glue. Definitely meant for flat non textured walls. but of course I wanted what I wanted and this will have to do!! At least it'll be easy to take down when its time for a change.

The picture frame was made by one of friends, the baby inside however is Not Micah. The owl bank, I found in Vegas and had to have it!

These owls from my baby shower that my sister gave me, So cute!

Oh this dresser.. This dresser has some meaning!!  This used to be my dresser, My Dad made this dresser for me. The first two drawers fronts even had my name engraved on them.  Its made of solid Oak and heavier than heavy!!  Its been at my moms ever since I moved out and she's been asking what she wanted me to do with it. Of course I wanted to keep its sentimental to me, even more so now because my dad is gone.  She asked me again when I got pregnant with M and right away I was like I can use if for M. I just had to figure out how to get a new drawer front and stain it to match the crib.  Luckily I'm in the cabinet, counter top biz so we know people. I asked my friend if he could take it clean it up, stain it and change the sliders for me. He did, it took awhile but I got it back about a month before M came. I LOVE it and I hope M will keep it forever. Its a very meaningful piece something that I hope gets passed down to his kids and so on. I'm sure it will with stand the times, I mean its Oak and it means business!!  =)

This is a Mobile I had made from etsy, it matches the colors of the bedding. It freely hangs over the top of the crib. I love it!  M seems to enjoy it as well.

I saw this owl in a parents magazine when I was trying decide on bedding and themes for M's room. Once I saw this I was in love and knew I had to have some owls in his nursery.

And the finished product. The rod that's being used to hang those curtains is not staying I just needed something to get them off the dang floor. I'm still searching for the ONE that I want but haven't come across anything, who knows if I will but this will do for now.

Some fresh ideas.

Not sure if you remember this post if not, let me remind you.. We are getting ready to start for baby #2, with that we are wanting to change T's room to the other room we used to have as an office.
Sooo..  We decided to keep his crib, and use it for what we intended. Which is turning it into the Full size bed. (Although I'm still contemplating keeping it as a toddler day bed) just until he's about 3-4??? too old, too young??
We are also still a go with doing another mural in his room. Clean slate yet again. We are going to do Monster Trucks, Motorcycles and the Dunes.  I'm going more for a Cartooney theme more than anything.
Here is a few pictures I found off the web.

I can't remember where I found this one.

These two pictures were found here




This is what I'm going for. I really like the Cartoonish look of this mural. T is growing up so fast. I really want to keep him a little boy for as long as possible. I don't want to give him a big "kid" room just yet.

(call me selfish) 

Now we have to decide on furniture as far as what goes and what stays.  We have 2 very open walls to work with. The other is a closet wall and the other is the window wall.

My idea was to back his bed up against the back wall, take the taller of the two dressers we have and put it against the opposite wall. 

Then I was standing in there "imagining" everything this little boy has and clearly he has no storage. I have one of those cubicle organizer things, Yea its filled to capacity with cars, motorcycles, books, blocks, you name it. AND its white. Totally non matching but Target didn't have black. So then I went to my Friends house and I saw these.

She has a set of two, but I would want just one.

I think these would be perfect in his room.I realize they are Black/Brown but they are dark enough to were I don't think you could tell a difference. (o well if you can)  Keep reading

Look at these.. Yea. Awesome idea Ikea.. Thank you, love you!!

These my friends are inserts that go into the bookcase  you see above. They screw in, they don't just get put in like a fabric bin, you can't remove them unless you unscrew them. Perfect spaces for things you want to hide. YESSSS!!!!

and these are brilliant, because the top 2 cubbies I can use these to store his clothes in, socks etc..

They are actually sliding drawers.. Hello Score Again!! 

You can obviously still use the fabric bins or any bins you want. to mix it up more.

When I saw these sitting in her living room, my mind started to go into overdrive. I have put alot of thought into this. The hubs and I, Yea you can bet your ass we will be making a wonderful trip to IKEA!! 

Oh and I'm sorry did I say how inexpensive this entire thing is.

The cubby/bookshelf is $70

the inserts range from $20-35 a piece- those are kinda pricey

I'm thinking I want a 2nd set for Baby #2's room, but because I'm unsure of what color we are going to do for furniture I probably shouldn't jump the gun.

I was going to set this on the same wall as his dresser. This leaves a pretty open space in the middle for playing.

 I'm still unsure on how I want to set up the furniture until I get it in there.

I want to make sure you will be able to see his murals, but not super crammed. Work in progress!! 

I do have a question though. The closet has no doors on it. When we were remodeling and decided to make that room our office, the closet doors that were on their were old and yuck  so we trashed them and we also opened up that space a bit lengthwise. Then when we had John's cousin living here, we bought those homemade closet organizers you can get from Home Depot. The boys installed that, it looks nice but, what should I do about doors?

Should I just leave it open and do a Curtain? or

Put the Wood sliding doors back on that match the rest of the doors through out our house?

For bedding i was just going to stick with solid colors, Navy Blues, Greens, Blacks, Red etc. Since there's alot going on as it is, I was sticking to simple, but i also saw some cute fabric with skulls and cross bones on it, not scary, but cartooney looking. 

Man I hate decisions.. 

So far those are my ideas for T's room. Now getting them implemented, HA that's a different story.