Teen Boy Bedroom

Can you please a teenage boy? Well, I did!  Yay, he likes it!  It was a surprise, so I was nervous but it was worth all the work.

We started with paint.  I did the focal wall (the one with the bed on it) two shades darker than the rest of the room. The focal wall is Dark Ash and the other walls are Dark Pewter.  Both from Behr Paint at Home Depot.

The bedding I ordered online from Woolrich.  It is really nice quality. I got a lot of the accessories at Hobby Lobby. Like the deer over the bed, some of the things on the shelves and the awesome switch plate covers. I also made the shelves, they were quite simple.  I will add a tutorial post on them later.

The curtains were "sew" simple.  Ha!  Just the check fabric with the added black band on the bottom.   Which was an accident... I made them too short and then had to add the black on the bottom.  But, I like how they turned out.  Sometimes accidents happen for a reason. Maybe?

My hubby and I made the headboard.  Well I designed it and told him how to build it.  He is amazing that way. I will post a tutorial a little later.

Then on this wall, I used some boxes I made a while ago for my daughters room but have since changed that room also.  I painted them with black spray paint.  The "explosive" signs are parts of an old box I found that held dynamite.  It has a date on it that says 1944.  I thought they would be fun and unique.

The lamp was also from Hobby Lobby.  It is so perfect for the room, I just had to have it.

It was a fun room to do and it was a success in my teenage boy's eyes so that's even better.

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Shelf in the laundry room

First I have to say "I AM IN LOVE"....with my new washer and dryer. You know after using the same one for 23 years, you just don't realize what you're missing.
I got busy on the shelf over the pegs in laundry/mudroom. I bought a 1x8x6 board at Lowe's.
The shelf will need to make a 90 degree turn, so I cut the pieces to fit.
On each end I cut off the corners so there wouldn't be a sharp edge sticking out.
These triangle pieces turned out to be perfect for the shelf brackets. I drew out the design of the shelf bracket.
Cut it out with the scroll saw.
I needed three so I found another scrap piece to cut the last one out of. I drilled holes in them to fit the screw into.
Here are the brackets in place.
I put the wood plugs in the holes and painted them white. Here they are finished.

I think I better run back to JoAnn's and see if they still have those cute baskets. I need one more, don't you think?

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Finally, some frugal finds.

Everyday I listen as all you bloggers go to the thrift store and come out with these wonderful things. Well every time I go to the thrift store I come out with discouragement. I didn't find these at the thrift store but they were thrifty...
I got all these things for $9. Yes, $9 as in nine! I was thrilled. I just happened to have a coupon for this great store "Rod Works" it is one of my favorite places to frequent. Well enough of my elation. I love those little topiaries and I have a perfect spot for them.

I haven't loved this corner since I put the shelves up. I just gathered things from around the house to put on them and you know how that is, sometimes it just isn't great. So you keep looking at it and hoping you find something to make it better.
So here it is before...
Not terrible. But I do like it better with the green topiaries and without the old beer can we found in the dirt when we built our house...
Not a huge change but now when I look at it, I like it.
As for the other two item in my great find pile. The keys are a project I will have to have a little time for. They require wood, paint, sandpaper, and wire. I'll let you know when I get them done. And, for the iron scrolly thing, I have a spot for that, I think. I'll let you know on that too.
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Picture wall

Well, we all them, I think. A picture wall full of pictures of our family. The problem I always have is, I just get it the way I want it and I have to add a new picture and it messes up the design you have on the wall. Or, this years pictures of your kids are vertical and next year you want the horizontal ones. Has this happened to you?
This is how I solved the problem. I made a long shelf from 1x4 pine. I think it is about 6ft long.
I used 2 1x4x6 pine boards, 5 wooden dowels, 7 ft of small decorative trim board and stain. As you can see I screwed the boards together in a "L" shape, added the trim to the top all along the edge to create a lip so your pictures won't fall off. I glued and used finish nails for this. Then drilled the holes for the dowels. There are five in my family so I did 5 dowels, glued those in with wood glue.

The shape of the shelf is just for character and I also routed the edges but you wouldn't have to do that either.
The frames I made but you could just buy them. I just wanted to make sure I could get into them easily so I could change the pictures often. These are just 4x6 snapshot size. My kids like to put the latest trip or adventure we have been on.
I just use some foam core cut to size for the back to hold the picture in and there is no glass. This makes it easy for anyone to change the picture with ease.

Don't mind the messy back!
This is so nice because this year I wanted to put more pictures of the kids up so I put more on the shelf and just overlapped the frames.

I love this look and if I need to add more or turn them to be horizontal I can!
You could do two shorter shelves and hang them staggered if you don't have room for one long one also.