All-American Teen Boy Bedroom

About two and a half months ago I started re-doing kids bedrooms.  If you're new here you can check out this post for more details.  Today I am finally ready to share with you one of those rooms!!  

Just as a refresher, here is what we started with in this room.  The room that used to belong to big brother - now in college ;).

This room now belongs to my middle son.  He just turned thirteen, and he loves all things Americana. 

Once he agreed on my design direction, I let him choose the paint color.  He really wanted navy, but I really didn't want the room to be too dark, so we met in the middle with this denim blue color.  The quilt he has had for years, and we love it.  It worked with the color scheme so we decided to keep it.

The flag is from a USA soccer game he went to with his dad a year ago, and truly was the main inspiration.  I knew he would want to display that so I decided to work with it!!  

The curtains are made from my trusty source - drop cloths, and were inspired by these that Sarah made for her boys.  The stars are cut from a chambray fabric.  I frayed the edges of the stars by washing and drying them, and then adhered them with some iron-on tape.

The bookshelf got a little personality from a poster that I found.

I actually removed the cheap cardboard backing, and replaced it with a piece of foam-core-board that I mod-podged this flag poster to.

The stripes are perfect to break up the boring wall without the need for a lot of art work.

The star I have had for years.  It was red, faded, and collecting dust in my garage.  A little silver spray paint and I think it fits perfectly in here.

The dresser was fun to paint and surprise him with.  He LOVES it :).  He said it looks like racing stripes on a mustang.  Mama score!!

With just a few DIY's and some personal touches we were able to create a room that we both love. There are still a couple of things on the list. Extra touches to make it a little cozier [maybe a few pillows;)], but for the most part it is d.o.n.e.

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Detailed Drapes DIY

Oh my!!  You guys!!  Thanks so much for all the sweet comments about my drapes!!  Yes, they were DIY, and yes they are made from a drop cloth.  They took a little bit of time, but really were not that difficult.  I made the drapes the same way as I made the drapes for our dining area.  The only change would be the width of the drapes.  Using a 6x9 drop cloth, I simply folded the drop cloth in half making 2 pieces that were 3x9.  

After the drapes were constructed, I grabbed more of the grosgrain ribbon that I used on the bed skirt.  (You could easily do this same treatment with purchased drapes.)  My inspiration came from the drapes in this Sarah Richardson room.

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I loved her design, but I thought maybe it might be a little too labor intensive.  So, I made a couple of mock-ups.  

Even though I knew that the zig-zag would take less time and possibly less ribbon, I just could not let go of my inspiration.  

So, I dove in.  Mine does not look exactly like hers, but it is pretty close ;).  Basically, when I did the mock-up, I just started placing, folding, and pinning the ribbon in a way that looked pleasing to my eye.  Then I pulled out my little ruler and used it as a guide to keep things as symmetrical as possible.
  

I measured the distance from the top of the design to the edge of the curtain, and kept that consistent.  

Then I measure the distance between the points at the top and bottom "u's".  

By keeping these three spots measured and uniform, everything else will be uniform.  I feel like I'm pretty good at eye-balling a straight line, so I did not worry about using a level on the straight parts.  Also, I'm not that concerned about it being perfect!!  

After I got it all pinned down I pondered how I was going to hold to design in place.  Originally I planned on using the iron-on hem tape I used before to apply the ribbon.  But, as I was folding the ribbon for the design, I realized that would not work since both sides of the ribbon were exposed.  I toyed with sewing it down, for about two seconds, and then I decided glue would be the best bet.  Yes, I said glue!!

I shopped my local fabric store for just the right option.  I had considered hot glue, but I knew I would probably want to throw these in the wash at some point.  So, I went with this, and I am very happy with the outcome.  (not sponsored - just sharing :))  It dried clear, was not crunchy, held well, and of course I can wash it!!  The other bonus of this over a couple of other products I looked at was drying time.  Some needed to be left alone for several hours, this one was dry enough for me to move the piece around after about 30 minutes, which made the project go a little quicker.  All-in-all the ribbon detail took an afternoon including drying time.  Well worth the look in the end if you ask me!!

Thanks again for your encouraging words throughout my master bedroom redo!!  Lots of little things to finish up in the next couple of days and cleaning everything up (if you could only see the sides of the room not in the pictures!!). I can't wait to show you the finished product on Thursday!!

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Master Bedroom - One Room Challenge Link Up Week 5

Week 5 is here friends and we are on the home stretch!!  I made some decent progress this week and the finishing details are all in my head.  Still a bit of work to do - but here's hoping I get it all done in the midst of more and more high school senior festivities!!

This week I tackled this corner of the room.

The drapes were made from my trusty fabric source for this room - yes, another drop cloth.  

With some ribbon added for detail.

On the wall above our dresser I decided to go with a wall of G's.  I had seen this before and thought it would be fun in here.  I think it will be fun to add to the collection over time!

Yes, we still have a tiny tube TV in here.  And yes, those are nutcrackers in May.  My hubby proposed to me on a cold December evening after seeing the Nutcracker ballet - these are a special reminder of that night.  :)

So, there ya have it.  Full reveal next week!! Thanks again for following along and be sure to check out all the other super-talented bloggers that are participating both in the regular challenge and in the link-up!!

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