He’s 4. The little guy. The baby. But he’s head and shoulders taller than other 4 year olds. And the poor guy got the littlest bedroom in the house. 1st come–1st served, you know.
His room has only been somewhat changed from the nursery he first moved into, so it was absolutely TIME TO GROW UP!
Before →
Here are the changes I made to his itty-bitty– roughly 7½ x 9ft –room.
Like walk-in-closet size.
Or NY city apartment size! ; D
I was just starting to formulate a design plan when I found this odd garage-storage piece at the ReStore during their annual Earth Day Celebration! Everything was ½ price!
↓ $20 –I couldn’t build this piece for that—and certainly no way for the $10 I paid for it! It totally steered this design!
1st, I hoisted the whole piece up on “legs,” and secured it all to the wall. Then I used the spacing of the shelves to create the stripes around the room– which distract attention from the room’s size.
To bring more texture, I cut up pallet boards to back the shelves. To bring in more color, I painted the ceiling green—my sister-in-law thought I’d lost my mind. “Aren’t ceilings supposed to be white–??“ Says who–??!!
The storage piece new bed system will anchor Landen’s bed and give him storage for books, toys, games and other little boy things without taking up any more valuable floor space!
Another awesome ReStore find was a donated old waterbed frame with under-mounted drawers, $40. My niece wasn’t exactly enthusiastic, but said she trusted me. Half will go to each of the boys for extra storage–after some modifications, like what you see below.
Here’s Landen’s half!
And another view–tough to get a good shot without a wide angle lens, sorry.
More details tomorrow—
Catherine
I’m sharing this project with these fABulous blogs!
Very cool ideas!! Especially the watered under storage drawers! I love it, and what a very lucky 4 year old. Waterbed. Now there is a noun I haven’t thought of since about 1981!
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Great room and great use of space. There needs to be a link added to the the party. Thanks
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I promise I did, Kim!
You responded before I hit “update” on my blog!
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I love everything about it–thanks so much for sharing!
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WOW! so unique and cool! i love the rustic and modern vibes.
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Thanks, Cassie!
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wow wow wow awesome job
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Cool makeover! Such a great room!
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Incredible makeover! You’ve inspired me in so many ways! Thank you!
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This is just a fabulous room and so clever! Stripes, yes I can see how they take away from the smallness. And that shelf, what vision. Great job.
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so soooooo cool!
found you via the charm of home and hope you’ll stop by and follow!
http://hellolovelyinc.blogspot.com/2012/08/living-room-new-beginning.html
smiles.
michele
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How very creative! The bookcase, the stripes, the under-bed storage! Love it!
Just because it’s small doesn’t mean it can’t be BIG ON DESIGN.
…via CCC, Pat
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You always come up with the best ideas – I wish I could borrow you for about a year!!!! Very creative and love the bookcase, stripes and the storage you got in that small but cute room! Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!
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I long for under the bed storage with a real piece of furniture like this unit. I still use boxes! I know your son will love this!
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This is a seriously AMAZING room – and the pallet backed shelves are to die!
Great job!
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It turned out so awesome! Thanx for sharing at THT!
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This one blows my mind!! It’s unbelievable how innovative and artistic some people are! Lucky little boy.
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Awesome!! really, really well done!! bet he never wants to leave his room now 🙂
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Love this! What a great idea, and I *love* the look of the wood in the back. Really adds a great element to a super cool room! Well done!
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The bed is such a cool idea! You truly are artistic. Now the bed looks comfy. Thanks for providing a great idea!
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wow! what a great room Catherine! I love how you designed the stripes to line up with the shelves. 🙂
great job repurposing the waterbed.
lucky little guy!
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I LOVE how you added the pallet boards!! This is an amazing room transformation, I think it is brilliant Catherine! You are one talented lady!
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Thank you sO much–means A LOT coming from such a creative counterpart!
Catherine
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