Today, I am going to share today about one of my FAVORITE projects/room redoes ever! My son, Maddox's, pirate room! Here we go...
Maddox's room was already a nice beige/khaki color when we moved in, We decided to keep said color on 3 walls. We added multi colored stripes to the focus wall (which is where I was planning on putting his crib and name)...read the tutorial on how to do the perfect stripes here.
Once the stripes were done, we decided that we wanted to put his name somewhere on this striped wall. It still (believe it or not) needed something to break up all the bold colors and personalize it to my baby boy. I was at Lowes brainstorming about finding some funky old wood pieces that I could write his name on and hang on the wall. Frustrated and irritated that nothing was grabbing my attention, I walked down a random aisle on my way to the exit and saw it....THE ONE....the exact thing that was in my brain but I couldn't articulate to anyone else. Rope. Awesome, nautical, pirate-y looking rope. I was beside myself with excitement! They sold the rope by the foot...I think it was $0.25/ft...or you could buy a large pre cut amount. I bought 30 ft and it was $4.99. Score!
Then I started the brainstorming process on just HOW I was going to write his name with this fabulous rope. I thought about hot gluing it...stapling it and even using screws or nails. All of white would've shown through or destroyed the wall. I remembered working on a project for a wall in my master bedroom with pins (which I will share someday) and decided I would try it. Pins are AMAZEBALLS for wall projects/art. They leave tiny holes and go into the drywall so easily. So, I grabbed my little box of flat head pins and a hammer and got to work. I tried to kind of eyeball where to start/finish his name but all in all, it wasn't perfectly centered...which is why I ended up adding the anchor and his middle name. I'm SO glad that it wasn't centered the first time or I never would've added those two things that just make the wall pop. I held the rope on the wall the way I wanted to formulate each letter and put in about 150 or so pins. Isn't it ADORBS?!
Next step was to find some bedding and accessories to complete his little pirate room! I got the striped crib duvet and sheet from Ikea for $4.99. The treasure chest you see in the corner was a steal from Hobby Lobby on clearance for $10! That's his toy box and "catch all". It's so cute and just screams treasures!! On the far wall you can kind of see one of his picture frames. It's a large black piece of wood that is lacquered black with magnetic frames with pics of him, us and our family. There are smaller painted magnets that consist of a wave, sailboat, pirate flag, family sign, treasure map and treasure chest. I got these from a local artists store, Roeda. Check out their website here. Basically, it's painted metal pieces with magnets on the back. Moveable and changeable art. Awesome.
I decided to hang a basic black shelf for little knick knacks until I finish his pallet wall project. That one is coming soon....I got the little pirate monkey (which started this whole pirate monkey theme) from target on clearance for $1.98..I bought a few of those little guys when Maddox was only 5 months old...I bought them for his 1st birthday party. haha! Plan ahead much?! The "Maddox" wooden name sign is from the Ann Arbor Art Fair from a specific vendor who does these amazing name puzzles, regular wood puzzles and the list goes on.
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| Full view! |
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| Cute pirate Octopus from Target! |
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| Fun Coat Anchor Hanger |
A lot of these little treasures were from thrift stores or hobby lobby. The mini treasure chest I got from hobby lobby on clearance for $5! I filled it with little gold coins or "gold doubloons" as Vaelyn calls them. The pirate ship up there is the piñata from Maddox's party. The red nautical jar is from Hobby Lobby as well, as is the anchor coat hanger and material! The key with any kids room is don't be too matchy or get your undies in a bunch if a shade of green doesn't match perfectly. It's what gives a room character. Don't be predictable... :-) For example, the green on Maddox's wall, rug, bedding and chair are all a bit different from each other.
And....just for fun....some pics of us "pirates"!
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| L-R Vaelyn, Me and Maddox Trying out our pirate mustaches for M's pirate party. |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Pirate :-) Yes, we made everyone get a mustache drawn on them. We are cool like that |
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| Come on guys....isn't he the CUTEST pirate evah?! |
Thank you for reading this novel post....I am THRILLED about how his room turned out. Just wait til you see his new big boy bed in there!! Sad but so fun! Enjoy your weekend mateys!
Anna and my crew of pirates.
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