Before and In the Middle: The Little Boys' Room Makeover

The "nursery" has always been a hodgepodge. The changing table Aaron built when Lincoln was a baby, the crib given to us by a friend after I had Ivan, the tissue paper pom-poms from Adelia's baby shower that I hung in the corner, the monkey decor we got when we were pregnant with Ollie that was our half-hearted attempt to give the room some cohesiveness, and most recently Ruby's blankets and toys and clothes; all the things have been loved and well used by us.

But I am excited to say that this room began a transformation process this weekend! It is no longer just going to be the room where the youngest child temporarily sleeps until another child is born, but will officially be the "Little Boys' Room".

Our traditional anniversary feet picture. 

Although our 10 year anniversary was last weekend, Aaron and I got to celebrate this weekend. Aaron's mom and dad took all our kids from Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon. Glorious!! We decided to use that time painting. (We did take a break from painting to go out and have a nice dinner at Iggy's Sports Grill with Kelly and Esther. We always enjoy our double dates with them.)

Doing creative projects with Aaron is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world. I love working side by side with this guy, just talking and laughing and doing.

I found the idea for how I wanted the paint to look off of Pinterest. But I'm not going to post the Pinterest picture. I just want you to be impressed with our finished results, instead of comparing our finished room to the Pinterest picture. Although Aaron and I are pretty freakin' amazing, we aren't professional interior decorators, and we aren't buying new furniture. (Well, maybe some new curtains...) So the little boys' room might not look like it hopped right off the pages of Better Homes and Gardens, but that doesn't matter to me. What matters to me is that now this room is going to have a personality. We were going for a happy, calm feeling, and I think we are succeeding so far.

Right now we're in the middle of the project. We finished painting all the walls, trim, and doors. Now we are adding the birch trees. Aaron's done three of them, he'll do about five more. Then we'll paint leaves on the trees and a few birds. Then we'll start on painting some of the furniture and building the bunk bed. I know it's a little early to be "nesting", but I'd rather tackle this project while I can still bend over. :)