Creating the perfect bedroom for your little guy or gal is very important. I know that when I was a kid I would have L-O-V-E-D a fun room! My husband and I were on a mission to have a fun room for our toddler when it was time to switch him to a "big-boy" bed because we needed the crib for our soon-to-arrive little girl.
With Jackson loving Cars we wanted to give him a Cars' themed room. We searched high and low and wide for a car bed and found something that would work just right for him on Craigslist.
It all adds up~
We found the blue Little Tykes car bed on Craigslist for $80.00. The woman who was selling included the mattress and the support board, then we bought Cars' bedding for $34.99 from Amazon to give his bed the Cars feeling with out actually purchasing a $300.00 Lightning McQueen bed.
Next step was to search on Pinterest to find some more inspiration for his room and saw some pretty cool painted hubcaps. I then thought about how I could accomplish this, so I searched on Amazon for some rims and found a set of four for $26.00. Then when I received the hubcaps I spray painted each with the colors of a stop light. The next little details were the mini street signs. The Yield sign was purchased at a flea market for five bucks, and the Stop and Route 66 signs were found on Amazon for a little over $16.00. So we are up to 161.99. We also have a Cars toy box that I found on a mom's selling site on Facebook for $10.00. And lastly was the car rug which every little boy should have, my husband got for Jackson for one of his Christmas gifts, so therefore we don't count that as a cost for redecorating his room. All in all his little room make over was $171.99! Not bad considering I could have spent a lot more had I not been thrifty and crafty!!
No additional bucks~
There are other little details in the room that helped the whole look come together. First was his name sign that is above his bed. I actually made this before he was born for his nursery and that is some canvases, jean fabric, ribbon, wood letters that were painted, a staple gun, a hot glue gun and a couple nails! The room was already blue, so check that off the list! The Car's Lightning McQueen pillow pet was a Christmas gift, And lastly the smaller picture frames were also done before Jackson was here. Those were cheap frames from Walmart that I just spray painted blue and chalk painted the glass. Cheap and easy! A girlfriend and myself made the curtains for his room which I wouldn't do again... This is the only thing that I've ever DIY-ed that was truly not cost effective.
Book It~
I do have to admit that I have a shelf project to get going for his room. The boy has so many books that we need to get them organized on a nice big shelf. But that's another weekend and another trip to Homedepot!
Strike a pose~
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