Monday, April 1, 2013

Changing it Up…The Evolution of a Little Boys Room {Picture Wall}

 

Good Morning! It’s Spring Break here and we are going to be spending a lot of time outside working in the yard (I can’t wait …. seriously it’s one of my favorite things!) and hopefully a lot less time on the computer. But before I head out I thought I would share the progress on Mason’s room. It’s been super slow progress but we’re getting there!

Since it’s been so long since I’ve updated his room, here is a picture of what we started with.

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We painted and switched out the furniture. (Remember, this used to be Daxon’s room and then they did a switcheroo.)

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Added some fun chevron fabric to lengthen the curtains and a memo wall.

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And here’s how it looks today. If you follow along on Facebook or Pinterest then you may recognize a couple of the changes. We found his new dresser on KSL (a local classified website), covered his lampshade and added a super fun picture wall. I drool!

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I mean seriously, giant pictures of my favorite eight year old, framed in rustic pine frames that didn’t break the bank! And bonus … they even graduate in stain color from dark to light. Like I said, I drool!

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I had the pictures printed off at Staples (they are engineer prints which only come in black and white on thin paper) for $13 bucks for four 24x36 pictures. Can’t beat that! Then I mounted them with spay adhesive on some 1/8” panel board for stability (you really could use anything, we just had some laying around and figured it would work). Once they were mounted on the panel board, I thought it would be nice to protect them with a finish of some sort, so I sprayed one of the pictures with a spray poly. DO NOT DO THIS!!! It totally bubbled the picture. So, I just left the rest alone and figured they were cheap enough that they could be replaced as needed.

For the frames I used this tutorial from Young House Love. They were fairly simple and to make and way cheaper than going out and buying four huge frames.

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Once they were built, stained, and poly-ed, it was time to attach the pictures to the frames by nailing them right into the back of the frames. Easy Peasy!

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I then attached the hanging hardware. I used two large picture hangers per picture and nailed them right into the top of each frame.

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I ended up having to bend the picture hangers a bit before nailing them on because if not they were flush with the panel board and wouldn’t be able to catch the screw when I hung them.

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Once they were ready to hang I traced each frame onto some brown paper, making sure to mark on each paper exactly where the nail goes. Then I taped the papers up on the wall exactly where I wanted the pictures hung and nailed a small nail into each spot that I has previously marked.

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Then, I took one sheet of paper down at a time (leaving the nails in the wall). If I was hanging something light I could have just hung them at this point, but I chose to use wall anchors so that my pictures were nice and sturdy. I then took the nails out and installed the wall anchors in their place and then hung the frames.

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I couldn’t be happier with the results and may have sat on the bed and stared at them for, um … awhile after I was done!

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And just because I seem to stay motivated with a list, here is a list of things to still be done! Heaven help me finish this up soon!

Mason’s Room

Paint

lengthen curtains

new dresser

memo wall

plank the desk wall

desk/chair

accessories

headboard

Trophy Organization

Desk Lighting

Art/Pictures on wall

*Bed skirt

*Cover Lamp Shade

 

Kristin


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12 comments:

  1. Those pictures look fantastic! What great impact and so super cute too! LOVE it!

    Thanks for linking up to my March Project Party!

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    1. Thanks Jenny, I love the impact that they give! So glad you like them :)

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  2. I love how those pictures look!! I love all the action shots!! I have some of my boys at that age and they are priceless to me!! Way to go!! looks awesome!!!

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    1. Thanks! The action shots are my favs! I love how they show his personality :)

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  4. They turned out great Kris! Love it!!!

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  6. Hey Kristin! I can't tell you how much I love this - those picture are absolutely amazing and $13? Unbeatable. It turned out beautifully! We’d love for you to join our party and link up at Thrifty Thursday! http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/thrifty-thursday/

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