I am so excited to say that this post is about a project that we dove into spontaneously, one week ago today. Last Sunday I woke up, and was home with just my son. I had this wild idea to spend the day with him working on his room. I had no idea what was about to come of this…
We started looking at my Pinterest page I had started for inspiration for his room, and he was SET on having a brick wall in his new room. This picture is what started the whole thing.
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Today’s post is going to be the before and afters, and in the days to come I will share all of the details and tutorials.
The before pictures are not glamorous, and to be honest look a little odd. As you know we had a 14 year old living with us and within the last month we moved him into our daughters room so that he could have his own room. So it’s a very pink 14 year old boys room…. ack! Obviously one of the first jobs was to paint over this pink. Alongside his brick wall, he wanted blue paint as that is his favorite colour. We insisted on the white, to brighten things up. He agreed and actually loves it now it is finished! One of the biggest decisions was lighting. The horrible old ceiling light had to go but we couldn’t decide what to replace it with. There were so many different ceiling lights to choose from, but in the end we let our son decide and I think he made a great choice. We already had a lot of the furniture, so that kept the costs down. We also did some upcycling to further save money!
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And there you have it! He is loving every ounce of his new room. We still have Lot’s of decorating and organizing to do. But not too shabby for one week, on top of working full time!
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Your boys must love their new room. Great job!
What a beautiful job you have done on this room. I love the color and the accents that you used. Megan
Wow, what a change. Looks great!
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What a facelift!!!!!!!!!!!! You must have a lot of energy , your ideas are very creative… I love the boarder shapes and numbers and the brick is out of this world!!!! Can't wait to see how you did it! Way to go! I am a new follower and I found you through Link it up-Pink Cricut! Nice to meet you! I am Naomi from over at Creative Bug on the Loose.
That looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing at our link up!!
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LOVE IT!! I am sure your son doesn't want to come out of his room ever! Great job!
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It looks great, especially that brick wall!
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WOW!!! This is amazing..how did you do thecool brick thing
It looks SO amazing!! Looking forward to seeing all of the tutorials for the room – especially the bricks. Did you seriously do that all in ONE week??? I have been working on my master bedroom for a couple of months now. Great, great job! Thanks so much for linking up to The Creative Spark – I'll be featuring this on my Facebook page. Have a great week!
Jenn 🙂
Wow, what a great room! I love the brick wall!
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Love your boys room very inspiring!
Can't wait to hear more, especially about that brick wall!
WOW~ LOVE IT!! So glad he has an un-pink room 🙂
What an awesome idea! The brick makes it look so cool and awesome–just right for boys! Great job!
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The brick wall and that light fixture are just FAB! I'm loving anything industrial nowadays. 🙂
amazing!!!!
jackie
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The room looks amazing! What a great project to tackle together.
This is so fantastic. I love the light and the board and batten. Fantastic.
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