From Little Boy to Big Boy

It was time.  Little Boy needed a Bigger Boy room.  He is 11 now, and I last did his room I think when he was about 6?  So it was reeeeallly time.  His room was decorated in a train theme, and the walls were covered with a train mural.  Trains, tunnels, rivers, trees, fish...you get the picture. All primary colors, lots of paint. Nothing was left unpainted, not even the ceiling - blue sky with clouds.  This was going to take a while - not to mention lots of paint.

This bed used to be a bunk bed.  When he got tired of the bunk bed (and I got tired of climbing up to change sheets on the top bunk) we took the support platform for the top mattress, put casters on it and a couple of handles to pull it with, and slid it underneath the bottom bed for a trundle.  It works perfectly!

Did I mention my boy loves Elmo? He drew this in pencil (behind the bedroom door, where most of his friends wouldn't notice) and I painted it as is.  It is my favorite part of the room.

Now, the transformation...

First goes the ceiling...

Then the furniture...

A light sanding, and these took well to paint...

oh and don't EVER paint these again...

...much better!

Bye sweet Elmo....

Good for another few years...