Andrew's Bedroom

I started on Andrew's room after I finished Hudson & Grant's room, in the beginning of August. 

The current guest room was going to be the nursery and since we are waiting to finish the basement ($$$ and not hiring anyone to do major work in our home until baby girl is at least a toddler)... we needed somewhere for people to sleep when they come and visit. The best option at this point is to give Andrew the queen bed from the guest room and to use his room as the guest room when we have visitors. 

After planning on where things would go in his room, Dave got started on building Andrew a headboard.

When we first moved in there was a dog run on the side of our house behind the garage. It was made out of a bunch of old, weathered boards. Some were warped and some were still pretty straight. Dave took it out and we were left with a bunch of "good" wood. Want to build a headboard for me? Pretty please? :)

Time to sand off the old white paint :)

Almost done.. waiting for the reveal...

Time to start painting!

*random story*

When we turned the loft into a bedroom we were told there wasn't a heating/cooling vent in the room. We thought that was strange and after looking into what it would cost to put one in, figured Andrew could use a fan or a room heater if he needed it. He lived in his room for almost a year and a half and had no complants, so we didn't think about it anymore.THEN, when I was painting, I moved the chair (pic above) to paint near the ceiling and the leg dipped down into something, making the chair rock... huh.... I pulled back the carpet and what do you know, there IS a vent. Whoever did the AWESOME carpeting job (another story for another day) carpeted over it. (Even after cutting the carpet pad around it?) 

I cut a hole in the carpet, we bought a vent cover and now Andrew's room has hear/air like the rest of the house :)

Here is his room today! 

We had this map in his old room, and love it. 

Serisouly LOVE the headboard Dave made... 

(We have plans to use up more of that wood in other areas of our home)

We have the bed up on risers so I made a custom bedskirt out of an old sheet and a cheap twin sheet set. (We store our extra blankets and pillows under his bed.)

The planets were also in his old room, along with his subway art

This room has a lot less wall space than his old one, but we still wanted to display his license plate collection so we put it in the closet. why not? (along with his file box)

We keep almost all of their toys in the basement but I don't want Legos mixed in with the rest of the toys, so they are kept in this trunk in his closet. 

 His bulletin board is on the back of his door 

Shelves to display collections and prized possessions 

(trophies, cub scout pinewood derby car, rocket and rain gutter regatta boat).

We did the same curtain rod as in H&G's room. 

Andrew made some art work to display in one of the frames. 

There you go, not a bad room for a 9 year old? 

(or a boy of any age really?)