My youngest son loves blue. Blue everything! So obviously he chose everything for his room to be blue. He’s also an artsy type, so the shades of each blue thing had to be the perfect shade of blue. Do you know how many shades and tones of blue there are? So you can’t imagine the hours spent looking at paint samples and scrolling the internet for blankets and rugs and curtains.
Picking out a paint color is so intimidating. You get a 2 inch sample and are expected to judge what it will look like in an entire room. I left the bedrooms entirely up to the boys. He said he wanted light blue. The blue he picked was nothing like what I was imagining. It is more what I would have considered bright blue. When I walked in I thought, “oh wow”. He walked in and loudly announced. “I LOVE my wall color!” He was thrilled and because he was, then I was too. Wall Color: Sherwin Williams Secure Blue
Rug – Blues and abstract (Not that you can usually see his rug)
Because we have really beautiful wood trim around the windows I chose to go with pull down blackout cellular blinds in the bedrooms. We found these nice ones in blue, of course.
Storage cubby – I love storage cubbies for kids. They can use it as book shelves or to showcase trophies. And I usually get a couple of baskets for storing smaller objects.
Nightstand – Drawers! A place for chargers and cords and flashlights.
Comforter – I had both my kids get reversible comforters. It gives them the ability to change up the room if they want using what they already have. I’m all about multi use and being resourceful. So the blue room got a navy/light blue option.
He also didn’t want to get any other decorations for his room because he wanted to make them all himself. Get these for hanging canvases.
The Closet
Instead of buying dressers so end up with overstuffed and broken drawers hanging open, we decided to go with walk in closets in all of the bedrooms. The boys bedroom closets are 8 feet long and 4 feet deep. They have a double bar and shelves on the long wall and shelves up the side for stacking folded clothes. I did put a Sterlite drawer cart in them for socks, underwear, etc. In theory this is so much better than dressers. In reality they still have a terrible time keeping things clean.
Besides blue, he loves all things SPY! So since after all the loss we suffered from the fire, I was trying to make the house a special place for the boys. I came up with the idea to make him a surprise SPY room inside of his closet. I had the builders skip one of the shelves going up the side and made space for him to have a mini desk. I had an extra wall outlet installed there and bought him a little gooseneck desk lamp. We hung a bulletin board. And we bought some spy gear and a spy kit. I printed out a hand scan picture that I found on Pinterest, had it laminated and hung it outside of his closet door. It was a total hit! It was a good surprise for a special boy. He has had so much fun having his spy room.
Note: This is the story of my decisions for designing our new house. I have listed many of the products and design choices that I have chosen because I find it so annoying to find something that I like and then am never able to find out what it was. So I have decided to use all of the work that I have done to share my story and hopefully help you make some of your own decisions. I wanted to give you a resource I wish I had. Happy Planning!
