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Boys’ Nautical Shared Bedroom
We’ve been working for several weeks on our Boys’ Nautical Shared Bedroom and it is almost finished. Yay! I’m hoping to share the room reveal soon, but thought that I’d first give you a peek at what we are doing!
About a month ago, my hubby and I were racking our brains trying to figure out how we could find some more storage space in our home. We’ve rearranged furniture and minimized our belongings. However, we still just needed an area where things could be better organized, but out of the way. And that kept leading to the same solution.
We needed to reclaim our master closet turned nursery.
Not only for the storage possibilities but also more privacy and better sleep. So, we approached our older son about the possibility of him sharing his bedroom with his little brother. He loved that idea! I must say it was bittersweet thinking about saying goodbye to that sweet little nursery.
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Originally, our son’s room had brown carpets like the rest of the bedrooms in The Country House. And they needed to go!
A couple of years ago, my hubby ripped out all of the flooring and replaced it with new laminate hardwood planks. We also painted all of the wood trim a crisp white. Other than that, we did nothing else to this room since. It has stayed that way with the same furniture that my son had in The City House.
Since we were going to be having the boys room together, it seemed like a great time to update this space for both of them!
For our Boys’ Nautical Shared Bedroom, we are going with an ocean theme.
Our older son has some major love for sharks and the sea. Plus, we already had an oar, so this seemed like a good place to start.
He also wanted some color on his walls. Not boring old white like his mom would pick out. After some deliberation, he settled on Silver Strand from Sherwin Williams. The name is a bit deceiving though since the color is actually green-gray color.
We are so excited to get this room wrapped up and I can’t wait to share the finished product!
Sources:
- Moon In My Room – Amazon
- Sheets – Target
- Duvet Cover – Ikea (No Longer Available)
- Wall Paint – Sherwin Williams Silver Strand
- Cage Light – Amazon
- Oar – Thrifted
- Wall Lights – Amazon
- Art Prints – Etsy
- Sail Boat – Uncommon Goods
- Crib – Amazon
- Twin Bed – Amazon
- Area Rug – Walmart
- Galvanized Letter – Hobby Lobby
- Metal Letter – Thrifted
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Build It Yourself, Furniture Makeovers, Home Decor, Neat & Tidy, Organization & Storage, The Country House
Create Extra Storage In The Entryway
Since we’ve moved to The Country House, something that we’ve struggled with is storage space. Especially, after we turned our master closet into a sweet little nursery. Living in only 1300 square feet with 5 people makes finding or adding storage solutions many times difficult. However, we’ve been able to create an entryway with extra storage by whipping up a cool Ikea shoe storage hack!
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Once we knew that our master closet was going to be transformed, we had to come up with a game plan for all of the stuff already inside.
We sorted and donated the things we didn’t love. Our clothing took up residence in a small hallway closet. But that left us with no place for our shoes, hats, belts, scarves, etc. We did try to hang a shoe rack over the inside of the closet door. However, the shoes hit the hanging clothes and fell off the rack constantly. It was just a huge mess!
After some brainstorming and online storage system browsing, we decided to buy two Ikea shoe storage cabinets and add them to our entry area. The original set up of each cabinet left several inches of space between the center of the cabinets. They ended up extending beyond the hallway wall just a bit, which looked pretty wonky.
So, we decided to remove the original tops, slide the cabinets together, and attach a new stained/painted top to make them look more like one unit. We also replaced the old knobs for some ring pulls that have a more unique look.
Welcome Sign | Nesting Houses | Ring Pull
Each cabinet is supposed to hold a minimum of 12 pairs of shoes, but depending on the size and style, you can definitely fit more. I’m a size 7.5-8 and have over 20 pairs inside of one cabinet!
I love the extra drawers at the top of the cabinets too! Perfect for cold weather accessories.
You truly realize how much stuff you have when you don’t have a place to put it. Adding this shoe cabinet storage to our entryway has helped us with a major storage struggle. The depth of the cabinets is perfect for our small space and doesn’t impose too much on the room. We are so happy with how this project/hack turned out!
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Blog and Life Update
Hey, Friends! I’m so excited to finally be back to blogging. There have been so many things going on and I’m excited to share all of that new stuff with you! So, here is a little blog and life update.
Life Update
In my last post (way back in February), I shared that we welcomed a sweet baby boy into our family, but he was born super early, so he spent 66 long days in the NICU. He has been home for a little over a month and a half and we are getting into a routine with our little snuggler.
His tiny nursery is coming along too. I will be sharing all of the details and the final reveal of that soon!
Blog Updates
As you may have noticed, things look a bit different around here. Since our lives have gotten a little less crazy, I’ve had a bit of time to work on blog stuff. Elizabeth Joan Designs has gotten a complete makeover recently and I love how it is looking. Hopefully, you also find that it is easier to navigate your way around.
Looking for Free Printables?
There is a new tab up on the menu bar at the top called The Gallery. I’ve resurrected my printables and rounded up a bunch of my favorites there. You can get your exclusive pass and download as many of them as you want for FREE. Visit The Gallery link up top or click here.
Also in The Gallery are the 2018 Calendar & Planners. Yes, I know that 2018 is already 1/3 of the way over, but there is still plenty of time left to get your life organized. Download yours today!
I hope you are as excited as I am about all of the changes going on here. There are lots of ideas flowing around in my head, which means more decor, DIY, room makeovers, and free digital downloads coming your way soon!
Want to take a tour of The Country House or The City House?
Check out the updated Home Tour page!
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Master Bedroom/Bedroom Progress: Room by Room Summer Series Week Five
I’m so glad you are here to take a look into our Master Bedroom Progress! It’s the 5th week of the Room by Room Summer Challenge and we are wanting to you get cozy with us in the in the “Owner’s Suite”. Ha! Who am I kidding? This is barely even a master bedroom since it is only a couple of feet bigger than the rest of the bedrooms.
We are currently working on giving this room a little bit of an update on a budget, but I wanted to share how our bedroom has changed since we’ve moved in.
BEFORE
Yikes! That carpet was pretty rough! Like the rest of our house, our bedroom floors were all updated by my handy hubby. After a little bit of trim paint and new curtains, our bedroom was looking better, but it still needed some help.
DURING
We just added this new DIY barn wood headboard (below) and we love it! Since we are currently working on this room, I’m not going to go into detail about what we are planning to do in this post, but it is looking pretty good so far. (You can read all about the mini makeover here.)
So, I missed last week’s Bedrooms post for the Room by Room Summer Series. Since I’m not getting too deep into our master bedroom details, I thought I would share a little bit about our other bedrooms.
Tween Daughter’s Room
Our daughter’s room was the first room with fixed up when we moved in. Redoing this room was also our first experience with the One Room Challenge and it definitely went from drab to fab!
BEFORE
AFTER
Our daughter loves her room now! However, there may be a few small tweaks in this room’s future.
We want to add some shelving to the wall for a bit more storage. And maybe some sort of book page art for our avid reader!
Son’s Room
Once our Master Bedroom mini makeover is over, the next room on our to-do list is our son’s bedroom.
BEFORE
Thankfully, there won’t be a ton to do in here to get it finished. The little guy wants a shark themed room, so we will incorporate a few fun decor items and give it a bit of nautical feel. Hopefully, we can make that jive with the farmhouse look of the rest of the house. All of the furniture, except for a bookcase we purchase last year, is from his room in our previous house, as well as the bedding.
DURING
So that wraps up this week’s post about our bedrooms!
Did you miss a room in the series? Click below to check out each room.
Entry | Kitchen | Living Room | Bedrooms
I hope you will click on over to see what is going on with the master bedrooms below!