A Big Boy Room

Dawson's room is a whopping 8 1/2' by 9 1/2'... less than 100 square feet. It's tiny. There are closets bigger than his room.

As a nursery it was OK, afterall baby furniture is small. There was room for the crib, changing table and dresser (although I wish the changing table and dresser had been combined for space saving because it was a little cluttered).  Now that he is climbing out of his crib it is time for a bigger bed...

This is the bed I hope to get him. I love the two-tone color combination and how it looks very masculine! I have been to so many furniture stores around here and few of them have real wooden beds for kids, everything is made out of fiberboard, not only am I opposed to it for ecological reasons and the off-gasing, but frankly I don't think they're very practical. My kids are hard of stuff and it seems like a waste of money because in about 6 months it would be broken!

Boys rooms seem so hard to do right, they are either too themed which they grow out of SO fast or they are a mismatch of themes, or they are dull. There isn't much to choose from for boys either. Some people manage to conquer decorating for boys, they do it so well... I am jealous!

 

I have had these pictures in my design file for years, I think they may have come from the HGTV dream house once upon a time. I absolutely love the car on the wall, how creative! The tin on the wall is pretty cool too! Unfortunately Dawson's room is no where near large enough to pull this off!

And definitely not large enough for this room!

I love bunkbeds, but he's not really old enough for that... he's a monkey and he WOULD climb up to the top whether there was a ladder up or not!

I like the neutral tones, so easy to decorate around with all the colorful boy stuff

Again with the neutrals, and a world traveler kind of vibe

I think my Mom will be making Dawson a quilt so we'll have to see what we can find for fabric and maybe work the design of his room around that, I will try to take pictures once it is complete but it's such a small room that it's hard to get a good picture!

Some other bloggers that have made boys rooms look great?

Tracey at Beneath My Heart

Karla at It's the Little Things