Wow! This post has been in the making for quite some time... I can't believe we are to the point that I feel confident enough to share it all now because we have enough of Will's room done. (Warning: Pic heavy post coming up...)
The final outcome for Will's room wasn't necessarily what we originally envisioned. When we didn't know if the baby was a girl or boy, I was still holding out for a Wizard of Oz theme room for a girl and Under the Sea for a Boy. Steven wasn't so into my Wizard of Oz theme (it's my favorite movie of all time) and so we eventually settled on Under the Sea. I think that was because we both sort of just believed it was a girl. Lo and behold, at our Gender Reveal party we found out we would be having Baby BOY Young and then all bets were off. There was no longer any talk of sea creatures, boats, or anything even remotely nautical. We decided sports were the way to go. See, Steven is super sports oriented (specifically football though he will watch and enjoys just about every sport out there... even curling which he actually loves for some strange reason) and the longer we have been together, the more I enjoy sitting down and watching a good football game. I prefer my other sports to be live but football I can do live, on TV, on the radio... whatever. I have to admit though that I have a hard time getting into the curling thing. Naturally, our vision was born (5 months before Will was set to be.) Even Kenzie is into sports so we knew it had to be done.
We started by going to Babies R Us and picking out a "theme" bedding set. While we didn't buy the set this time, the blanket that went with the set is what inspired his room. Just like with Kenzie, we bought the blanket (technically it was a gift from Nana... same as with Kenzie) and we went about choosing paint colors. I know, I know... blue. Stereotypical boy. We didn't do pink with Kenzie so why would we stick to blue for Will? It just seemed right. I wanted to make sure that Will's room (specifically the paint on the walls) wasn't just a boring, all blue room though. Just like with Kenzie, we decided two colors were necessary and thus... the vertical stripes on the wall behind his crib were added to the new vision for the room.
Momma and Steven spent quite a bit of time painting the light blue onto the walls and the next weekend Momma came back and we added the darker blue stripes. The worst part of it all? Taping those blasted stripes. It took all three of us, a laser level, an actual level, a pen, painters' tape, a ladder, and a lot of patience. In the end... all worth it. We love the way it turned out. I can't believe we did all that on our own without hiring anyone.
Then we got to work on the decals. We chose a football player decal for one wall. That thing wasn't very much fun to put on, but it looked really good once it was there. The other decal, the baseball player, had to be added later because we needed his crib in place to make sure we put everything in the right place. We ended up liking the baseball player better overall, but the football player was an awesome last minute find that we couldn't pass up.
We also used a few UCF things we had hanging around already to decorate his walls. You might notice that one wall is entirely "football" oriented. The UCF street sign and a picture I took of Pegasus and the Knight in the UCF endzone were necessary.
The wall behind his crib is more "baseball" oriented including the baseball player decal and a picture we already owned of three of the better known baseball stadiums in the US, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and the old Yankee Stadium. While none of those stadiums are home to our preferential team (Miami Marlins), we love the picture.
I think I am most proud of Will's name on the wall. We started with regular letters bought from Michael's and I dressed them up a bit. I can't believe I did that on my own. I can't decide what I am prouder of... the blue stripes or the letters. Probably the letters. =) (Yes, note that there are no diapers on his changing table... if we have a "Young" baby we might be in size 1 before I know it so I haven't bought any yet.)
We also added a framed poster type print of Dan Marino (have to get a bit of the Dolphins in there) as well as a picture of a football play that I made. I just used construction paper and a white paint pen... then we framed it. Easy peasy and it added a bit more to his walls. Kenzie has a lot of handmade things in her room from pictures I have taken, to the ceramic owls and monkey her Aunt Juju painted, so we wanted to make sure Will also had those little personalized touches in his room.
As for furniture, we moved the changing table from Kenzie's room (and gave her a big girl dresser), moved the glider from her room, left the other nightstand from the old bedroom set that matches the one in Kenzie's room, bought a crib similar to Kenzie's from Crib 4 Life (highly recommend them), and will eventually buy the shelving thing for his closet (like Kenzie has). We are holding off on that for right this moment just because it isn't necessary yet.
That is basically it. It took us a lot longer to get his room together than Kenzie's did, but we are pretty much there. We couldn't be happier with the end result too. I hope he likes it when he is old enough to appreciate it. Kenzie is just now at the age when she is starting to enjoy her room and all the decorations. She does really like Will's room too though and I think she would ask us to move the football and baseball player decals in to hers if she could get the right words out. =) That is, if Steven doesn't move into his room first.
The final outcome for Will's room wasn't necessarily what we originally envisioned. When we didn't know if the baby was a girl or boy, I was still holding out for a Wizard of Oz theme room for a girl and Under the Sea for a Boy. Steven wasn't so into my Wizard of Oz theme (it's my favorite movie of all time) and so we eventually settled on Under the Sea. I think that was because we both sort of just believed it was a girl. Lo and behold, at our Gender Reveal party we found out we would be having Baby BOY Young and then all bets were off. There was no longer any talk of sea creatures, boats, or anything even remotely nautical. We decided sports were the way to go. See, Steven is super sports oriented (specifically football though he will watch and enjoys just about every sport out there... even curling which he actually loves for some strange reason) and the longer we have been together, the more I enjoy sitting down and watching a good football game. I prefer my other sports to be live but football I can do live, on TV, on the radio... whatever. I have to admit though that I have a hard time getting into the curling thing. Naturally, our vision was born (5 months before Will was set to be.) Even Kenzie is into sports so we knew it had to be done.
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| See? Our little football loving girl |
Momma and Steven spent quite a bit of time painting the light blue onto the walls and the next weekend Momma came back and we added the darker blue stripes. The worst part of it all? Taping those blasted stripes. It took all three of us, a laser level, an actual level, a pen, painters' tape, a ladder, and a lot of patience. In the end... all worth it. We love the way it turned out. I can't believe we did all that on our own without hiring anyone.
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| I helped tape. Kenzie "helped" me. |
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| Supervising |
Then we got to work on the decals. We chose a football player decal for one wall. That thing wasn't very much fun to put on, but it looked really good once it was there. The other decal, the baseball player, had to be added later because we needed his crib in place to make sure we put everything in the right place. We ended up liking the baseball player better overall, but the football player was an awesome last minute find that we couldn't pass up.
We also used a few UCF things we had hanging around already to decorate his walls. You might notice that one wall is entirely "football" oriented. The UCF street sign and a picture I took of Pegasus and the Knight in the UCF endzone were necessary.
The wall behind his crib is more "baseball" oriented including the baseball player decal and a picture we already owned of three of the better known baseball stadiums in the US, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and the old Yankee Stadium. While none of those stadiums are home to our preferential team (Miami Marlins), we love the picture.
I think I am most proud of Will's name on the wall. We started with regular letters bought from Michael's and I dressed them up a bit. I can't believe I did that on my own. I can't decide what I am prouder of... the blue stripes or the letters. Probably the letters. =) (Yes, note that there are no diapers on his changing table... if we have a "Young" baby we might be in size 1 before I know it so I haven't bought any yet.)
We also added a framed poster type print of Dan Marino (have to get a bit of the Dolphins in there) as well as a picture of a football play that I made. I just used construction paper and a white paint pen... then we framed it. Easy peasy and it added a bit more to his walls. Kenzie has a lot of handmade things in her room from pictures I have taken, to the ceramic owls and monkey her Aunt Juju painted, so we wanted to make sure Will also had those little personalized touches in his room.
As for furniture, we moved the changing table from Kenzie's room (and gave her a big girl dresser), moved the glider from her room, left the other nightstand from the old bedroom set that matches the one in Kenzie's room, bought a crib similar to Kenzie's from Crib 4 Life (highly recommend them), and will eventually buy the shelving thing for his closet (like Kenzie has). We are holding off on that for right this moment just because it isn't necessary yet.
That is basically it. It took us a lot longer to get his room together than Kenzie's did, but we are pretty much there. We couldn't be happier with the end result too. I hope he likes it when he is old enough to appreciate it. Kenzie is just now at the age when she is starting to enjoy her room and all the decorations. She does really like Will's room too though and I think she would ask us to move the football and baseball player decals in to hers if she could get the right words out. =) That is, if Steven doesn't move into his room first.
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