big's 'big' bedroom

when we bought the duff house
big's room-to-be
was garishly wallpapered
with big blue flowers

not his thing

or anybody's thing, really

though we stripped the offensive paper
pretty quickly

it wasn't until this summer
that we managed to paint
and finish his space

fortunately
my eldest
wasn't all that concerned about his

decor

which made things easier for his momma to have her own way

here's what we started with

raw walls
in all their patchy glory

after a trip to home depot for paint
which big chose all by his onsie

mostly

and with all the kids at day camp for the week

i had plenty of time to patch
sand
prime
patch some more holes that i didn't see the first time
sand
prime
patch some additional very hard to see holes
sand
prime
ignore a few extra little holes that nobody will ever notice anyway
paint
clean out
fluff

and here is big's grown up room today

most everything in here was cheap or free

like curtains from ebay

and hand-me-down furniture from friends and family

the game board and street sign
were old tag sale finds
that had been marinating in the attic for a few years

the pet snake

is a recent addition

the center globe plugs in and lights up

which is awesome

big's bedding was bought on clearance
at walmart last year

instead of one particular theme
i was really going for a look that says
all american boy with a dash of vintage charm

the look big was going for?

whatever mom anything not lame but other than that i pretty much don't care

which means

we both got exactly what we wanted