Carter's Room

I started working on changing the boys' rooms to bigger boy rooms several months ago.  They've been close to done for awhile now but after a few more additions, I feel like they are both finally 95% done.

Carter's main request for his room was a desk.  And our inspiration was this octopus from Target that he and I saw one day and both really liked.

View of Carter's doorway ...

View back toward the door from the window ...

I kept the same dresser we had gotten for Carter when he originally moved out of the nursery when Rylan was born (along with a mirror to go above it).

Next to the dresser there are bins for Carter's stuffed animals and all our Playmobil stuff.

Carter's favorite color is still gold.  So when I saw this desk at Target, I knew it would fit him perfectly.  Plus he wanted drawers to store paper and art supplies in so it fit that criteria.  I added an inexpensive grey and metal chair from Target and a desk lamp we've had for several years.  I also hung a new basic cork board above the desk so Carter could hang up his artwork.

Next to Carter's desk is a little reading corner with a new corduroy bean bag chair (also from Target).

I hung curtains from the Nate Berkus for Target collection that I love and now wish I'd used in our master instead!

I got new frames from Home Goods and found this shark print on Etsy.  Carter has a loose ocean theme in his room to match the octopus art we started with.

Carter's headboard is from his crib and I got the bedding awhile ago at Target (he's been using it since he got his full bed).

I purchased three 12"x12" canvases and painted them like I had done with the elephants in Carter's old room.  I used the paint from his room at our last house (these are the colors I used for the stripes).  Again, I stuck with the ocean theme.

I reframed Carter's birth stats in another frame from Home Goods that matches the one I used for the shark print.  The colors of the birth stats print match the paint I used for the canvases over Carter's bed.

I reused Carter's old bookcase and got two more frames from Home Goods that are made from a distressed wood.

Between Carter's closet and his bookcase are some of his awards.  I got a distressed wood set of hooks from Marshalls to hang all of Carter's metals.  Right now his Most Improved award is sitting on top of the hooks but it falls down from the breeze created every time we close Carter's closet door.

Carter also has a bunch of trophies, game balls, and ribbons on top of his bookcase.

I got a six-cube wire unit (from Target) to store all the Legos in Carter's closet.

I love Carter's room - it feels so comfortable.  I think he loves it too!