Rylan's Room

Rylan's room has changed a lot!  He finally got out of his crib converted to a toddler bed a few months ago.  We got him a full bed and have been using pool noodles to make sure he doesn't roll out of bed (he did that twice the first week - once with the noodles!).  All of Rylan's furniture is new because we moved all of the stuff he was using to the nursery (it was all Carter's originally).

A view from the doorway ...

And looking back towards the door from the window ...

As you enter Rylan's room, I still have this picture of Rylan and Brian from his first trip to the beach.  I still love this one!

And I kept Rylan's birth stats print but moved it next to his closet.

Like Carter, I got Rylan a beanbag chair from Target to use for a little reading spot.  The bookshelf is new and from Target (yes, we really do get everything there) - it's the same one we have in Carter's room and a few other places in the house.

Rylan has a theme of jungle animals with the colors green and blue in his room.  Above his beanbag chair, I hung these rhino and elephant hooks from Target for all of Rylan's medals.

Above that are a couple of framed animal prints Rylan had in his room before.  These are photos I had taken at the Knoxville Zoo before the kids were born.

Above Rylan's bookcase is my favorite thing in his room - a cardboard elephant head.

This came as a bunch of pieces of cardboard that I had to pop out and fit together.  It's huge and really cool.

I found Rylan's bedspread at TJ Maxx.  I got the headboard from Target (again).

I also painted three canvases for above Rylan's bed.  I used paint that I also used for the letters on the opposite wall (picture below).

I kept the ballpit in Rylan's room because the boys actually still use it a lot.  I also hung Rylan's bulletin board that used to be in the playroom in his room.  I reused white frames that used to be above Rylan's crib around his window and put in prints from our trip to the mountains last year.

I hung a set of Nate Berkus for Target curtain panels which are mainly white with subtle silver circles on them.

The other corner next to Rylan's window ...

When we ordered the cube shelving units for our bonus room (the new playroom) from IKEA, we also got this cube storage unit in a shiny blue for Rylan's room.  The brown bins are from Walmart and fit perfect.  I really like having a fun pop of color in Rylan's room (like Carter's gold desk).

I got Rylan a new dresser too.  It's from Walmart and is the same Canopy brand and style as Carter's dresser (Carter's has held up so well and still looks brand new so we went with another piece from the series).

When we moved into this house, I had bought wooden letters for Rylan's room and painted them to match the crib sheets we used.  I ended up repainting the letters in two shades of blue and two shade of green (and keeping the white ones white).

Again, I let the boys paint the first letter of their names.

I got a black wire cube shelving unit (from Target) for Rylan's closet and put all our games in it.

I also really like Rylan's room but if there is one thing I'd change, it would be his comforter.  But he loves it (and picked it out) so I'm keeping it!