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B’s room used to be my favorite place ever. In our old house, that is. When we moved, I attempted to put things up and make it look similar. Even the wall color was close, but none of it worked.
For starters, the room is bigger here and the furniture and art do not fill the room up.
The ceiling is taller and therefore, so are the windows. The curtains don’t fit and look ridiculous. I put up a couple of blackout curtains behind the other ones as a lazy quick fix when we first moved in. Not good. The broken curtain rod doesn’t help.
Second, the room here has less character. No wood floors in his room, no old trim, no closet doors with a place to put super cute hardware.
His paper lantern cluster got a bit smashed in the move and I haven’t yet replaced the damaged ones.
I was a bit overwhelmed with moving and Bodhi’s first birthday party planning when we moved in, so I just hung stuff up without ever really thinking about it. It didn’t work. It doesn’t work.
Now Bodhi is sleeping on a mattress on the floor for many reasons, but this post should explain it best. It looks bad, especially because we’ve been using guest room bedding that isn’t at all boyish or childish.
The challenge: I can’t decide what to do next. Do we buy a budget-friendly full size bed (with toddler safety rails) since I still sleep with B for part of the night? Do we splurge on his “forever” bed, an awesome modern twin, now even though there will be nowhere for me to sleep?
Decisions, decisions and because this guy has become a full-blown boy with opinions and likes and dislikes and a sense of humor. It’s become even more important to me to give him a room that fits his amazing little personality.
Seriously! Look at him. Isn’t he such a big boy? How did this happen? Everyone says it, but until I experienced it… there are no words. It’s seriously unbelievable to watch your baby turn into a little independent person. My husband and I still look at each other many times each day in awe… this is our baby, our little guy.
I digress… Back to the room. We do finally have a plan and a subtle theme. I’m not big on themes for rooms and now that he is a big boy with many interests, I feel like I can’t decide that for him. I think it’s fine and often quite fabulous for nurseries, but not big boy rooms. I’m going to add some nice little touches with nods to the things B is currently very into, but just subtle.
I’ll show the updated rom soon enough, but wanted to share the current state of things. I’m off to Ikea this evening after a few hours at a client’s office. Their curtain rods can’t be beat.
Sharing the current state with you is bit embarrassing, but it’s also a kick in the pants to get moving on making B’s big boy room a serene room for rest and relaxation that also encourages imagination and creativity. One of his special Christmas gifts from my mom will be a part of the room and was a big factor in deciding the new/updated color palette.
Have you done the baby to toddler room transition yet? Any tips during this odd in-between time?
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Jessica thanks for sharing the real moments!! The nursery to toddler room transition was tough for me. Genevieve’s nursery was so baby-ish…and there wasn’t room for toys. we don’t have a play room so creating play space was essential!! I’m STILL not finished the transition and I’ve been working on it on and off for a year and a half! I’m getting close though and am so excited to share it on Taste{full} soon. I know your plan will turn out great! Can’t wait for the first sneak peek! ;)
So glad to hear it’s not just me! I feel like B’s room is still fairly small and in an ideal world, I would put him in a low loft with play space below, but he’s just too little for that right now. Tough call! Can’t wait to see G’s!
I loved the nursery so I am sure the toddler room will turn out adorable! Please continue to share your progress. We are going to start the transition for E soon too and I have NO IDEA where to even start. Would love to see your fabulous ideas :)
I know! It’s so hard to even get started. I’m all about spending as little as possible so I need to incorporate some elements of his nursery into this next phase. I’ll definitely keep you posted Ann!
this was fun to read and remember….wow, time does go fast! I love that pic of Bodhi with Clyde behind him! Very cute…thanks for sharing. xoxoxo
Hopefully a portion of the room will be done when you come next! :)
This post is SO awesome! Seriously, if you saw my kids’ room you wouldn’t even allow me to call it a “room”. It is like barracks! The pictures/art that was once centered over furniture is now seemingly all over the place because we have had to move so much furtinute in and out because of all these babies we are having! ha!
Right now we have David in a toddler bed, nightstang, changing table, then James’ crib. Across the room with have David’s old crib without a matress for new baby, a dresser and THATS it.
I definately think you should spin his new room to his new tastes and make it a “big boy” room. Then you can “re-do” a nursery if and when you have another baby! Who knows, a new bed with a new room might help him sleep better by having new big-boy bed rules!
Good luck and thanks for sharing!
xoxoMB
Hahaha! I laughed when I read this because this is how I feel about B’s! It’s painful and just plain bad. I’ve been so embarrassed to let guests even peek in their… oh wait, I don’t let them. :)
When I was having difficulty with Lizzies tranformation, I discovered a cloth shower curtain for a window treatment that added the right amount of color and length. I can’t wait to see what you come up with. I love IKEA for rods and textiles. I wish I lived closer!
When Erik and I moved out of our house August I almost cried when I packed up Juliet’s nursery. I adored it, and was sad to move out of her first home. When we got to the new house it was our first priority to set it up exactly as it was in the old house. But it’s not exactly the same. No hard wood floors (HUGE bummer) no chair rail and the new room is a bit smaller. I still love the details but it’s hard to replicate. I’m sure B’s big boy room will be fab. You have great taste. But I agree, it can be overwhelming. Good luck!
I cried a lot when we first moved. There is something special about the home where you brought your baby when he/she was first born. So hard and the nursery part was definitely the hardest. We had so many sweet memories in that room. Obviously, we have wonderful new memories here and that ugly mattress on the floor is pretty awesome to jump on right now. ;) So happy you were able to get Juliet’s room close.
Oh, one more thing…it’s so weird how the paint color can look so different depending on the lighting. In our old house we had more light and it made the pretty cream walls brighter. They are darker at the new house. Boo.
So true! I thought our generic grey that we picked for the new house would be fine until I got inspired or had enough money to hire someone to paint, but not so sure…