Initially, the room had a recessed light. You know how it is, never-ending projects! I keep holding out hope we would be replacing the carpets but I don’t think that will happen anytime soon. In fact, we still have 4 transition strips to install if I’m being completely honest. However, I still need to get the transition strip installed from the hallway to his room. I also updated the trim around his door which has been painted since this picture was taken. I made this Wall Ladder for $20 that you can see here. Since I got rid of one of the dressers I need a space for him to still be able to display pictures and trophies. Once it was all secured with a nail gun I applied two coats of primer. In order to do this, I cut two pieces that were 8″ in length and used that as my spacer. I ripped 1″ thick x 3″ wide pieces of wood I already had, however some of the tutorials I read used 1″x2″ MDF Strips. So I started searching Pinterest and found this technique that is being referred to as “Reverse Shiplap”.īasically, it’s just using 2″ wide strips across the wall. However, I felt it would be too feminine. I would have all the interior walls in my home ship-lapped if my husband would let me. I REALLY wanted to shiplap the main wall in his room. Once they were installed I stood there for 5 minutes sliding them back and forth amazed at how smooth they rolled. These doors were made for about $70 each. I LOVE Barn doors and there are not many places in our home we can have them, but for a closet we can. They were never installed correctly and always rubbed against each other. I decided to make more use of his closet and sell the smaller one in order to free up some space in the room. We have had these Ikea Hemnes dressers since he was very young. This paint so incredibly easy to use and dries to a beautiful matte finish. I used General Finishes Lamp Black Milk Paint. I love this cottage sytle bed and was lucky enough to find a steal on Craigslist. The first order of business was painting his bed and dresser. Our house is small and this bedroom is no exception. Take notice of the generic window trim as you will see it updated below. I never got around to taking the chandelier down. For many years this was my daughter’s room before we converted the formal dining room into her new room. Let’s take a look at what it looked like before. So here is the Boys Modern Farmhouse Bedroom Reveal!! Before Our house has a Modern Farmhouse theme and I wanted to incorporate that into this makeover without being too feminine. This is bittersweet as this may be last time I get to do this for him. Just like when I did my daughter’s room a couple years ago. Every couple years I change the kid’s bedroom decor around.
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