Little Boy Blue

As promised another update on how things are moving forward with our renovations of the house as we get ready for kids.  We are almost finished with the blue bedroom.  We have all the furniture, and I have refurbished the dresser below.

When we first got this, it was bright yellow, orange and pink.  I toned it down, but kept the multi-color idea. Then I repainted the white, and hand dipped the handles to make them shine.  I am pretty happy with the end product.  The green and yellow are the same shades as the bedding on both the beds, and the blue matches the walls.  

This cute toddler bed is an Ikea Kritter bed that a lady bought for her grandson and then never ended up using it.  So it sat in her shed for several years.  I picked it up on craigslist for a song.

The other dresser and bed came from a great couple who were upgrading their son's room now that he is headed to college.  They gave me a phenomenal deal on these Lexington pieces.  I almost felt I was stealing from them.  They were really happy to know that the furniture was going into a child's room.

I spent yesterday working on the quilt (seen above).  It is now finished except for the binding.  When it is completely done I will post pix of the final product.  We are in the final stretches and there is very little left for us to do here at the house.  Just a few minor projects to polish things up, and then we will simply be waiting.

Anyone who follows this blog knows that I made a butterfly garden in the purple room.  I decided to be a bit more galactic on the blue room.  Besides I don't want my boys to accuse me of making their room too girly :)  In any case I loved having galaxies on my wall, even if I am a girl, and I loved my glow in the dark stars.  

I will post more on this room when the bedding is done and the wall decor is finished.  I think the Wesley Blue walls are nice.  The actual name is something like Tender Twilight, but I bought it because it is blue, with a touch of gray. "A Farm Boy. Poor. Poor and Perfect. With eyes like the sea after a storm." thus I have named it Wesley blue.  I have fun plans for the seams. I found some fantastic stripping that I am customizing to fix the annoying seams. More pix to come very soon.

PS:  here is the finished product.