Monochrome kids room

Not far after I redid my youngest room his older brother wanted a fresh look as well. This time around I didn't want to invest a lot since we recently got him a new bed and tv. He wanted a more mature look and nothing childish so we settled for the monochrome look with black and white and a hint of orange. I'd like to add a photo wall mural eventually but for now I only changed a few accents. 

I removed his super cute colorful wall decals of high rises and vehicles and put up a selection of frames with cool prints. He's very much into gaming so we agreed on that theme. 

 

Then I traded his big light green rug and baby blue bed spread to black and white adding a cool pillow cover to match the theme. 

 

 

and to top it all off I got the Lego head storage box I've been longing for. 

 

It's still a work in progress but that's all for now. 

Star Wars themed kids room

My son wanted a Star Wars inspired bedroom and I was up for a new challenge. 

I wanted to work with what I already had and ended up pimping a lot of things he already had. I ordered some stuff to make it all complete. 

First I painted his Drona boxes in his Kallax shelf (former Expedit) in gray and added a Darth Vader face using a stencil I purchased from GetCraftyUK on Etsy. 

 

I only painted the front of it just in case at some point he would change his mind. 

After that I removed the vinyl fabric I had covered his little table and chairs with and painted it with chalkboard paint. 

 

I updated his bed spread and pillow and bought a round carpet to match. Adding a pillow with Storm Trooper from H&M Home. 

I changed his lamp to a IKEA PS 2014 and disabled it and spray painted it silver to make it look somewhat like the Death Star. 

 

I got the pictures from goldenplanetprints at Etsy in A3 size and they fit perfectly into the Ribba 40X50 frame from IKEA. 

 

 

I'm exited about the result. Next up is his brothers room. Stay tuned!

Industrial coffee table

Inspired by the industrial coffee table from Little glass jar I made a table just like hers. I've made some adjustments to the height and size of the table to fit our living room other than that it's identical. Visit Little glass jar tutorial here.

The local hardware store cut the pieces up for me. I ended up only needing one 2x6 board for the planked top and two 2x2 for the frame for my measurements. The coffee table is 70cm wide and 104cm long. 

 

Since the boards were nicely cut up in the right sizes all I had to do was to assemble them. 

 I used wood glue and 7cm long wood screws. 

 I used a darker color wood stain on the frame and a lighter wood stain on the planked top. The planked top was screwed on lying upside down so the screws wouldn't show. 

 I'm extremely pleased with the end result. 

Console table

Inspired by the blog http://countrygirlhome.blogspot.se/2011/04/entry-table-2-black-distressed-tutorial.html?m=1 I built myself a console table behind my couch. 

Here's what I did:

The wood store cut up the pieces according to my drawing. 

I painted all the pieces before I nailed it all together. 

All done! It's almost like a puzzle. Find the tutorial in the link above. 

Party time

The party turned out perfect. Five super heroes joined the fun and my two sons were eager to get the party started. 

We finished with perler beads using templates with Marvel Super heroes and goodie bags with Spiderman. 

My husband did a crepe cake which was greatly appreciated and so were the sugar cookies as well. 

Great day!

Spiderman theme party

My youngest son are turning 4 on Valentine's Day and he loves Spiderman. 

Using cake mold and cookie cutters we made gummy candy and sugar cookies staying true to the theme. 

We mixed in red coloring gel in the dough and they turned out fantastic. I found the cookie cutter on eBay. 

The gummy candy was super easy to make. We used Jell-o and gelatine and 1/3 c of hot water and let it settle for 20 minutes or more in the fridge. 

I can't wait to see the little super hero expressions when they get here!

Car table for the kids - upcycling

I had three side tables in three different sizes with a black table top and Aluminium legs. 

I used paint tape to illustrate the roads and covered the remaining part in green for land and grass. 

I finished off by painting the raw black "wood" with white marks and sealed it all with mod podge.