My son is about to turn 12 and updating his room has been on our radar for awhile now.
When we finished my daughter’s tween room last spring, he was still pretty content with his room, but I think the wheels started turning in his head. By August, he was begging for a room update. Not only did I not have a budget for his room at that time, but the busy school & holiday season was just around the corner and planning a room takes time. So, he was told we would have to wait until at least January to get started.
Even so, I got started drawing up some tentative plans for his room right away. Money, time or not the ideas started flowing for a pre-teen boys room!
I blogged about pre-teen room ideas here.
On New Year’s Day he was reminding me about his room. When were we going to get started?
Needless to say, I couldn’t put him off any longer. It was time!
I told him we would have to finalize our plans before we could start painting or buying anything. Here’s what we came up with:
We’ll be using most of what he already has. I’ll re-paint his walls, stain his existing dresser and side table. I’ll also add new hardware. I’ll paint the desk I bought for him on Craig’s list over a year ago and add a few new touches.
He adores soccer and is a huge fan of Lionel Messi and team Barcelona. We found two posters that he wants to add to his walls.
I’m planning to spend about $300 -$400 on the entire room — the biggest expense will be bedding.
The plan is to create a room that will last all the way through high school. And, I think with this design, it will.
The walls and bedding are pretty basic and his tastes and likes can easily rotate in and out.
He is dying to get started and so am I!
Keep checking back for progress reports and project updates.
Thanks for reading!
I can’t wait to see what you come up with. We are quickly approaching the tween years w/ my oldest (eeeeek). Thankfully I have a few years before he gets there. For now my theme is “legos covering every surface”.
Pingback: dresser makeover