Woodland Boy's Room

Jeff and I finally finished B's new big boy room! You will notice the crib has been moved to his new room. It will stay here for about 2 more months and then we plan on transitioning to a toddler bed (which I will paint the same color I painted the dresser). I am so in love with this space and so is B!


















Jeff made a wooden height chart for B's room, but all of our kids will use it. We wanted something we could keep with us no matter where we live down the road. :) I can't wait to put B's first marks on it this week!

A couple months ago I made Beckett's reading tee pee. You can read more about it by clicking here.
The dresser I found on a yardsale site (it is Pottery Barn and retails for $1069 - I paid $100 woo hoo). I repainted it a light blue gray and found the new knobs at Home Depot for less than $3 each. It was a great weekend project for this preggo. :) Nesting is in full swing.. clearly.

I need to give credit to the AMAZING stripes around this room. My husband painted them and it took him hours (literally) to tape it off. He rocks!

I found the above wooden leaf at JoAnn Fabric's (supposed to be used as a wreath for your front door) and decided it would be perfect for pictures of B's adventures with his friends. He loves pointing his friends out.

The birth stats plaque I made. You can find out how here.

The fox, frame and metal B are all from JoAnn's and Michael's craft stores. The arrow basket I found at Home Goods!

Like I said earlier, the crib is temporarily in B's new room (basically until R is ready to move into the nursery). The wooden letters above his crib are from JoAnn's (they get a lot of my business..).

The arrow baskets on the bottom, match the one from the dresser and are also from Home Goods. The cubby system is Pottery Barn, but I found it at a resale furniture shop! There is another cubby system in his closet.

I made the little fox sign and am waiting on an arrow clothing hook to place below (for his PJ's, etc). You can find out how I made the canvas picture here!

This wall is adorned with items I made. You can find the tutorials below!

Linen/Burlap Canvas "boy" sign

Canvas Picture

Wooden Arrow

Chalk Sign

This is the complete wall. Don't forget toddler bed in the same gray as the dresser will replace the crib soon.

Chalk Sign

Like many of us, I am obsessed with chalk signs. Unlike many of my friends, my creative handwriting skills are limited. I found a way around it luckily! :) I downloaded a chalk background and then downloaded the free photo editor (Photoscape). I also found from free chalk fonts and installed them. Now I can make chalk signs to my heart's content! I print them through Snapfish, but you do need to save them using the right pixels (and you still sometimes need to adjust the cropping area in Snapfish).




Here is a pixel cheat sheet when using photo editors:

I love the arrows I have been using in B's room. I found clip art on Etsy and purchased it to use for my signs and crafts.

Linen or Burlap Canvas

I bought a linen canvas at the craft store and knew I wanted to use it, but didn't know how.

I decided to create something for my little boy's room. 

I printed what I wanted on the canvas and then taped it to the inside. I held it to the light and traced it with a pencil. 

Once done with the tracing I went over it with a navy sharpie.

The sharpie can bleed a bit, so I did sections carefully and let it dry for five minutes inbetween. 

I use this same technique when I create burlap banners. 

Painting on wood ...

I really wanted to make a wooden plaque for the nautical nursery and one for the new woodland big boy room.

I bought stencils for the first one and taped them down. I painted directly in the stencils using acrylic paint and it did spread some. Luckily, I was going to sand the letters to look worn, so it turned out okay (not exactly how I envisioned, but good enough). I then hit glued a starfish. It was pretty simple overall! 

I found an unfinished arrow at the craft store and stained it (well my hubby did because I am preggo). This time I used the stencils, but I traced the letters using pen. Then painted using smaller brushes and acrylic paint. I only did one to two coats of paint. Once dry, I lightly sanded the paint. I feel the letters turned out better this time because I did not paint directly in the stencil. I did bro use a foam brush either, just small square brushes.