We live in a three bedroom rambler, which means limited bedroom space. Neither my husband nor I were willing to give up the bedroom we had turned into a study so each boy could have his own bedroom. Since our home was built in the awesome 70s, the bedrooms are a decent enough size to have the boys share. To maximize floor/playspace, we have them in a bunk bed, and gave them some leeway in room decor. When they are teenagers, this free reign in room decorating may come back to bite me on the behind, but for now, both boys love their room, and are extremely happy to spend time in it both individually and as playmates. Parts of the works in progress include painting the room something else other than gender neutral teal, making a matching alien spaceship for the bottom bunk, and maybe even investing in real furniture. Baby steps though, right now! Baby boy decorating steps, that is.

The boys have a bunk bed, and we made this awesome rocket ship to enclose my oldest in the top bunk. (he is a big mover in his sleep, and already fell out before we put it up). Big kudos and credit go to my husband who designed the layout and painted the rocketship.

The door to their room needed to be either replaced or refinished or…something. It was peeling. There were scuff marks. So, we did a painting project. First, we painted little boy feet. For any of you out there, I would suggest if you do this with a three year old, make sure a parent HOLDS THEIR FEET APART, or you may get streak pink/green feet like we did.

Next, we let them walk with their painted feet on the door.

Then, we painted their hands.

And voila, we have an easily decorated and fun boy’ room door. I dated it for prosterity at the top.

I also put names by each set of hand and foot prints. I admit, I got a little sniffly seeing how close in size my boys’ hands and foot prints are these days. They are growing up so quickly, I thought it was a nice reminder of how little they are now.

And there you have it, what two boys, some paint, and a little creativity can do to decorate a room. In boy decor, part 2, I’ll showcase how we made an art wall to hang up the gazillion pieces of preschool and elementary school artwork that they come home with, that doesn’t involve the recycling center.