4/26/2014

Boy's Room Book Nook

Do you ever have those weeks or months where you feel like you are working on a thousand projects but can't seem to get any of them finished? Frustrating to the max. Things have been a little nuts around here; Jesse started a new job with longer hours and at the same time, things have been getting crazy at my work. I suppose it's no surprise I've only managed to finish one post this month. Boo hoo. First World Problems.
Anyhoo...One of the many projects I'm working on is re-vamping B's room. The color wasn't right from the start. Note - if you feel iffy about a color when you start cutting in the edges, stop! Stop right there and re-evaluate. I wish I had. I finally painted over the weird blue color literally one wall at a time during Saturday naps. I was leaning towards all gray, but the kiddo is completely attached to blue right now, so I went with three light gray walls and one navy blue wall.
Boy's reading nook with rocker and book ledgesPart of the re-vamp includes a little book nook area with knock off Land of Nod Book Ledges. I feel so lucky that Jesse can help me make this type of stuff. Ledges from Land of Nod would have cost about a hundred dollars; Jesse had scrap wood in the shop and I painted them with the same stuff I've been using on the house trim, so ours were free!

Boy's room reading nook with rocker and book ledgesIsn't this bamboo rocker neat? I picked it up an estate sale (for ten bucks!) and painted it navy blue. I love it in an ugly-cool kinda way. The darling teddy bear was Jesse's when he was a little boy.





Boy's reading nook with rocker and book ledgesI can't wait to get the rest of B's room finished. We need to work out paint colors and linens for a Jenny Lind style bed (another Land of Nod Knock off) as well as an overhead light fixture. I found this cool mid-century (?) light at the Re-Store, but I'm not sure what color to paint it.
Oh, and I definitely want to work these bad boys into the room somewhere! They belonged to B's Great-Great Uncle and I think they are silly and fun and would be great in a boy's room.

Here are the resources and cost break down for the book nook:

Bamboo rocker (estate sale) - $10
Paint for rocker (primer and navy blue from Valspar) - $9
Faux sheep skin (Home Goods) - $16
Book Ledges - Free!
Rag rug (Garden Ridge) - $3
Gray paper for re-matting print - $4
Everything else was already owned or re-purposed from around the house.
Total project cost = $42

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9 comments:

  1. I love this!! They look so great underneath the window, too! I can't wait to have kids so that I can do the same thing. For now, I'm using the ledges for photo books! :-) Thanks for sharing at Sunday Soirée! Dawn @ www.730moments.com

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  2. So much fabulous going on here! I LOVE both the rocker and the light fixture--great finds! What a sweet little reading corner :)

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  3. oh man, I clicked on this from pinterest hoping to see where to buy that awesome chair!! :[ Bummer I can't have one, too. Looks great!

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    1. What a nice compliment, April! Thank you :)
      I'm not sure if you are into thrift/garage/estate shopping, but I'm sure there is more of this stuff out there!

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  4. Can you tell us about that awesome green lamp? Is it vintage? Did you get the shade yourself as part of a redo? LOVE. IT.

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    1. Thanks for your question! I love that lamp, too! I picked it up at a Goodwill a couple of years ago. It didn't have a shade and was a rather bland shade of light brown. I gave it a coat of spray primer, then spray paint and topped it with a new-to-me shade (also a Goodwill find!). I considered painting it red for the book nook, but for some reason the green kinda works for me :) Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. Wow, such a great find! Love the color! :)

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    1. Thank you so much, Sarah! I absolutely love your work! :)

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