Total Before and After

Several months ago,

we began turning Jackson's nursery into a

Big Boy Room!

I have shown you progress along the way,

but thought I would put together a post

and show you how it has changed with a complete

BEFORE and AFTER...



Here it is before Jackson arrived...

This was the brightest yellow paint known to man!

I remember Scott telling me...
after the 4 coats of yellow paint...
that he would be happy to repaint it
if I didn't like it...
cause he hated it...
but we left it on the walls knowing that it would be gone
in a couple of years.

The fact that his room gets all of the afternoon sunlight didn't help
with the blinding color~

But finally it was time for Jackson to move out of his baby bed
and into a big boy bed!

I started looking around for ideas
and found what I was looking for
at the Thrifty Decor Chick!

I had my inspiration and I was on a mission
to create a cute room for Jackson
and shamelessly copy her idea!

Sarah (the Thrifty Decor Chick) is always adding
beautiful molding and trim to her house
and making things look totally fabulous,
so I decided that some trim was in order for Jackson's new room.

So...instead of being all handy like Sarah,
I looked and Scott and said
"You can do this, Right?"
to which he cut his eyes at me
grumbled a little...
and then replied
"yes"

Oh yeah...it's on!
So the project began!

We started by painting the walls
Bye Bye Yellow!!!

Then Scott started adding the

Board and Batten Treatment to the walls...

It was looking great!!

We also had the carpet replaced...

needless to say,

raising two boys in this room had left

a few carpet stains!

Scott repainted Austin's old furniture

to match the Navy Blue paint above Jackson's

Board and Batten...

Things were starting to come together...

It was time to add some accent colors and

brighten things up a bit...

I found a cute little pillow sham

with navy stitching around the outside...

I took it to my local embroidery shop and

added his monogram and

I was so excited with how

it turned out.

I found some curtains at K-Mart...

which is where the cute airplane sheets came from

that set the tone for the entire room...

you know...

from my idea I stole from

the Thrifty Decor Chick!

So pops of red were added

to spread around the room...

I found these Airplane prints on Etsy

from this seller

I took them to Hobby Lobby and had

some mats cut to match

and then found these simple silver

frames (on sale for Half Price!)

They still need to actually be hung on the wall...

but they are mounted, framed and ready to go!

I also found this cute propeller clock

at Hobby Lobby...

and yep, you guessed it

Half Price!

I still have not decided if I am going to paint it to brighten

it up a bit or not...still thinking about that one!

I have a few more accessories that I am

painting to match and need to

either paint his lamps

or find new ones...

But there we have it...

Our little boy has moved on up

to a big boy room...

sniff sniff.

He is growing up so fast...

I thought I would put this little post together

(OK...so it was not so little)

and link up to

Sarah's

Before and After Party

I'm also going to link up

to Toni at

A Bowl Full of Lemons

I have gotten so many great decorating ideas

from her blog and so many ideas on how to

make my house what I want it to be

without breaking the bank!

We are loving Jackson's new room.

He's sleeping like a champ in his own bed,

and is loving his "E-Plane" room.

So, I'm off to check out the other before and afters

that have joined in the party...

you know,

to get more inspiration

and shamelessly copy some great ideas!

If you want to go back and see the progress along the way...

you can see where we started painting...

and then the board and batten progress...

and the carpet Before and After

and finally moving in the furniture

and adding the final touches.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at our

little project and thanks to all of you in blogland

that take your time to

give us wonderful inspiration

on how to make our house a home...

I think Jackson is loving his new spot in our home,

just as much as we are loving him our lives.