Come On In - Luke's New Room

One of the main reasons we decided to start looking for a house was because as great of an experience as having the boys share a room was, they were more than ready for their own individual spaces.  If I had to referee one more argument over who was touching who's rocks and/or Lego Bionicles I was going to scream. hahaha

I told him I was taking pictures to put up on my blog and he's excited to show off his space ;)

And here it was before!  How bad do I wish I had a wide angle lens right now :)

The colors in the listing photos looked navy and orange, but I think they lightened the pics quite a bit because in reality those stripes were red and black (the bedding was black check to give you an idea of the color difference.).  Also, the bed that looks like a queen was actually a twin.

I took a panoramic pic last night to try and get a better comparison.  Welcome to his room on a regular day :)

The bed is the same one he had in the old room he shared with Mason the console table used to be in Griffin's room and the shelves I picked up at IKEA.  If you don't mind shelf brackets showing, I can't say enough great things about this option for shelving.  The white shelves were $10 each and the brackets were $2 (I think... maybe $3).  Either way, the project was under $50 and gave Luke TONS of space to display Legos, books and other toys/projects.

Luke's biggest request with his new room was a desk and places to display all of his Legos.  His wish was our command.

So.  Let's talk Legos.  I have a love/hate relationship with them.  

I love the hours that he spends in creative play. 

I hate that they're everywhere.

I love that he's using his imagination and engineering skills.

I hate that they're everywhere.

I love that they're amazing quality and all my kids love them.

I hate that they're everywhere.  

Right now he's super into Bionicles which he has proudly displayed on the table :)  I have no system for organizing them.  We used to - but the boys play more "creatively" than they do with sets so they jumble all the pieces together.  Now they're just in big bins.  UGH!

Luke's other request for his room was a solar system.  WHAT?!?!  

I teach with an amazing co-worker, Mrs. Boese, and she loves talking science with Luke.  We stopped by her room after school to talk to her about making his own solar system and what was hanging in her room??? DOZENS and dozens of planets!  The 8th graders had to make planets as a project and after the kids who wanted to keep theirs took them home, Luke got to go in and pick his favorite for each planet!

We used command hooks and clear picture wire to hang them and he is OBSESSED!

If you're looking for Luke, he's probably sitting at his cute blue desk building something or working on a dot-to-dot.  ;)  He loves dot-to-dots right now and they're super impressive.  The bulletin board was an afterthought, but I'm so glad we added it in.  He hangs his drawings and pictures and other fun things on there and I love seeing how proud he is of his work. 

EDITED TO ADD:  I found his desk online HERE!  And it's under $50 and comes in multiple colors!!!  There's a clear top, black top, blue top and PINK top!

The plant in the corner is a fiddle leaf fig I found on sale at Home Depot.  It is looking pretty rough, but I found a cute basket for it and I'm going to attempt to nurse it back to health.  Luke's room gets great sun in the morning and we're crossing our fingers that he still has the plant (and it's touching close to the top of the shelves) when he goes off to college :)

Another solar system project over his closet doors :)

He is LOVING the Magic Treehouse series!

and yes, that's a giant tub of Legos at the foot of his bed.  I'm eyeballing this trunk, but am waiting for it to go on sale before taking the plunge.

I found the circle shelf at Homegoods (my go to place for decor) and love what he picked out to go on it (I added the plant - hahaha)

 The anywhere chair has reached it's last leg, but it's still crazy comfy.  Maybe he'll keep this until college too :)

Since Luke doesn't have a dresser (he wanted the desk and the console table/shelves and I let him make the call... the dresser for his room is currently in our garage. hahaha)  I picked up a storage container with drawers to hold his things that I would normally put in a dresser and decided to hang all of his t-shirts that I used to have in his dresser.  So far it's working out really well!  (the drawers under his bed have Lego projects and pieces - they're taking over our life). hahaha

The boys picked out bedding for their new rooms and I loved their choices.  I'm not sure how long he'll want superhero sheets, so I'm embracing it while I can. 

Sheets - Duvet Cover - Duvet

Thanks so much for stopping by!  :)

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