The big day is here and we are so excited to share the big boy’s room reveal! As you may remember, we moved Weston in from his nursery and now he shares with his big brother Will. Granted, having a two year old and a five year old in one room can be a little challenge design wise (You want a WHAT? on your walls?!?) but we really wanted to combine their personal things to make a room that reflected both of them and here is what we came up with!
They are in the bedroom at the end of the hall and over their door is a set of horns which I scored at the antique mall. I like that they are a little masculine and feel like an introduction to their boy-space. The rug in the hall is from Target.
Once you enter the room, the main eye-catcher is the oversized W that I made for Weston’s nursery. Will was really excited that it was going to live in here now and represent both my W boys. The striped fan makeover really was our starting block for this room….we started there and launched into the rest.
The rug is a navy and white flat weave that we originally bought for downstairs but we love it in this space (it photographs weird but trust me…the blues on the wall go well with the navy!). Speaking of walls, I am still a huge fan of the 3/4 look…or the 1/3 look….whatever…I am not good with math 🙂 The upper part we painted to match the white ceiling and the bottom is Martha Stewart’s Kerry Blue Terrier. Here’s the post about how we did it.
As you can see, we hung two different pallet-crafts over the boy’s beds. Over Will’s bed is the hand painted tiger and over Weston’s is the two-piece arrow art. Will loves Tigers (it’s his ‘spirit animal’ of sorts) and eventually we would love to add a couple wall hooks and maybe a cool big-boy mobile over his bed. Weston has the arrow because his name is directional (it literally means “the one from the west”) and he had arrows in his nursery so this totally fits.
On the other side of the room, we were all about storage. We moved the white bookshelf that we had in my old office and put it in here to make the perfect spot for baskets and books. Behind the little doors are a couple shelves with baskets for socks and bathing suits. The baskets on the upper shelves hold accessories like hats and ties and belts.
I love the arrow art above the shelves. I painted it a long time ago for Will’s nursery and it’s such a sweet little reminder that these boys are like arrows….we are gonna let them fly one day…shooting them into the world…and when that happens, I just pray that they are sharp and true and that they hit their marks!
On the other side is the boy’s clothing dresser and a fun gallery. I call it the Big Boy Montage. I took all the W’s and arrows out of Weston’s nursery and combined that with some of stuff that Will liked (his birthday sign was one of them) and of course…superhero stuff. The dresser holds their seasonally appropriate clothing. One side is Weston’s and the other is Will’s and they are all the same (bottom drawer left Weston….bottom drawer right Will) so that it makes putting stuff away easy!
Do you remember when Weston was Batman and Will was Spiderman for Halloween? Yeah…that was the perfect picture for this space 🙂
The clock is from Target…it was really cheap. The Captain America sign and the Spiderman sign were both from Hobby Lobby. The arrow art I made, the camp Will sign I made, the fabric W I recovered but I think it was originally from Hobby Lobby and the other wood W was just a craft letter that I painted. The Captain America shield/nightlight was a gift from Gramps & Grammy and they sell them at Target and Amazon. And the owl art was actually a birthday gift from our friend Brook (the mom that currently lives in our basement!) on the day Will was born. The green mirror was a thrift store find that I painted green and love it in here (I guess because it brings out the green in the boy’s bedding!).
Here are a few more detail shots…
Oh this is the door to the boy’s bathroom….yes, it’s still pink…but it has a Superman sign on it (Hobby Lobby) that I attached with velcro strips and that makes even the pinkest bathroom boy approved 🙂
I added the stripes to the back of the bookshelf and I love how it makes the whole thing feel different.
A lot of the boys accessories are not formulaic….just things collected over time….a Curious George piggy bank (that’s one of Weston’s favorites!) that we use to hold his “ball-balls” (golf balls)….a Charlie Brown dictionary that I snagged when my mom was cleaning house….a bible that got passed down to Weston when Will finished it and graduated to a bigger bible (we love this one by the way and recommend it for littlest ones).
The curtains were definitely a great deal (here’s the post about them) and I am jealous that the boy’s get such nice drapes (HA!). It goes really well with the bedding…madras quilt and sham from Pottery Barn outlet. And of course there is the bed and the tweaking that we did to it to create a more proper headboard.
Last but certainly not least is the boy’s storage cubbies. I got it for a great price at the thrift store and then made some cute costume boxes for the base that hold all the boy’s capes and masks and various weaponry. It’s been a great fit for them and they are more likely to clean up now that they know where all the costumes go!
So that is the tour of the Big Boy’s room! I hope you like it as much as we do. It’s really been so nice to knock one off the list (even if there are future tweaks to be made)! Now onto finishing some of these other rooms…oy…so many rooms…so many diapers….so little time 🙂
Update : Looking for more info on something you see in our house? We have a Shop the Bower House page with paint colors and links to accessories, furniture and decor!
What a perfect boy room for two W boys! Love all the colors in the room and personal touches.
This room is adorable, it is all boy without being over the top. I adore the colors you chose. I have two boys that share a room and have used stripes in their room with bright colors as well. That gallery wall is perfection!
Love everything about it!
5 arrows?? does that mean 2 more to add to your quiver???
Love what you’ve done, everything is my favorite. When the boys get a little bigger I highly recommend “The Action Bible”. It’s written comic book style and my boys (almost 7 & 4 yrs) love reading it every night!
Shoot Norma…I already have four little arrows 🙂
xo – kb
Thanks Candy! I will definitely bookmark that one for Will when he gets a little older!
xo – kb
Everything is really cute…. great job Bowers!! 🙂
Such a beautiful space for your boys! I love the colors, the personal touches and how everything works so well together. Great job!
Adorable as always. Will you be showing us the nursery where LJ is soon?
Aw, my two boys share a room (ages 6 and turns-4-in-13-days) and we have s lot of the same functionality – dress up bin, matching drawer-closet organization, two twin beds, gallery wall 🙂 fun. Our first Christmas gift to our kids is always a Bible and that is the same Bible we gave our firstborn, and at six, he still reads it all the time. So sweet. What Bible did you graduate Will to after that one?
What a great reveal! Amazing space for incredibly adventurous boys!
love it! you did such a great job!
Really nice room. Your energy amazes me, not sure how you do it all. You are so artistic and talented and witty I might add.. That tiger is amazing.
What a great room! I love everything about it!
Hopefully! We need to do the bedding and more artwork and then it will be ready 🙂
xo – kb
Room looks amazing! I have two boys (2 and 7 months) and someday they will share a room. Does this room have a closet?
Gorgeous! I really like how you stayed classic while still incorporating the superhero theme.
Do you have the giant mirror secured to the wall? Seems like something Jeremy (and I) would do, but I just had to ask!
The one he is going through right now is The Big Picture Bible (it’s the one that his age group uses at church) but I think next year he moves up to the next level and they use a different bible so I guess we will get a new one soon 🙂
xo – kb
Yip 🙂
xo – kb
It does…it’s really big. The door to the closet is in the bathroom.
xo – kb
What a Handsome big boy room. I am hoping the 5 arrows means there will be 1 more adorable Bower Baby (Hopefully it’s not too soon to talk about this, if it is, Sorry 🙂 ) I love your projects and I plan to steal quite a few ideas from you.
I love how everything looks all together! Great job (as always)! Really love the cute gallery wall. 🙂
Love this room…I miss the days when I could decorate my boys’ rooms. 🙂
I wanted to tell you about yet another Bible for children that is fantastic…it’s called the Jesus Storytime Bible. It shows how the whole Bible is about Jesus – how the OT stories point to our need for a Rescuer and then how that Rescuer showed up in the NT. Such a great overall view of the Bible! It’s not one to take to church, though, as it’s a story book.
I love everything about it! I love that you used primary colors but that it still feels very boyish and modern all at the same time! Good job!! Love what you do (and that you share with us!)!
Love the blue color of the boys room. Is it dark? I was thinking of painting my sons room this color, but just worried it will be to dark with the wooden floors.
I think we actually have that one. I’ll have to look though.
xo – kb
It’s sort of a medium blue…it definitely needs some lighter colors to brighten things up around it but it’s not as hard as you would think. These photos were taken with the lights off and two windows open if that helps.
xo – kb
You’ve done a wonderful job….love it! Makes me wish I had some little boys to decorate a room for (my youngest boy is 31…I don’t think he would appreciate it!)
I really love this room! Great details, functional, well pulled together, and so personalized. Great job, team Bower.
Fun fact —> There’s a lovely quote from Shakespeare’s play _The Merchant of Venice_ where the character basically says (to paraphrase liberally), “If I shoot one arrow and lose track of it, all I have to do is shoot a second arrow in the same manner, and then I’ll follow it and find both. Huzzah!” In the play it’s about how risks can pay off. Also it’s just a nice concept, no? So I adore the arrow motif for that nerdy reason (besides the adorable “West” connection, obviously, and the wise thing you say about the connection to parenting). <—
Gorgeous big boy room SuperMum! I don’t know how you do it!!
I love this! The colors & artwork are perfect! I have the Alligator Madras nursery bedding for my little guy. I just love Pottery Barn bedding 🙂 Are your boys climbers? If so, how do you keep them from scaling their storage cubbies & bookshelves? Mine isn’t quite walking yet, but he tries to climb the bookshelf at daycare, so it’s going to be an issue for me!
i love how you mixed up the gallery wall. We moved last fall and I am still trying to finish decorating my son’s (4) room. It was sport themed at the old house, but now he is into superheroes, and I wanted to add a few things but was scared it wouldn’t all look right. Thanks for the inspiration!!
I bet the boys love this room! I seems so perfect for them, especially that huge W! Great job.
What a beautifully put together room! I’m sure the boys love it!
LJ is probably my only one that tries to climb where he shouldn’t be…but my boys are furniture movers…they will push a chair over and try to get their stuff that way…hence…no chairs 🙂
xo – kb
I love the result! It’s masculine but fun, it shows personality… Great job!
xx,
E.
http://www.theslowpace.com
My sister Lynne and I shared a room – too – she was 13 months older. Also shared a dresser – only she got the top two drawers, and I always got the bottom. Come to think of it, she always rode up in the front seat too……
My first thought was I hope you have that furniture secured to the wall – my boys would be climbing all over that! So cute though! Love it.
It looks like a little boy’s dream! I love how it’s functional but doesn’t look like a “plastic toy bomb” went off in there. I also love the books everywhere. In college I learned that there is a stronger correlation between later success and the amount of books found in the home than there is with parents reading to their child. Crazy, right? You’re setting your boys up well for the future!
Katy
http://www.alittledailyhappiness.com
Fantastic room! It’s great for the boys, but not too themey. You put so much thought into these spaces… this could be in a model home!
Uh, our son will be three next weekend and he’s still in a crib (long story). We’re moving him to a full-sized bed next week. I’ll never sleep again.
Very nice! I really like the gallery wall over the dresser.
How did y’all attach the pallet art to the wall? I get nervous about putting things over my kids’ beds because I just know that they will try to pull them down.
Will’s response to the “W” sign coming to his room is so sweet! I love how you incorporated their wishes but also stayed true to your own decorating style. Superhero stuff can get really overwhelming, and it’s perfectly tempered here with the bedding and other items you’ve chosen.
Your arrow theme reminds me of Psalm 127:4 – “Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.” You go, Warrior Mama!
Is there a tutorial coming on the Frisbee? I so love it. Notice it wasn`t mentioned.
The Captain America shield? Is that what you mean?
xo – kb
We screwed it into the studs so it is really secure.
xo – kb
LOVE this! You did such a fantastic job integrating what they love and still making it look cohesive and put together. I cringe when my 5 year-old picks stuff out for his room because I have no idea how to incorporate it without looking totally out of place. You’ve got mad skills, girl.
Also? Thought of Will when I was browsing the PBK clearance. $4.99 for a tiger pillowcase!
I was going to mention that one too (athough it’s called the storybook bible). It’s my personal favorite kids bible… for me. I love the illustrations and foreshadowing. (though we use the one in the picture a fair amount too).
Quite a few elements I like. Maybe I missed it, but is that an ikea dresser? Looks similar to the one I’m debating buying. And how did you do the red stripes on the bookcase? Paint?
You guys put a lot of heart and love into your boys’ room to make it just perfect for them, Love every detail!
Great job! How lucky are the boys to look around their room at all the things that make them happy!??
It is an ikea dresser…the Hemnes one! And the red stripes are a fabric I did for the back! Super easy.
xo – kb
Hi Katie! Question for you — the dresser in the boys rim, I believe that is the white stain hemnes, correct? I remember reading that you purchased the white stain and moved it somewhere. I ask because we just bought the white stain today and now I am having crazy buyers remorse wondering if it will look terrible against white trim. Thanks!
We did. We bought the white one and then it didn’t look right in the nursery but it looked great in the big boy’s room.
xo – kb
Hi! Found this blog (and you) through IG! Was wondering where the pallet tiger is from or did you make it!? Thanks!
I made it! Here is the post.
xo – kb
Love the room! What paint color did you use? This is exactly what I had in mind for my little one’s nursery but can’t find the right shade.
The paint color is Martha Stewarts Kerry Blue Terrier.
xo – kb
I know this is crazy, but I LOVE The Charlie Brown Dictionary set!!! I mean the room is fabulous but I’d LOVE to get my hands on that set. Where did you find them?
They were mine growing up. They are VERY old 🙂
xo – kb