Kid’s Room #1: Hanging a Moon Light

Though completely unneccessary, we upped the decorative ante in Kid's Room #1. My oldest brother made this awesome moon light for the bedroom and gave it to us at Christmas. He used a 3D printer, NASA images, and created a pretty exact replica of the moon. It's really impressive. For a few months, the lamp…

Kid’s Room #1: Sunburst Closet Doors

This project was our final large task for Kid's Bedroom #1. I got the idea from StudioDIY, but it looks like TheHappyHomeProject also did it. They are both amazing and you should check them out if you're interested in doing something similar. This project was simple, though time-consuming. We started with plain, white, bifold closet…

Kid’s Room #1: Painting the Door

Bear with me on this post -- it's an intermediary step into making Kid's Room #1 awesome. We began with a light blue door: We had previously agreed on painting the closet doors a bright shade of green chosen by a five-year-old. I was planning on making the closet doors a sunburst (see the circle…

Kids Room #1: Repurposing Closet Doors That Were Found in the Garage

These closet doors were a massive undertaking that had me questioning my DIY skills. I worked for MONTHS to transform a doorless closet to a sunburst closet. Before we could do the fun, sunburst idea, I had to find doors that fit the gaping hole that was a kid's closet. It was not much fun,…

Kid’s Room #1: The Non-Accent-Wall Walls

What OTHER paint do you use when you have an accent wall?? After finishing up the accent wall in Kid's Room #1, we then had to decide what the remaining walls should be. Here's what we're starting with. An accent wall in Sherwin-William's Urbane Bronze. (Forgive the lighting, I still use my phone for photos....)…

Kid’s Room #1 – Urbane Bronze Accent Wall

Here's the window wall in the bedroom. We just repaired the ceiling in this room. Prior to the ceiling repair, we removed the baseboard trim, filled in the gaps, and replaced it. Next up: the walls. The kid had his heart set on red and black walls. I gently guided him away from such a…

Kid’s Room #1 – Water-Damaged Bedroom Ceiling Repair

When we moved in, one of the kid's bedrooms had some damage to the ceiling. It was hard and had a bit of a lump. With my amazing cleaning skills upon move-in, I decided to vacuum the ceilings (cobwebs!) and very unluckily sucked off part of the ceiling: This particular damage is beneath a bathtub…

Kid’s Room #1 – Sealing Gaps in Baseboard Trim

We have a bug problem. We live built into a hill, so our finished basement is halfway underground. Awesome for HVAC, not awesome for vermin. The first fall we lived here, we saw SO MANY SPIDERS. We got used to it, but, honestly -- we shouldn't have to, right? The most glaring issue is our…

A Temporary “Bed”

Recently, our youngest graduated from a crib into a twin bed. Once we realized he could climb over the crib railing, we figured we might as well just move him into a "big boy bed." Cue running to the local mattress store, finding a reasonably priced mattress and box spring, loading it onto the roof…