Boys Bedroom Ideas: Rugby bedding

Well, sort of rugby, really. This gorgeous quilt set from Greenland Home Fashions is called a rugby quilt set. And it certainly evokes elements of rugby with the stripes and numbers.

But really, I can see this being used in so many different ways that aren’t rugby specific. It definitely works in a general sports bedroom theme. (Note the balls and trophies on the shelf in the picture.) I’d say something with a vintage feel to it, actually. The colors and style of the numbers lean that way. But I could also see it in a race car room, again with a vintage feel to it.

What other themes with numbers can you think of that this set would work with? Gotta love when you can work outside the box the designer wants to put you in!

Set comes in twin and full/queen sizes and you can opt for the little floor pillow for just $10.

Greenland Home Fashions Rugby Quilt Set
$60-$70 at Wayfair

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Add a touch of firefighter decor

Oh, yes, you can get tons of firefighter decor items. Things very specifically designed for a firefighter room. But, let’s think just a bit out of the norm, shall we?

As I think of a fireman bedroom, this is definitely a place to consider the elements that make the whole. For example, think of the bedroom as a firehouse. And what do you need for a firehouse? How about brick walls! Easy to do with a mural or wallpaper.

Among the other elements would be poles, ladders, hoses and general fireman gear. Keep an eye out for things that remind you of those (or even are specifically those things) that would work in the room. The storage unit pictured here is just meant to be pretty, but doesn’t it look like a ladder? You could decorate the canvas storage units with something fireman related to tie it in even more.

Check out fireman costume and dress-up play sets as well. The pieces tend to be plastic, making them light to hang. You could get an ax, fire extinguisher, badge, helmet and other items that way to hang on the walls.

Oh, and if you take a trip to check out your local firehouse, you’ll probably get a ton more ideas!

Brick Wall Mural
Starts at $171.84 at Murals Your Way

Winsome Wood Magazine Rack, Espresso
Free shipping at Amazon

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Shark Attack Bedroom Ideas

Da dum, da dum, da dum … .

Ok, it’s not exactly Jaws here. Or Shark Week even. But sharks are the height of cool, making them a nice idea for a bedroom theme element.

My nephew is just obsessed with sharks right now, almost as much as I was as a kid. We just put up an undersea mural in his room and cut out a great white shark from the extra and stuck it to the wall by his bed. (His Orca friend is protecting him at night. When I ran across a few shark specific items, I started pondering how to make this work in a kids bedroom.

Blue is the obvious start for the room. We’re talking water and a lot of sharks have that blue-gray color to them. I really like the color scheme used on this shark beanbag chair from Lilian Vernon – various blues with a little black. You wouldn’t want blue bedding, then blue walls, but you could do one black wall and the others white. That would allow the chair to stand out against the wall.

I have yet to see a shark comforter, but I had found these cool shark sheets from Tommy Hilfiger in the past. And note that touch of red? That’s another color option to help break up the blue. You could go with a red comforter, in fact, to represent the blood in the water. (Trust me. A boy will think that’s cool.)

Thanks to Discovery and Shark Week, there are tons of shark posters and other wall decor available. I found a chalkboard shark wall decal, shark sighting aluminum sign and a kid-sized stuffed shark to help make the room more sharky.

Shark Beanbag Chair
$79.98 at Lilian Vernon

Tommy Hilfiger Shark Attack Sheet
$24.99 at BeddingStyle

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Boys Bedroom Ideas: New dinosaur bedding choices

Dinosaurs are roaring and stomping over at Target right now. A new line has been released from Circo featuring really colorful dinos paired with brown that I really love.

These are great with the neutral backgrounds – make them easy to blend in but also the dark makes it hard to see all the little boy dirt. But the dinosaurs are colorful and fun, giving you a lot of options for pairing them with pillows, wall colors and more. Pick just one color – like orange – and go with all your decor items out of that or mix it up with the green, blue and red.

One of the nice things about this line is how it crosses age ranges nicely. It’s cartoon dinosaurs, but they aren’t too little kid. It’s a set that could work for your son for several years and in a room with boys of different ages. The style is available in a duvet set, quilt set and comforter set.

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

When I grow up – Art that works for several kids bedroom themes

I run across a lot of cool art as I poke around looking for kids bedroom ideas. I do include pieces at times, although the prices are probably more than most parents would want to spend on one thing for a child’s bedroom.

But I recently saw these great stretched canvas wall pieces by Rachel Taylor from Oopsy Daisy called When I Grow Up. There’s one for boys featuring a construction worker, surgeon, cowboy, fireman and astronaut. The pink polka dotted design for girls features a baker, ballerina, musician, archeologist and Olympic athlete.

They’re sized at 28 inches wide by 14 inches tall, and I found them for around $110 each at Amazon.

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Boys Bedroom Ideas: Space Blast Off!

Space – the best frontier. And an enticing place to send your son’s bedroom. There are a ton of great ways to build a space bedroom, but I really like this bedding set as a starting point. It’s simple in design and color scheme, making it easy to build on. Appropriate for a younger boy’s room and based on the comments, quality enough to last until he grows out of it.

I poked around trying to find something to pair with this that used the stripe border; that really would have been ideal. As it was, I looked for things that worked with the blue, red and gray colors or repeated motifs like the rockets. There are a lot of space decor choices, but not all work equally well with this particular bedding.

I did find three things that would easily fit with this and give you a good start on decorating the room. The Teen Trends nightstand from Powell is a lovely choice to pair (well, not with the wood bed in the picture necessarily), the metal making it a little space-age. And it’s definitely a piece that will work later for a teen room.

Two other pieces I found copy the rocket motif using the same colors in the bedspread. The Oopsy Daisy Rocket Man canvas wall art shows the red rocket blazing past (and since it’s Oopsy Daisy, there are coordinated pieces like a growth chart). It ships free over at Amazon. Add to that the rocket nightlight I found over at The Land of Nod. It works even when you take it off the base or the power goes out. For eight hours. Awesome.

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Personalized airplane wall decal

There are tons of art ideas for an airplane bedroom theme. But one of the easiest and most special for your child is something personalized with their name.

And of all of those, one of my favorites is the adventure plane wall decal pictured here. Isn’t it cool? Not only is it a stylish vintage bi-plane (very popular these days), but you can personalize the banner with your child’s name.

This particular decal is made of really thin vinyl, so once you’ve applied it to the wall, it looks hand-painted rather than like a sticker. It’ll work on any smooth space (so think twice before trying to stick it to highly textured walls) and is fast and easy to apply.

Oh – bonus! You can customize your colors! Pick one color for the name and plane and another for the banner. More than 30 colors to choose from so there’s sure to be one that matches your color scheme.

Prices start at $44 at Layla Grayce for a 16″ high decal. Pick from several sizes to get right one for you.

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Painting Idea: Football Field Wall

It’s easy when you do a sports-themed bedroom to just paint the walls blue and put some clouds. After all, most sports are played outdoors and it fits with the theme.

But I ran across a picture in the customer gallery over at Fathead.com the other day that had just the coolest wall. The kid had an Indianapolis Colts bedroom going on, but instead of painting the wall blue or white, it was painted to look like a football field. So something kind of like this:

Just a rough idea – my white lines are probably too thick – but you get the picture. He then had art and decals hung over it and it worked really well. (Sorry, I can’t put his picture here. Copyright and all that jazz, ya know.)

This is really one of the easiest kinds of paint jobs to do. Paint the wall white, measure out the yard markers and tape a straight line down. The paint everything green, pull off the paint and viola! Two tips here :

1. When using tape to mark off stripes of any kind, there is a risk of seepage. The is when the paint doesn’t lay completely flat and the top coat – the green in this case – seeps under. You can fix that by painting over the tape with the basecoat color – the white here – then applying the top coat. That way, the white seeps under and you end up with a nice crisp line once the tape is removed. Very good idea if you have any kind of texture on the wall.
2. The numbers could be done several different ways. You could get some number stickers and use them the same way as the straight tape – stick to wall, paint green over, remove sticker. You could also get white number stickers and just put them on after the green paint has dried. Or, you could try stenciling them on. I’d lean toward getting white numbers just because you’ll have to do the stencil several times to ensure a crisp white over the green.

What do you think? Something you’d try? Have another great football wall idea? Love to hear it!

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Boy Bedroom Ideas: Construction Theme

Building things is so much fun, isn’t it? And then there’s all the big trucks and machinery. And dirt. Don’t forget dirt! No wonder little boys are fascinated with construction and would likely love it as a bedroom theme.

There are tons of construction-related bedding sets you can choose from. This one from Target just happened to be one of my favorites because of the big images and the color scheme. Which then posed a challenge because a lot of construction decor includes red, which I wasn’t using. But persistence prevails! As you add to what I’ve put together, pay attention to the colors and don’t overdo the trucks in the decor. Your child’s toys will provide that part of the theme handily enough.

Two pieces in this room are bound to become some of my favorite due to their versatility. One is the blue rug from The Land of Nod – it also comes in gray and brown – since it has pattern without being dominating. Makes it perfect to blend in with a variety of themes. Then there’s that orange storage bench from Posh Tots. Which doesn’t have to be orange. They make it in several colors and even have your choice of cutout on the front. The classic lines make it a great choice in just about any room and a piece that will last them a long time.

• Circo Build It Bed Set at Target.com, $59.99 – $69.99, free shipping, only available online
• Big Dump Truck Giclee Reproduction at Layla Grace, $50
• Construction Sign Cutouts at BuyCostumes.com, $2.99
• Beach Gear Box at Posh Tots, $980
• Crosshatch Rug at The Land of Nod, starts at $199
• Room Magic Boys Like Trucks Lamp at CSNStores, $68.60
• LaMont 3 Piece Lidded Box Set with Construction Trucks at CSNStores, $48
• Oopsy Daisy Contruction Night Light – Prime eligible at Amazon

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes

Boy Bedroom Ideas: Orange and Blue Sports Toddler Theme

If you’re into sports, it’s likely your child will be (or pretend to be) as well. Most sports bedroom decor for kids lends itself to the same boring concept and color scheme, so how about something with a more modern touch?

The modern in this scheme is definitely the bedding. No red, no green, no typical. Which was actually a challenge as I was looking at sports decor to pair because it almost all has red and green and didn’t go. Scored some great pieces, though, including – yes – some Tennessee items. Sorry, my family has some orange blood in it. You could swap those out for any team you like – Clemson, Denver Broncos, lots of teams use orange and/or blue.

Where to get it:

• Bacati Mod Sports Toddler Bedding Set at Target.com, $55.99
• NCAA Tennessee Volunteers 11-by-17 inch Locker Room Sign at Amazon
• 3 Sport Wall Hooks at Amazon
• Tennessee Volunteers Hand Painted Mascot Wall Hooks at Amazon, Pack of 4
• Circo Chenille Sports Rug at Target.com, $19.99
• Basketball Fuf Chair and Beanbag at Artistic Sensations, $137
• Kids Storage: Kids Metal Locker Storage Baskets – Small Locker Basket at The Land of Nod, $16.95
• Sweet Pea Sports Fanatic Ceiling Fan at aBaby.com, $245
• Kidkraft Medium Locker – White at Amazon
• Play Ball Wall Decals at RoomMates, $13.49

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Tags: Bedding, boy bedroom, sports, stripes