Ethan's New Room

This room is a work in progress but here is what I have gotten done so far. I was going for a tropical surfboard theme. The challenge was that I need to decorate an entire room without spending hardly any money. I think I decorated this whole room paint, wall hangings, frames, curtains, curtain rod, baskets etc. for around $50. We got the bed, mattress and large shelving unit for free so that helped out the budget a lot! Goodwill was also a great resource in staying on a tight budget. What would I do without Goodwill?! And of course we used things that we already had laying around the house.

I found some cool surf board art work online but I am too cheap to buy two posters for $20 each. So I whipped out the pastels and roughly copied some art work I liked. They turned out okay but nothing like Jared could do. I told him he will have to replace these with some of his own original art work but for now they will have to work.

That is the room! There are a couple of things that still need done. The most important, Ethan needs a bed spread! Right now he sleeps on a brown sheet and his own little baby blankets. Poor kid.

I am going to try and make a quilt with a cool surf board on it for his bed. We'll see how that goes and if I can get it done before the new baby. I must say having his room pretty much done is a relief. One less thing to do on a very long to-do list!!!!