The Boy's Room

This is what Ben and Luke's room used to look like:
Completely crammed with very little room to move.
This is what it looks like now:
There is still a lot in there and it's not completely finished, but we have made a lot of progress!
The tall dresser is Ben's and the small one is Luke's. With the bunk beds together Ben had no room to put anything on the walls. He decided that he would take over Luke's side of the room. Everything that is over Luke's dresser will soon be gone and put somewhere on Ben's side of the room. (Since I can't convince him to do something else with it...) I have some things to put on the wall on Luke's side of the room, I just haven't had a chance to do it yet.
I am really excited about Ben's side of the room! He has waited two years to have those shelves put up! (The bunk beds were in the way.) He got the posters this summer and also didn't have anywhere to put them. All of that has a lot to do with why Luke was put into a big boy bed. I have felt so bad for Ben that he really hasn't had a bedroom since we moved here. He has his stuff in "his" room, but generally sleeps in Abby's room. (I don't want to risk waking Luke up when I have to get Ben up for school at 6:00a.m.!) I would LOVE to move into a house with four bedrooms, but that just isn't what the Lord has for us right now.
Like I said, this is a work in progress, but so far we have made a lot of progress. Ben is beyond thrilled to have some extra space and be able to put some things on the walls that he has waited so long for! I am really happy for him!

Bargains & Creativity

I am SO tired of looking at the plain white walls in my house!! I have a desire to be creative, but am not! I had a little burst of something at Hobby Lobby this afternoon and went with it!

First of all, I found this adorable bicycle in the 90% off section!! Well, it wasn't 90% off, but it was 70% off! Only $8.50!! That's my kind of deal!! I actually hesitated on this because my sister has bicycle decor in her living room. I didn't want to copy or anything! Then I thought maybe I should get it and send it to her! Well, as you can see it made it on the wall in the bathroom!
Then I got really creative! (HA HA!!) A friend of mine has some really cool pictures in her house that I found out are just framed scrapbook paper! I could do that! The hardest part of this was choosing three different papers that coordinated with the shower curtain! I love how it turned out! I love how just a little splash of color makes such a difference!!

Now let me tell you just how cheap this little project was!
3 frames: $3.99 each, however, 50% off, so only $2 each!
3 scrapbook papers: $0.59 each, 50% off! (Plus there is much left over for another use!)
Brown spray paint: $2.97 (I didn't like the look of the cheap frames I bought. And obviously, there is a lot of that left for another use as well!)

So my whole project cost me under $10!!! I put four decorations on the wall for under $20!! That's my kind of decorating!! Now if I could just do the rest of the house.....