Tween Boy Baseball Room--Part 1

My stepson LOVES baseball.  Yankees in particular.  His room has only 1 window so not much natural light.  Here is where we started out.  A faux-birch wood and navy bunk bed contraption and builder beige walls.  Stepson added his own wall art in the form of posters tacked up everywhere.  There was also a lot of clutter.

BEFORE:

BEFORE:

We put up the Derek Jeter fathead about 2 years ago when we moved in and wanted to keep him intact throughout this makeover.

Step 1.  Paint!  We started out by painting one wall a deep blue/gray color (same color as we used in the library) and the rest of the walls a bright white (I just used Behr paint and primer in one with no tint added).  Wow, did it brighten up this whole room.  Amazing, its like we added 10 lights in there.

DURING:

DURING:

Step 2.  Swap out small dresser for a refurbished IKEA Malm dresser that I painted navy.  You can see it in the picture below.  I used spray paint.  I did prime first and used a clear coat after.  I didn't get the best coverage on the side you see below but not so noticable in the room.

AFTER part 1:

Step 3.  I sewed a curtain and some pillows.  I plan to swag this curtain with a tieback (that will be in the follow up post) thats why its extra long.  Not sure why the blue wall looks so light in these pictures.

AFTER part 1:

AFTER part 1:

AFTER part 1:

Derek survived the move to a new wall intact!  It actually wasn't that bad to move him although we were a lot nervous about the move.  We rearranged the furniture and I'm working on painting the rest of the faux-birch.  The bunk bed will be back after I paint it. 

So far this room looks 100% better and so much brighter.

AFTER part 1:

What is left to do for this room:

--new comforter (already here, you'll see in the follow up post)

--paint bunkbed

--add tieback for curtain

--add magnetic board

--hang mirror

--add shelves above dresser

Thanks for stopping by!!!

---Adrienne 

Linked to:  http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/06/wow-us-wednesdays-71.html

BEFORE: