I couldn’t wait to see what the room looked like with the curtains and rug in place.  I used a pair of $3 cafe rods from target since the curtains were just for decoration and not to cover the window.  The curtains were leftover from our other house. I made them from sewing strips of sheets together and had always intended to make 2….but that was a LOT of work.  4 years later I cut that thing in half so I could put it on either side of the window.  Tab tops aren’t as popular now, so it was easy to stitch the tabs to the back for hidden hangers.

He also has a roller shade for privacy. One of the trips to the hardware store was to have it cut to fit the window.  That trip I also grabbed some white outlets to replace the almond colored ones shown here.

I love how it looks with the rug!  I’m wishing I had ordered the larger rug….but once the furniture goes in, it should be ok.

The bed :).  I wanted to stain it dark (Java), but that would take a lot of time from the 24 hour makeover.  Maybe later.  We have plans for a trundle and a velcro bedskirt. I think all that stuff will minimize the gap between the rug and the bed.

My pile from Ikea.  I LOVE building Ikea furniture.  (I’m not being sarcastic.) The duvet cover came from Target’s clearance rack, not Ikea.  I bought it a long time ago knowing I wanted to do gray and white in his room.

Oh the bed!  I love how the duvet covers looks with everything.  The pillows were an impulse buy at Ikea ($5-7 each.) The gray one has lots of texture. The bird one makes me giggle.

He finally gets a big boy desk :).  His old desk was a $5 garage sale find for 1st graders that I spray painted. This one is an Ikea Micke.  It was still cheap, but definitely an upgrade. It took me awhile to make a decision on this desk because there’s no drawer stack.  There are two really wide drawers right under the work surface though and

That’s as far as I’ve gotten today.  Caleb is working on sorting his Legos and I’m trying to talk Darren into hanging the Lack shelves.  I started to do it myself, but the instructions recommended finding a stud.  I found Darren :).

I also have lots of scripture printables from this blogger. I printed them at home on card stock and put them in $2 Ikea frames.  I plan to finish hanging all of that stuff tomorrow.

Just for fun here’s a before and a “so far” after: