"Date Night" Home Improvement

Clearly "nesting" has hit me hard this past week. Last night the boys spent the night at Gigi and Granddad's house, and Mitch and I were supposed to go out to dinner and rent a movie for our date night. Earlier in the day Mitch had gone to visit his sister, Jolie, to pick up some bunkbeds that she had for the boys. For some reason, between the time that he started to unload bed pieces and the time we were supposed to go out to dinner, our date night morphed into me saying "You know, if we set up the bunkbeds we're never going to move them again, and this room is never going to get painted. Wouldn't it be so cool to paint the room and set up bunkbeds to surprise the boys when they get home tomorrow?" Luckily for me, I have the most incredible husband in the world (who also happens to like DIY projects), so he humored me and agreed to stay home painting and redecorating until 1:30 a.m. instead of our original plans. ♥


Voila! A fresh coat of dark blue-teal paint and new bunkbeds!

The boys were so excited to see their new room. Sawyer talked about it non-stop for the entire 30 minute car ride home from his grandparent's house. Luckily the room was an instant hit!


Sawyer raced up the stairs ahead of me, so I couldn't capture his initial reaction, but Sutton gave it an enthusiastic two thumbs up! They're both really thrilled with their new space. We installed a low bulletin board so that they can pin up photos and artwork in their room since they're really interested in displaying pictures of themselves and their family these days.


Sutton was super excited about some of the toys that Aunt Jolie sent home with Mitch. They're both thrilled with this lightsaber! (Also, their new dresser is in the background)


We still have some final decorating to complete. I'd like to install some decorative paper or fabric to the background of the bulletin board, and we're going to look through Mitch's skateboard collection and choose a few cool ones to hang up on the walls. The beginnings of this room were a definitely a huge hit though! I love how fresh, clean and organized the space feels...unfortunately, I don't think this room makeover satisfied my nesting urge. I now have a whole list of projects that I'd like to accomplish in the next few weeks...if I can find some time and energy! :)