Nolan's new room

Over this summer our Fun List had "Room Re-dos" on it.

Well that project extended a little past summer and into this new school year.  But all good things come with time.  

Today I wanted share Nolan's new room.

We hadn't done much since his room was originally done as a baby, other then get him a big boy bed.

We wanted a room for him to grow with. 

The feel more of a little mans room.

So we got things that reflected his interest but made for a cozy place for him.

{vintage flag from a local shop, Thor Hammer night light from Target, quilt and buffalo plaid bin from Land of Nod}

We had a lot of pieces from the Ikeas Trofast collection from the playroom.  We are planning on a redo in there as well, so instead of selling it all I decided to update it, see below for more details.

Our walls are EXTREMELY textured, almost like an outside stucco.

So wall paper is out of the question but we still wanted a focal point on this wall.

I used Urban Wall Decals to create this strip of Batman Masks.

We wanted to bring in original artwork that shows Nolan's most favorite things. This wall is a work in progress but I love it.  And the pennants from my husbands childhood adds just the right amount of vintage charm to this wall. 

I love kids to have a space to sit other then the floor or bed in their rooms.

We snagged this chair from Target, its the most perfect size.

Yellow bin also from Target and the AMAZING Biggie pillow from Passive Juice Motel.

My favorite thing in his room has to be his new Lego table.

Its the perfect thing for my Lego obsessed little dude.

More info below on this project.

I love the little details his room holds.  

But most of all I love that when I can not find him I know exactly where he is, using his imagination in his room.

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DIY Lego table.

Like I said above we already had the Trofast collection.

I took one of the pieces and painted it using Milk Paint from Nook and Cranny.

I was able to paint both this piece and the smaller shelf with one pint, milk paint is that amazing.

After it was completely dry I applied some bees wax just to cure the paint since the piece was going to get a lot of use.

For the lego top, I used two large gray lego mats for each side and cut down one blue mat to create the center strip. Cutting lego mats is easy peasy, create a line with some brick legos take an exacto knife and cut along edge. Then snap off.

Lastly, I used gorilla glue and weighted them down.

I can not even begin to tell you how much time he spends at this table.

He wakes up and goes right to it and at night he setups his favorite guys of the day on the edge to "watch over him" when he sleeps.

 I hope you enjoy a glimpse into Nolan's new world.

XO

Birch & Bird Giveaway {Aug 2- Aug 8}

Oh, this giveaway has been in my back pocket for a week now. That was long enough to have me chomping at the bit to post about it. I love Birch + Bird and I will bet the farm you will too!

First let's have the two woman behind the magic curtain of Birch + Bird tell us a little bit about them and their divine store.

We are Rachel + Lily, friends, mothers, wives, multi-taskers, bring-it-on-ers, and thrifters at large!

Birch + Bird Vintage Home Interiors is the result of two serious addictions to thrift and a passion to do something creative outside of our domestic lives. Between us, we have 2 husbands, 5 kids, 2 cats, 1 large dog, 2 houses and 2 basements full of treasures we can't wait to share.

Over several playdates and several glasses of wine (not necessarily at the same time!) we made the life choice not to give in to our impending doom as hoarders but to join forces and start a vintage shop on our beloved Etsy. Over more playdates and more wine, (not to mention the temper tantrums, potty training and "we want a snack" interruptions in between), we opened our shop, Birch + Bird on June 1st. Neither of us had any idea what to expect and we've both been pleasantly surprised by the positive response to our shop. We've also been vendors at one market, Ivory Vintage Market and have another date lined up up with them on August 21st. It's nice to actually have a conversation with our customers, not to mention set up a physical "shop" rather than being glued to our computer screens at all times.

Our primary sources are thrift shops, a fantastic junk barn in our area and estate sales. We can't wait to try our hand at auctions and if we had more time, we'd love to spend our weekends garage sale-ing! Our main focus right now is keeping our shop updated with fresh items daily while balancing the rest of our daily lives...the struggle of women world-wide!

Thank you so much for sharing a glimpse of our lives and for visiting Birch + Bird!

Lovely right? Oh just to wander through their stock piles. Oops I was day dreaming. Ok to the giveaway.

Rachel + Lily are giving away a $25 store credit to one lucky person!

You have up to three ways to enter {please leave one comment per entry}

1. You follow my blog, thats one.

2. Head over to Birch + Bird, come back with what you would grab up. Thats two.

3. Become a fan of Birch + Bird on FB. Thats three.

This giveaway is open until Aug 8 at midnight Eastern time.

Good luck my peeps!

xoxo