Jacob's Bedroom

We are about 85% finished with Jacob's big-boy bedroom transformation.

He's been in a full-size bed for almost 2yrs, but we've never decorated his room per se.

Once it's complete, I will share some pics.

I love reading posts of taking an item and transforming it in some fashion.

I found this lamp base at a thrift store for $3.  

I snatched it up figuring it could easily be painted and that is what we Kris did.  :)

I bought a lampshade and Kris covered it with the same fabric he used to make a cornice box for the window.  

{I had zero patience to wrap that shade!}

The dresser is from the nursery set we bought when he was a baby(crib, dresser, changing table).

We figured he could continue to use it until he's a teenager.

{this is actually Levi's.  his is a tad different at the bottom- i forgot to take a before pic of Jacob's.  

Again, Kris to the rescue, he sanded and painted it.

Red is Jacob's favorite color so I figured this could be the pop of color in his room.

But I tell you right now, I am the one who spray painted the knobs and re-installed.  Go me! :)

The subway art in the frame was a free printable I found on pinterest and last week Walgreens had a free 8x10 print special (thanks Mel), so this baby was FA-REE!!  

And I already had the frame - it's not staying there btw.  

Also in the pic above is a peak of the chair rail Kris installed.  

The top color is driftwood grey by Glidden.  

I'm seeing grey all over Pinterest, so we jumped on that bandwagon.  

I am having a hard time figuring out what to put on the walls.
I want fun, whimsical boy things, so I made a pennant banner and I have a couple of other little things, but his room has a really long wall, and it needs something!  I am not a decorator so this stresses me out!

I'm all over Pinterest but if you have any ideas, please share.  Pictures would be great too ;)