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Explorer Themed Kids Room

January 30, 2013 By Vidya 4 Comments

When life gives me lemons I’d rather make some lemon pie. Coz making lemonade is so….blah. 😉 Or I guess I should’ve said “When life gives you monkeys……”. You guessed it right, I’m talking about my son’s room of course! The kid likes his monkeys for that matter any animals. Being an animal scientist is his #2 life goal. #1 being an attorney coz he likes to argue (can’t argue on that point :)). Back to the kids room update…It is not ready for the reveal yet but I’m jumping the gun because I’m super excited about  a quick update that we did before the holidays and couldn’t wait to share it with you all. 

Ta…da…

Explorer Themed Kids Room

Just to remind you here is the ‘before’ pic.

Explorer Themed Kids Room

Now for the back story. Here’s a typical conversation between my 9 yr old and I.

DS: Amma, my room is not as cool as S’s (my daughter’s). Her room is more popular, you know….a lot of people talked about it on your blog n all.

Me: Ya, that is true. I can’t think of anything because you really want those monkeys to stay.

DS: There is no way you can take those monkeys out.

Me: I think you’ll out grow them in a few yrs, like when you are 11 or 12.

DS: Seriously Amma? How can you say that? Monkeys will always be my favoritest animal EVER! Even when I’m in High School!

We might have had at least 50 such conversations before I saw the Compass wall graphic when I was given a chance to review CurlyQ’s decals. That’s when the monkey theme morphed into a wildlife explorer theme. As soon as the words fell out of my mouth he was all over it. So the Monkey Wall Decals Explorer Themed Kids Room stayed!

The #1 issue we had to tackle was the lack of storage space/ display space for his Lego creations. He is an avid reader which also means piles of books on the desk!

Explorer Themed Kids Room

These are just the books that he likes to keep in his room. We have a separate library like space in the basement where majority of the books are kept.

My ‘go to’ option to add height and drama and storage in a room, floating shelves. The ones in our family room always rack up compliments from guests. So off to IKEA I went with a dear friend and got the LACK shelves.

And best of all, this time we hung it ourselves!

Explorer Themed Kids Room

The only new accessories that I used were the lantern and Arabian lamp. The lantern is actually a battery operate LED outdoor lantern that I had gotten from Big Lots in the summer and never used. I think it was around $10.99. We found the Arabian lamp candle holder (the small lid on the top opens) at Ross for $6.99.

Explorer Themed Kids Room

The decal was pretty easy to move around. Speaking of decals, if you haven’t entered our $50 Curly Q Wall Decals Giveaway today is the last day. You can enter here.

The plan is to achieve an old world feel kinda like walking into the ‘Asia section’ of Disney World’s Animal Kingdom (for lack of a better term) without being too literal. Doable? What do you think?

Update: Here’s the tutorial on how to hang floating shelves.  Also now that my son’s a teen the room has undergone a major update. The kids room or rather the tween/teen room showcasing his artwork and love for scrabble is here. A preview;

Explorer Themed Kids Room

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Comments

  1. Amu says

    January 30, 2013 at 11:29 am

    Floating shelves look great & so do all the cute accessories :). A nice way to keep little things organized.

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 1, 2013 at 8:24 am

      Thank you Amu.

      Reply
  2. Kelly @ View Along the Way says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    I love the idea of the asian animal kingdom. If that little corner is any indication, it’s going to be so beautiful!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 1, 2013 at 8:24 am

      Thanks a lot Kelly.

      Vidya

      Reply

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