Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Inspiration for Vintage Baseball and Football Boys Room!

As our Aug 8th move-in date looms closer I am planning and working on details for the boys bedrooms. My oldest son is a sports fanatic. He wants a Yankees and Steelers room and I want to give it a vintage, timeless look! So we are compromising and planning this room together. 

The first goal is to select a color scheme. With using two different sports with different colors it was a little difficult to agree on the ones to choose. 


The colors above are what I think will offer the best choice for bringing in both teams. We are going with the grey for a neutral wall color. And then do pops of navy, yellow, white and a little bit of red. 


He has a large selection of Steelers framed art/photos as well as lots of Yankee's gear! So I am thinking above his bed I will do a gallery wall. I think it will help blend in the different teams. 


Then on each opposite wall on each side of his bed I am planning to do something super fun! I found this idea online, its a knock-off of an inspiration from Pottery Barn. 



The photo is from That Village House. She a great tutorial on the process of how she completed the project. I have plans to change it up just a little and will post as I complete this project!

The other wall opposite the baseball scoreboard will have this...


This scoreboard was created by the genius at Infarrantly Creative.They provide the tutorial for the baseball scoreboard and its so awesome. The only change I imagine I will make is using chalkboard paint where the scores go so that he can use it and actually write in a score!

Another idea I am trying to figure out is an actual baseball wall. But since I am planning on grey walls, I don't know how it would look. Any opinions?


This wall is so simple and creative. I just don't know how will would look with grey walls, which I am positive I want. 

I plan to create some simple jersey number signs like the one below. I will do navy for Yankee's players and yellow for Steeler's players. I will probably include these into the gallery wall!
 

For some other details I am making a Yankee's themed quilt for summer and he already has a Steeler's comforter for the winter. If I can find some old school lockers for a reasonable price I would love to add those as well for all of his sports gear. He has a large dresser that I will also need to incorporate into the room as well. 

So that is our plan for a vintage sports bedroom. I plan on making a lot of the diy projects now before we actually move. I would really like to have everything ready, so we can set up his room as we move in. School starts for us the Monday after moving weekend. So the more I have ready, the more settled he'll feel for a new school year at a new school! 







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