Come On In...Transformation! (Part One)

Welcome to the boys Movie Room/Game Room!

(I LOVE decorating kid spaces!) I spent my winter last year painting this mural on the one wall that you see as you walk down the stairs. When I started, Tin Man said, "Honey, do you really have a plan?" It was all in my head, but all he was seeing was the blue and black paint where he had paid the painter to paint neutral paint ...
Eventually, he saw the plan unfold! My boys are really into superheroes, so that is the theme of the mural and the room. I used scrapbook cut-outs for the superheros. All the stars, the moon, and the windows glow in the dark-you can never go wrong with glow in the dark paint-and little boys!!!

Here's the transformation this year to add to the mural and finish the room: (And it only took one nap time-seriously!)

The ugly train table that was just taking up space, but never played on. (The boys have always preferred to play trains on the floor...)

So I bought a piece of wood the same size as the table. Then I got my husbands heavy book and my handy-dandy glue gun...

I glued the wood on to the table top, and let the book sit awhile on it while I painted another area of this room...(That's Part Two of "Come On In Transformation...check out my blog next Wednesday to see the completed room!)

Then, I got a piece of foam to go on top of the wood, and got out my staple gun. (Actually, I walked next door and borrowed my neighbor's-)I found superhero fabric, and stacked it all like a sandwich, and stapled away.

Finally, I was done! And the baby was still sleeping, so I made pillows, and a valance for the room. (I WENT GLUE GUN CRAZY!) I'll show those transformations next Wednesday's decorating post with the new painted wall....You don't even need thread-just your glue gun, a tension rod and some ugly pillows...and some paint, and a love of superheroes...

But here is the finished project for today:

The boys like their little "seat"!

(The baby didn't wake up, and I finished the room!) Now that is a SUPER productive day-however, I haven't showered yet... my hands are blue, I need to pick up the big boys at school, AND I have glue gun burns....

~Ruby Red Slippers (With blue,sticky,burnt fingers-ouch!)