Military Kids Room

Our boys share a room and they have moved beyond a "little boys room." We asked them what they wanted to do with their room if they could decorate it any way they wanted. After a pretty quick brainstorming session, we ended up settling on a camo/military theme.

Before the redesign, their room was basically sailboats and nautical. We painted light blue thick stripes on the wall below a bright red chair-rail border. We nailed some rope up to frame the chair-rail and Heather painted sailboats and anchors that matched their bedding. Heather also painted a large canvas with a lighthouse and ocean theme with the verse from Matthew 4:19 "I will make you fishers of men." It was bright and fun with red, white, and blue as the main colors but definitely for "little boys."

The walls of the room are now completely painted dark green. Walmart had some good bedding that wasn't completely camo (not what's in the picture above) but very classic and like a quilt. We hung a canopy from the ceiling in one corner with a mosquito netting-like camo material that goes to the floor. A chair is under the canopy and that's their own little reading nook (see the pic to the left). We put various medals from Heather's Dad (who was a Lt. Colonel in the Army) in a shadow box.

We also put head shots of our various family members who served in the military in nice frames. We are calling that the "Wall of Honor" and we are putting that in letters above the pictures and writing up an overview of their military service on "plaques" under the pictures (kind of a museum-type feel, see to the right).

Heather is making two posters with pictures that we have from my Papaw of WWII and from Uncle John of Iraq. We are also framing a flag and certificate that was flown on a mission in Iraq that John got for the kids. Other decor is also used to fill out the room like dress hats and other memorabilia.

I think that my favorite part of the room is the cornice board that is over the window in the room. Heather just covered it with a khaki material and then sewed patches and pinned various medals, insignia, and pins to the cloth. It makes quite a statement and is very cool when you look at all of the great stuff on there.

The boys are excited and so are we!