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Project Objective: Complete overhaul of Carters room into a Toy Story themed room to accommodate the over bearing, over priced ($60,000!!!), and over ugly new Clinitron bed and possible lift system. This new equipment is necessary for his upcoming surgery. He will not be allowed out of it for 6 weeks after a 2 week stay in the hospital. A fun room is a must!
Many, many, many themes were discussed for this new bedroom. The plan was to paint a large mural on the walls. Finally the Toy Story themed room won out and my plans changed. I love Toy Story but lets be honest, at Carters age this is a phase. If it gets him through the in-room prison part of this recovery than that is fabulous—but I am not about to make a permanent wall mural.Google to the rescue….I came across this Toy Story room done by HGTV that has a much more mature look and used it as the general game plan to get started.
Progress: Day 1:
- Room gutted and cleaned
- Painted all four walls blue
- Moved dresser and armoire to room and placed along walls to provide as much open space as possible for access.
- New curtain panels with black out liners
Plans:
- Make a giant etch-a-sketch calendar
- Use vinyl wall decors to add the characters in. Using these instead of painting so that it can be removed quickly and painlessly when Toy Story wears out its welcome.
- Communication Command Central to include larger Google TV, xbox and wii. Doing my research on Google TVs now.
- Parachute men on ceiling
When it is all done I will do a massive post on creating a room a special needs respite room while maintaining some sense of fun. But until then I will update the progress on the project so that if any of you have some great ideas on how I can add to it….PLEASE CHIME IN!
Looks great so far! Love the idea with the etch-a-sktech Calendar! I may have some old toy story posters, I’ll dig around and see if I can find them for you! 🙂
Good luck with the project. It sounds like a ton of work, but I think the finished project will be awesome!
WOW Girlfriend! Just WOW! It looks awesome.Oh my goodness, I just read aloud the part about the Google TV and Sean went crazy. LOL
What an amazing Mama you are!Can’t wait to see the final product. My little boy would love a TS room!
I am loving the ideas! A Toy Story room sounds like a fun room to put together, well if it weren’t for all the work. You are one tireless and amazing mama, Barb.