We are toying with the idea of a mural-size wallpaper on one long slanted wall in his bedroom.   Who doesn’t like a good ship/boat theme.  We were drawn to this gorgeous design by REBEL WALLS.  Arthur has long been a fan of pirates and boats.  He’s not sure he likes the black and white so we may have to negotiate the color.   It also comes in gray and blue.

 We first spotted this wallpaper at a fabulous new fashion/lifestyle store in Portland called PICNIC.

They had wallpaper installed all over their new store and it looked fabulous!

Here is an example of a large installation, however, you can order whatever size you want as they will scale it to you wall specs and budget.   Below is my quick mood board with the color we have been thinking about for a long time.  Green, his a favorite color.

I like the darker color which is CEDAR GREEN,but we might end up with ACADIA green. We’ll get the samples going this weekend.

This is a little introduction to what we are dealing with here.

The walls, lighting, and bedding all need work.

The desk area needs to be cleaned up and the computer removed.

I’m not sure what we are going to do with the windows yet.  The drapery rings stick and are not super functional.

This chest needs to be removed as it takes up too much room.

I like this rug but I am not sure it will still work.  And as much as I love this old ottoman it either needs to be removed or reupholstered.

I’ve been playing around with dressing the bed in a few different ways.

So, that’s kind of where I’m at with this project.  Oh boy, here we go. The ORC always helps me get my rooms done though. I intended to get this done this Summer and well, that didn’t happen.  

There are a lot of great designers and DIYers working on rooms for the next six weeks so you should check it out: 

Thanks for following along.  The rooms never turn our how you think they will so should be fun to follow along and see how it goes.   Let’s do this!