Nic's Room: Route 66

Nic changes his mind almost as quickly as he changes his costumes. We went from a dinosaur room to a Cars themed room. I'd rather not do something soooo commercial, so I've compromised. We will do a Route 66 vintage cars theme. He can still showplace the likes of Lightening and Sally, but the whole concept will be based on Route 66.

I spent a few minutes this morning looking for inspiration - and came up with this mood board.

We are planning on pulling out the carpet in his room, give him something more durable. I was on Home Depot dot com looking through their peel & stick vinyl tiles, thinking that was the cheapest way to go. However, I found their laminate wood flooring to be even cheaper, in some instances.   We are going to alternate colors, give the floors a striped look.

Marcos and I are going to take on a HUGE project - Nic's new built in bed. Now, his room is not LARGE, but I think we will be able to add a nice sized bed and book case/desk against one side of the room. Then he will have the whole other side to play in. Nic switched rooms with Isabel when Abby moved out - and he now has a large walk-in closet. This is where we will house his toys, clothes, etc. So I think the space plan will work out nicely, but I will let you know when I get a chance to actually draw it out. ;)

I definitely would like a vintage map of the United States... it doesn't have to be huge, but they are so cool. Perhaps some old hubcaps and a Ford sign?! And I think a trip to Flagstaff is in order (what?!) to see if we can capture some unique pictures for art work.

I cannot wait to get this room started!!