An Update to Our Twin Boys’ Room

You may have seen phase one of our twin boys’ “big kid” room - a perfectly sweet place for our twins to land - but as time went on, it started to look a little plain. Over the last few months, we’ve layered in some small changes that have made a big difference - all at a very affordable price point!

As you can tell from the photo above, adding pops of red (to compliment the UGA banner - similar here) elevates the space in such a fun way and embraces the “unexpected red theory.”

I added red grosgrain ribbon to our Ikea Rivta curtains with a hot glue gun, and rewired the vintage lamps I found on Facebook Marketplace. To tie them in, I found new lampshades and added some red bias tape (also with hot glue.)

On the dresser sit some of my kids’ favorite books: The Dangerous Book for Boys and a Harry Potter collection.

A few other vintage additions can be found above: a $5 original ship painting score (learn more about it in this reel here!) and a pair of needlepoint pillows, featuring sea-adjacent animals.

Another thing that we embraced in this room was ships. Somewhere along the way, one of my boys mentioned that they liked a ship painting, so we kind of ran with it. I love collecting frames at Goodwill and other thrift shops. For these, I downloaded some Open Access/free domain images from The National Gallery and the Smithsonian, and had them printed at FedEx/Kinkos. Then, I added them to my thrifted frames for the perfect gallery wall. I love how they turned out!

I also added some red throws from Homegoods to the foot of the beds for an additional pop of red (and comfort.)

The bookshelves, too, got a bit of an upgrade: a few secondhand ships and some of their favorite books and trinkets were added. The bookshelf is painted the same color as the room’s trim: “Ghost Whisperer” by PPG Paints.

All in all, I think it’s a cozy, refined, vintage twin boy room and I (and more importantly, they) love it!