Hooked on - Boy's Room

Here's where we left off in the boy's room. T wanted RED. We spiffified (new word) the shelves providing storage, privacy, and finally a makeshift nightstand for J up in the top bunk. I was then strolling through the aisles of Target looking for affordable sources of red for the window.  First I found some inexpensive red valances:

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Then I discovered exactly one matching red sailcloth window panel, full length, and with the thermal block out backing for . . . $2.50. Snag! I had no idea what I would make with it but I thought it couldn't hurt to have the extra fabric. When I got it back to the room and opened it up, I knew exactly what to do with it. (Almost) instant man-cave.

I just added some eyelets along the length of the panel, and shortened one end to fit the opening of the lower bunk. I pre-drilled holes for some cup hooks over the opening and ta-daa! For the last touch I added one eyelet to the bottom corner so I'd have a little doorway to wake him up in the morning.

Level 1 of Man Cave complete.

Bramble Paw (left corner) enjoys the shelter of the cave as well.

My happy little cave dweller grabbed a book and disappeared into his lair. Now when J returned from his trip he wondered why HE didn't have a cave of his own. A little trickier since there's no convenient wood strip to hang something from. Back to Target to find these:

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not on clearance but at a respectable price none-the-less. I bought 2 pairs home and began to pace around the house trying to figure out how to get them up somehow.

Digging through my hardware bin in the garage I found my dependable drywall anchors:

They are meant to be used on the wall, vertical surface, and come with screws that sit snuggly in them once the corkscrew portion is through the drywall. What I found was that I could put them up into the ceiling, and the screw-portion of the cup hooks fit in perfectly.

I had to do a little reconstruction to the panels this go-round. I wanted them split over the ladder to make it easier to get in and out. Eyelets, of course, had to be added. Also, I had to shorten part of the back panel, so to keep the "new" stacked bookcase exposed, and his nightstand shelf accessible. As my patience are always in limited supply, I eyeball a lot of this stuff and things do not end up perfect. However, my happy cave inhabitants don't seem to mind at all!

Not perfect, but Man-Cave complete.

 

Happy inhabitants!

Just before posting this, I got my new Pottery Barn Teen catalog and saw this:

Not the same, but when I saw the shelves at the end AND the bulletin board, I had to give myself snaps!