Seeing my style and taste evolve over time

The other day I was thinking about how much I have evolved and my taste has changed when I saw pictures of what my son’s room looked like when he was a baby. This post is (almost) embarrassing for me and also bittersweet. I’m saying “almost embarrassing” because no matter what my skills or taste were, I poured my heart and soul into his room and all the rooms in our house. I used what resources and budget we had and that is really all that matters.

When I was pregnant with him 15.5 years ago my budget only included paint and some Ikea items. I love animals and wanted him to love animals too, I thought that painting animals on his wall was perfect. I sat in his room for days painting away. I had bought a crib quilt for him with animals on it and I based the murals on how those animals looked.

I think the photos below are the only two I actually have. I wish I had more.

When I look at the photos now, I have fond memories but I’m not sure why I loved the decor so much. What I do know is that he loved it when he was a toddler.

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He then evolved to loving legos more and more mixed with some Mario brothers which resulted in me painting over the murals with the grey stripes. You guys remember them from his last room. I had chosen the grey stripes because it was a nice neutral backdrop to the colorful and busy legos he had.

I painted the above nightstand for him that I found on Craigslist and you can see the tutorial HERE.

Then he wanted me to remove the Mario Brothers decals and my photography improved a tad bit too.

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And after that he just recently pleaded for me to help him clean out his room and store the legos in the attic so he could have a more grown up room which I shared last week and which you can see by clicking HERE if you missed it.

chair HERE | sputnik ceiling light HERE and chrome bulbs HERE | very similar antique bed HERE | pouf HERE | fur HERE | rug HERE | curtains HERE and similar HERE if you don’t have an Ikea close to you | plaid pillow HERE and HERE | lamp HERE

 

What has remained in his room over time is the antique bed. It truly grew with him which to me, shows that an antique withstands the test of time and goes with everything.

I don’t know if you are interested in seeing posts like this but for me and my family, especially my son, it is so fun to see how this same room has changed with him over time.

 

It’s odd to rethink the space and how you would have done things differently now. Do you ever think like that?

Tschüß,