Toddler Room on a Budget

With a little work and hunting it's easy to do a room on a budget and still have it turn out really cute. Let me take you on a tour of my little boys room. As we go I will say what I did and for how much :) 

To start with I painted the room blue. New paint is always a big bang for your buck. Depending on the brand you buy this can cost anywhere from $25-$40, mine was in between. Plus about $15 in spray paint that I used to tie colors in.  

Other than paint the bed was the biggest expense. We paid around $35. You can easily pick one up from a yard sale or even a friend. I opted to buy new to save myself painting it. 

The bed spread was made by my mom and me for around $20. It was my inspiration for the rest of the room. 

For this big wall above I bought the circles from the party store for $5.99. Great price for wall decor! I printed two pictures on card stock to better match the theme of the room, cut them out and put them over the ones it came with. I also spray painted two of the smaller circles to better coordinate. 

The toy box was an old chest I had been saving that I picked up for $5 at a yard sale. I used spray paint and letters from Michael's to turn it into they toy box. Total of about $8. 

The curtains are actually shower curtains I found on clearance at Target. $6 each. I hung them using shower curtain hooks (makes them very easy for my son to open and close) that were also on clearance and matched fabulously! $8

 The dresser I bought from a friend ($20) and painted to go with the room. I even used the original handles, painted of course!

These canvases I had painted myself and used in his nursery. To make them better match the big boy room I painted the circles around the monkey and lion darker. They were light blue before and blended with the walls. Cost: FREE

The giraffe and letters were also brought from the nursery and simply painted.  FREE!

The bookshelf was moved from another room. The frame above it I bought at Wal-Mart for $5 and printed the verse from Staples for $8!  Total $13 - great for such a huge piece!

The wall decals are easily removable and I found them at Wal-Mart on clearance for $5. They are spread out all over the room. My son just loves them! 

Here is the over all look. The total is below :)

Sorry it's so dark! Hard to get a good pic with so much direct light. 

Everything else in the room, including the closet system not shown, we already had. There isn't a whole bunch in there because his room is just for sleeping and quiet before bed times so I don't really need to deal with clutter or toy systems. So overall, every little thing included, the total for the room was right about $170.  Now that is quite a bit for me but I collected and did it over about the course of 6-8 months so it really spaced out the cost. Areas to save would have been mostly the paint and bed. I could have easily gone much higher with the wall decor and curtains!