Stuff I Like. Garage Sale Finds and a Bedroom Redesign.

A neighbor had a garage sale.  I drove by not planning to stop.  Then I saw something totally awesome.  This is made out of carpet and plywood.  It is almost 4 feet tall and over 5 feet wide.  I absolutely fell in love with it and knew I had to have it.  It is now MINE, all MINE! 

I actually used this in a room redesign (I use the redesign term loosely) for my son.  His bedroom was kind of a cluttered mess and he didn't spend a lot of time in there.  I wanted to make him a place where he could go and play and take a break.  So, we reorganized his room a bit.

This is what the room looked like before.  We had a computer desk in there and the bed was in the corner.  That wall to the left is where we hung the US carpet map. 

We moved the bed and took the computer out of there (it didn't work anymore).  Now there is so much more room to play.

  Here is the after shot of that same corner.  The bed is now along that back wall where the computer used to be.  I put our awesome OU Sooner bean bag in the corner and made that corner into a little reading nook. 

I think he really likes it and I do, too!

I entered this before and after into a design challenge over at Fresh Nest Designs.   Why don't you go and check out what everyone else did?  I hope this wasn't too amateurish for the challenge but I'd appreciate a vote or two, as well.  Thanks!