As promised the Star Wars room post. This was a week long project with a bit of prep via ebay and internet searches. It took many unexpected turns and is still not quite complete as we are waiting on some items to be delivered etc. Our son was turning 3, and he is crazy about a few things, Star Wars being one of them, so we decided to completely remodel his room. Actually moving his room to what was currently the office. His room is not large, only 9x11 and he has a queen sized bed because we lay together as a family at bedtime for a story and if he has nightmares I crawl in with him.
The original plan was to build him an AT-AT bed. However, that did not work out as my brother-in-law, the supplier of tools and expertise ended up in the hospital. Luckily however, a friend gifted us a queen bed as they were upsizing to a king. So that takes care of the bed.
We used his old dresser and nightstand and painted them dark blue to match the walls and we removed the knobs, painted them yellow, to match the stars. We left the tops wood laminate to tie in with the quilt. We had found awesome star wars knobs on ETSY http://www.etsy.com/listing/67064810/star-wars-lego-wooden-knobsdrawer-pull-2 but at $38 for 4 we found we could get the lego mini figures and make our own for $5 or less each.
There are Star Wars quilts and bedding available from Pottery Barn http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/star-wars-duvet-cover/ , but again I found a cheaper way. I bid on vintage Star Wars sheet sets on Ebay. My rule was they had to be less than $30 with shipping. Two twin sheets makes a queen and you want a little extra or you can add another star or space fabric to round out the quilt. I won one twin sheet set and one extra large twin sheet. Between the 2 sets we had enough to make a beautiful quilt, valence and curtains! All for $60 plus fill for the quilt which was $40. I was lucky I had a queen sized light blue top sheet without a partner that I could use for a backing for the quilt and it matched perfectly!
For the walls we stenciled and hand painted large yellow stars then painted a rich dark blue around them on 2 of the walls, leaving the other 2 walls a very light beige. We then stuck glow in the dark stars and planets that he had on the ceiling of his old room all over the 2 starry walls.
We used a sheep skin rug we had in place of a Wampa rug and bought him a Darth Vader lamp $49 from think geek, giving him my first generation ipod to listen to through the speakers. 
Ro dug up all his old star wars toys and we ordered a lot of star wars war ships from Ebay to suspend from the ceiling. We also found 9 glow in the dark planets to add at PMS Hobby Craft.
The end result is an awesome room that has our son thrilled to go to bed. He loves his room and it has given us all so much peace. It is the best gift we could have given him.
| | Our Room | Pre Paid |
| Quilt | $80 | $138.65 Pottery Barn |
| Curtains | Free (part of quilt) | $62.11 – 87.46 |
| Lamp | $49 | $49 |
| Space ships | $20 | |
| dresser/knobs | $5.50 each | $9.50 each Etsy |
| Walls | $25.65 | Wall Decals http://www.wall2wallstickers.com/s?keywords=star+wars&x=0&y=0&gclid=COOkj_7FvqoCFQcEbAodJm0X4g $14.99-49.99 |
| Total | 196.65 | 363.10 (On the high end) |
We have plans to add to and continue to develop his room with small touches over time.
Had a friend on my Facebook wall request a suggestion to do this for her nephew but in a disney theme. She was looking for suggestions and I guided her here:
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My only other tip is choose a theme that will age well and then use elements to make it younger. If it was me I would choose the pirates them and then use elements of Nemo to make it younger and more suitable but really in the end, the reason our room worked is it was perfect for our Christopher.