Perhaps your son plays little league or maybe he just idolizes his favorite majors player. Either way, he’ll give you his favorite team. Whatever his answer is, that your first step in creating the perfect baseball themed bedroom.
Colors
Your son’s team-of-the-century choice will give you the colors you’re going to be using to redecorate his room. My son’s favorite team was the St. Louis Cardinals, so I knew right off that we’d be working with dark red. You’ll find that pretty much every team imaginable shares one thing in common – white is their secondary color. This goes a long way in simplifying the process and allowing us to work more on the actual design rather than waste time searching for the perfect shade of teal.
Paint
When you begin to decide on paint, keep in mind that spending a couple of dollars more will ensure you get a better quality finish. Flat latex paints are appreciably cheaper but are all but guaranteed to not only pick up but also show dirt especially badly. Spend the extra few dollars and get semi-gloss latex paint. It definitely costs a little more but makes cleanup a breeze.
But Where Do I Put the Paint?
Don’t reinvent the wheel, just keep it traditional and classy. Look at the team’s accenting. Are the letters stroked in a different color? Perhaps a bright secondary color or a darker shade of the primary color? In the case of my son’s fave – the St. Louis Cardinals – the accents are just a darker shade of red. Paint things like window frames, trim and moulding with the accent color. Don’t forget to paint the outside of your child’s door to match the interior walls. You might hate the color, but he and you both will get over it eventually.
Consider downloading a stencil of the team’s logo and painting it on the wall. Take note, though, that this generally isn’t as easy as you think it will be. Team logos are designed by highly-paid professionals and don’t always scale down well to the average joe painting it onto the wall. In my case, the Cardinals’ “STL” logo was relatively simple. Practice on some spare wood beforehand and make sure you can do it. If you manage to pull it off, it looks great on the semi-gloss latex paint. Hopefully you nail it!
Accessories
Keep an eye out for things like pencil holders and trash cans to accessorize with. Your local Target will likely have a lot of these things in your son’s favorite team’s colors. These are generally cheap and easy to find. Just be careful not to overdo it and make things look tacky. A good rule of thumb is to have no more than 5 store-bought branded accessories with the team’s logo on it. That will avoid the monotony of the same exact image over and over.
