Decorating a Room In a Space Theme

My boys recently moved to a new room in the house, which was a great opportunity for a new decorating spree. They are old enough to voice an opinion now, so coming to an agreement for their shared room wasn't easy. But one thing they do agree on is Star Wars. So a space theme room with Star Wars decor seemed like the best choice.

Originally, I really wanted to go all out and make the room look like the interior of the Death Star. I envisioned stenciling or using some sort of metal cutouts on the walls. But in the end, I toned it down a bit. For one thing, the boys really wanted huge decals of Darth Vader and Han Solo on the walls, and these ended up taking up quite a lot of wall space. Besides that, after painting over the murals I painted just five years ago in their former bedroom, I decided it might be best to conserve some time and energy.

So instead, I painted two walls gray like the interior of a spaceship, and two black like the night sky, using chalkboard paint - like they are in their space ship looking out at the sky.

In the spaceship part, I dressed up some of their furniture to look like consoles that could be found in a spaceship. I used a Closetmaid cubicles console, along with gray fabric drawers and white and gray rubbermaid storage drawers, for storage of toys. Other touches were a small white cabinet that we had already, and a small table and desk covered with metallic contact paper. Darth Vader and Hans Solo were then placed stategically around the furniture.

The sky portion was covered with many inexpensive planet and
outer space wall stickers. I was really impressed with the way this turned out, and best of all the boys were able to do most of it themselves, so we all felt like they had a part in decorating their room.

My boys have a wooden bunk bed for safety's sake - we worry about a ladder. If I had more flexibility, I would have chosen a more spaceship bunk kind of look, either a metal bunk bed, loft or single bed like those shown in my product listings. All these products will work in a space theme room and are available for purchase from Amazon.