Dylan's Room

I will start Dylan's little room tour with my favorite part! Something that he got for Christmas that I know will be a treasure to him (and me) forever. Something that he doesn't really find special now (he is still hooked on his golden blanket) but I know he will someday. A quilt his Aunt Ashley made for him. My sister is pretty darn amazing when he comes to a sewing machine. Considering she started sewing about 5-6 years ago and quilting less than a year ago, she is AMAZING! I wish I had the patience and talent to sit down and sew!!
Several months ago Ash had Dylan pick out some fabric for a quilt. Let me tell you, he picked some very random patterns, but Ashley made it all work perfectly. And it matches Dylan to a tee. It has lots of different sports represented, a giraffe print (his favorite animal), school buses (not sure the point of that one), and KU and K-State material! I love the details she put into and the mix of patterns and colors. It is absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for Dylan to get older and really understand the amount of love that was put into this quilt. All for him, all from an Aunt that loves him more than anything. So very special!

And check out the back! A gold course pattern. How cool is that!! I could just stare at it all day long. I am now wondering when mine is coming! My parents have one in the works and I am sure she has something up her sleeve for Miss Saylor, so I have to be on the list somewhere. Right Ash???!!!

Now on to the room tour...

we redid Dylan's room a bit. Paint stayed the same and furniture stayed the same but the theme changed! We decided that a big brother needed a new room!! Luckily it was done for very little money! We started by taking down the sports wall decals that were up and put Disney Cars wall decals up. I like that they don't look cartoonish, but more vintage. They are actually very cute and fit perfectly in the white border that has always been there! I also made the letters to spell out SPEED. I didn't want to do his name so the word speed fit perfectly and the 5 white knobs were already there from when his name hung there.

He also got this Cars rug from Santa. For those of you familiar with Cars, this is like a map of Radiator Springs! Very fun to play on! And notice all of the cars there...perfect for a Cars obsessed boy (and his daddy)!!

The white cubbies he has had for a while, and all of the baskets hold some of his clothes. We just moved them and set them up differently. Here you can also catch a glimpse of his Lightning McQueen TV!! Oddly enough he doesn't watch it as much as we thought. Which is good! He likes to play movies and then goes about and colors or plays while it's on! It is nice at night and in the mornings though, he can lay in his bed and watch a show for a while, which is his little ritual at night time and morning time!

On the other wall he has some more shelves that he has had for a while. I just organized them and took out some of the books to put in Saylor's room. I also need to change the pictures above--they are old!

And then his bed. He got his car bed when he turned 2 and then for Christmas this year he got Cars bedding! Seth also came home one night with a nice Cars poster. Not my style, but Dylan (and Seth) like it! I still need to buy a poster frame for it...just to make it look a little nicer!!!

The last thing to do is new curtains. My sister has the material to make them. They will be black and white checked, like his letters!!

I have said it before, I really don't like character themed things for clothing or room decor, but I think his room turned out pretty cute. Just enough non-character things to not make it look cheesy! And this is what Dylan loves, so why not!