DIY Makeover: Lego Boys Room

by Janny Jackson

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I knew when we moved into this house that I would HAVE to create a Lego themed room for my oldest boy. He has been obsessed with all things Lego for a couple years now and has slowly been building up his collection and sets. As you can imagine, they have completely overwhelmed his space, and they needed a proper space and “home”. I am a very minimal person when it comes to home decor, and so when it came to designing the space for him, I wanted to make sure I stayed true to that while personalizing the space specifically for him.

The very first thing I do when designing a room is look up inspiration pictures and put together a mood board of everything I want to do and add to the room. I was able to do this using the free version of Canva.

And here is the before of the room.

I show these specific areas for a reason. I did a couple projects in this room to make it feel less builder grade, and more home-y. As you can see I had already picked out a couple paint colors and narrowed it down to the sample that is on the wall. The color is Nature’s Gift, by Behr.

It took my husband and I about 2 days to paint 2 coats on all walls. Months later and I still love this paint color. Depending on the light and time of day, it can pull either blue or green, and is not too dark for his small room.

The first area I focused on was the window. It’s big and lets in a lot of light, but was very blah. It needed to be dressed up.

The window has 3 1×4 boards, the larger boards, on the sides and top. I used 1×2 boards under and over the 1×4 of the top to box it out, and the bigger board on the bottom of the window is a 1×6. I filled all of the nail holes, sanded, taped, primed, and painted it all to create what you see above. This project alone completely changed the feel of the room. Please excuse the patchy wall paint, I did have to touch up some spots after finishing painting the window boards and it was still wet.

As you can see, we did also install the gold curtain rod and this one is stunning. The quality is top notch and it looks way more expensive than it actually costs.

The next project, which I was able to start and complete all in one day, was the bookshelves. I saw a version of these same bookshelves and knew it would be perfect for my son’s room. He reads daily and in the evenings before he goes to bed, and he needed a place to store all of his books.

I clearly did not get many pictures because even though this was a one day project I still had kids and other responsibilities to tend to so it took me all day to complete. The slats on the back were secured to the wall by studs or anchors on both sides and the middle so that when the shelves were mounted they would be secured and safe. I built the shelves, spray painted the cross bar, and mounted them.

This is a very beginner friendly project, and I love that I could customize it to how many shelves I wanted and the color of the bar I needed. I obviously spray painted them gold to complement the curtain rod.

And now, for the Lego wall. If you saw in my post Gifts For Kids (that they will actually play with) I shared about this simple DIY project I did for my son’s Lego storage. It is still something he uses daily.

I knew that I had to build some shelves for his Lego sets, and decided on 4, and he has room on the wall for if I need to build more.

I also knew I needed to add some shelves for his minifigures, because they were everywhere, and he was always misplacing pieces. He needed a dedicated area to house them and keep them together.

I had never actually built floating shelves before so I do not recommend the way that I did it, but it didn’t turn out horrible, and it was a great learning experience. I was able to finish everything to look pretty much seamless, and for a kid room I would say it’s not too shabby.

I’m so proud of this space that I created for him. The finishing touches really made it all come together. I used the leftovers from the baseplates used for his Lego table to create these minifigure shelves.

These light switch baseplate covers come in a pack of 4, and you can actually build on them. It’s these little things that make it so fun and personalized to his interests.

The Lego tin metal sign really completes the wall, and the prints to the side of it were found at a thrift store. I just found some different frames for them and did my best to center them AND make them even. I feel like that was the hardest thing out of all the things I did in the room, haha.

His collection has grown a ton in the months since this has been completed, and I’m glad I created not only a space that is HIS, but also a space that leaves room for growth.

What’s your favorite part of this room makeover? Let me know below!

And as always, thanks for being here!