Better stock up now on snacks and sleeping bags because you will have a roomful of boys every weekend! it is adorable, I love the tent roof idea and the tent flap window treatments- the perfect touch. One lucky little guy!

Very nicely done !!! in a young and whimsical way, not scary at all.

was the mock up photoshopped in the actual room or is it another project the artist did ?

So cute I love it. Can you take another picture of the ceiling.

Adorable! They're only young once.

That is one cool room. Did they mock up the furniture as well so that it does not block any of the animal murals? My only concern is so many of the animals are at base level it's going to make furniture placement a challenge. What about a jungle style bed with some of the canvas tent material coming down from bedposts? Perhaps they could add some storage chests (themed) for books and toys and have some of the animals peek out above and on the sides. It's also nice to have the interesting stuff to look at eye level (his).

So sweet! He'll love it. Don't forget to post pics of the real thing. :)

The mock up is a little box, shaped to scale like the room. Here's a pic of the ceiling:

Inside the hole you see is the current light fixture, which is a hanging lantern currently installed in the room. They left the two walls blank so we could talk placement of furniture. His bed is a 1930's style bed, and it will be beneeth the monkey tree so below that will mostly be foliage. It won't be tucked tight against the window wall. On one side there will be a stack of antique suitcases (all made child safe) with his other lantern (when I find one good for a child's room). Then he has a short amoire which will go between the bed and the closet wall (the other blank wall). They'll paint some monkeys high in a tree playing with the giraffe above it, but still do the foliage all around the room.

His only other piece of furniture is a small toy storage unit, in black wood and wicker. It will go in the corner opposite the lion, again blocking only foliage, not animals :)

On the floor we'll have a few worn rugs like you might see in an African safari tent now a days, and then there will still be the canvas curtains in each corner. There are wood supports on each wall and around the ceiling like crown molding, which will appear to be holding the tent up. We have to keep the bed fairly simple so it won't block too much (It's not a huge room). I picked up some wonderful faux furs from Diva Design Fabrics for nothing which I will make into huge throw pillows for the floor, and I also picked up several of those $1.99 twin cotton duvets from Ikea on our last trip outside which I'll be using for his comforters. I've also been collecting seffra bedding (twin size) in white, tan an browns, for his bed decor. They're amazingly cheap if you only get one or two things (like a brown pillow slip etc). I love ebay LOL

The back wall, where the lion is, and the window wall, are the primary decorative walls. They're not really good for furniture placement given that they have a door opening up into the room (which would hide the lion somewhat when open all the way) and then the window, which is off center on the shorter wall. The long wall with the monkey and giraffe are the best for furniture. I'm also having his closet built out on the inside so he won't need a dresser in the room. (We have one just outside the room in the family room that we will be using for him). I want to leave as much floor space as possible for play.

I can't wait until they get started :) Today I have to go paint the closet doors and the trim in the base colors. The artist that is doing the walls is still at work upstairs, but he'll be done on Tuesday, then he'll be working on the mural with his wife who is also an artist (she does the animals, he does the trees).

I know it's an over the top room :) LIterally with that ceiling, but for both DH and myself, it's nice to imagine him enjoying it, since we had many times in his first year that we didn't expect him to make it to toddlerhood. And having my design come to life (I could NEVER have done this well) is really a kick.

Gad knows in two years the kid will want Star Wars on the walls LOL. But we'll try to talk him out of that for a while. Hopefully Sue is right, his friends might talk him out of it instead :)

Fabulous room! Now all you need is this print. (And the book to go with it -- Graeme Base's Animalia)

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Its going to be a great room. It brought back memories for me. Years ago, I painted my daughters room yellow an added a white shadowed picket fence. I put ivy, and flowers all over. Then I started adding small animals and eventually birds. It came out so cute but furniture placement was an issue. I had to carefully chose where to put my favorite things. I copied animals from her story books and added them to the room. I didnt know I could be an artist! When we sold the house the woman had twin baby girls and she added butterflies to the room. I wish I had pics to post but this was before I had a digital camera. Post pics when you are all done.

Its cute...but how are you going to handle dust issues with that ceiling? Do you have gas or electric heat and where are the registers?

That is going to be adorable. I'm not to sure about the sunburst ceiling though. Perhaps a tent top
can be achieved with shades with paint on the ceiling.
I've had a sunbirst ceiling and it did get dusty.

Here's another idea for you.

My son did his 3 year old's room in a safari theme as well, and he painted the white ceiling fan.

If you look closely at the ends of all the blades you'll see ALEX spelled out. It's really cool in person.
Joann

Igloo,

Do you want to adopt me? LOL

I love the art. I love the ceiling but I think the ceiling over decorates the room. After seeing some of the pictures on the kitchen forum, I know you and your designer are extremely talented.

Think about maybe bringing the tent down to a real tent on the floor for him to play in. A zebra painted fan is a great idea. You may be able to find one that is less traditional to use than the one Joann posted. Carry the jungle theme onto the ceiling. JMHO

Can't wait to see you Art Deco rooms. My rooms are definitely being influenced by both deco and mcm so I would love to see pics especially of your Master BR.

We spent a great deal of time on the ceiling and the tent sides (which will be in the room on each corner). The canvas will be treated so it's stiff, like a wall board if that makes sense. That eliminates the issues of loose fabric in a children's room, and gives me an easy surface to dust.

We have natural gas heat through floor registers in our house. They are cleaned out every six months (alaska is dusty) and have a very good filter system, as well as a humidifier. One of the reasons the bed won't be below the window is that the floor vent is right there, and I like it to be open to the room.

Sweeby that print is fabulous. I just printed it for the artist to see a smiling lion (she was having a hard time finding one LOL). Wonderful! We'll have to get that book!

I love the idea of the wonderful room you did for your DD gk, what a special place. I wish I had your talent! I can paint big squares, design my way out of a good paper bag, but to paint a butterfly or bird...e gads it's scary LOL

Joann that fan is amazing, especially after I looked for Alex! You're going to have to trust me on the ceiling :) But I did consider a big ceiling fan to tell the truth (an old fashioned one to fit in the theme) but I just love the lamp we found (I'll have to take a pic of it). It's just what you'd hang in the 30's in a tent :)

JErsey thanks for the compliment :) I am actually my designer (And very low paid if I do say so myself). It's an amazing process to conceive of an idea and then find the talented people who can pull it out of my brain and make it work LOL It was and is a long road, but sheesh it's worth it :)

The room "MUST" feel like a tent in the safari, verses a safari room (IMO) because...well because that was my concept. We did change it because I had artists who could do more for me than canvas walls. And their idea of making the canvas with the treatment to make it hard, is better, because it deals with both dust issues and the issue of hanging fabric with kids in a room.

As I say to DH...trust me :oP and my dyson (ok and the housekeeper who will actually have to dust the room when I hire her LOL) it will work :)

I love it! As for keeping the bed simple I had one idea in mind....how about a hammock, similar to Gilligan's Island?