Toddler Thomas the Tank Engine Room Makeover

The Build

Huge shoutout to my husband of course who’s a great carpenter and has great workmanship? What’s the term for someone who knows how to make things with wood? I think that’s it right? Anyhow, we started the makeover by moving everything into the center or the room and or moving the mattress out of the way of the walls that needed to be painted. We measured the height and marked where we wanted to paint the room, then lined it with painter’s type to help the painting process go smoothly. Then I painted both walls in one day, but it took two days since I did two coats. First coat one day second coat the next. Then, after, I let it dry for another day and do touch ups. So it was a total of 3 days for painting.

My husband made the train shelf in two days, although it could’ve been done in one, he sanded it down the day after he screwed and drilled all the wood pieces together, then I had to paint it with primer and then chalk paint after that was done. So in total it took us 3 days to do the painting and building of the shelf. Then we took one day to go thrifting to buy the rest of my son’s bedroom furniture such as the cubicle shelf. The bunk bed we were able to get from our in-laws, so we saved money on that as well as the twin mattresses as mentioned before.

After we finished the painting, the train shelf, and getting the rest of Maverick’s furniture, and let everything dry we simply zoned different areas of his room where things just made sense. So we had his table with a train shelf against the blue Thomas wall. Then added the cubicle shelf on that wall as well to add some contrast with the black and blue. Placed the bunk bed in the corner because we wanted at least one side against the wall so that it would be kid friendly and safe. Then made a reading and art corner where Maverick’s artwork/schoolwork can be hung and displayed along with his books. We already had an old Paw Patrol cloth Toy Storage shelf so we used that as well next to his bookshelf for extra toy storage. Something that we planned on moving into the nursery and playroom is the activity gym / pickler. Right now Maverick’s room is jam packed with all of his things because he likes to have his pickler in there when he has friends over to play. But when the baby is old enough 1.5yo – 2 we’ll most likely move the pickler into the nursery and playroom so Maverick can have more space in his room.

The Finished Product

I hope you guys got some good inspiration and ideas for giving your toddler room a makeover! We enjoyed this process and loved seeing the joy in our son’s face as we revealed it too him. If you want to follow along on my motherhood and lifestyle journey you can checkout my page @hoangviton or @beautyfoodymom on Instagram to keep up with daily life and activities. You can also click the button below to shop all of my home décor, furniture, as well as outfits and housewares.