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How I Spent Last September

 

Being the poor soon-to-be graduate student that I am, I've moved back in with the folks. It was an adjustment for us all, but they softened the blow to my ego by letting me redecorate my old room on their dime. I didn't stop with my room though. The bathroom I share [again] with my younger brother is now a haven of Cubdom.

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I know what you're thinking. Why associate the Cubs with a room associated with, well, crap? Honestly, as much as I love the Cubs, I needed a more low-key aesthetic in my bedroom. So no royal blue walls there. Furthermore, my brother is also a fan and he was gung-ho about the project. So, here's the highlights of what I did last September:

 

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These are some vintage-inspired baseball cards of some '07 Cubs. I have another gallery of the all the cards scanned, front and back, if you want to see those too.

 

The rest of the gallery may be viewed here. Recent, not-yet photographed additions include a Cubs wastebasket, and a metal, arrow shaped "Wrigley Field this way" kinda sign which is appropriately pointed in the right direction. And yes... the pinstripes took for-ev-er.

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This would be awesome for the bar area of our family room. Nice work

by sdurst on Mar 28, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

name your price!

Thanks! I appreciate it, because if I hadn't gone the Supernerd route [degrees in Sociology and now Library Science] I probably would have done interior design.

"These are the saddest of possible words: Tinker to Evers to Chance."

by bluebythebook on Mar 28, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You did an excellent job. We plan on doing a Badger theme later on this summer. I have discovered themes are fun but they take lots of extra time.

by Madison Cub Fan on Mar 29, 2008 2:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow!

i can't decide whether thats cool or creepy

by dahcar on Mar 28, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

let's go with cool

The bathroom was the only room in the house that we could all agree to Cubbiefy. Believe me, I would have preferred the family room.

"These are the saddest of possible words: Tinker to Evers to Chance."

by bluebythebook on Mar 28, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'll give this one to you

only because i wouldnt mind a man room like that

by dahcar on Mar 28, 2008 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha, we know whats for dinner at your house

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 28, 2008 3:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Excellent job

Love the pinstripes!

by bjs on Mar 28, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What is the distance between the pin stripes?

I was thinking of doing this to a wall in my room but didn't know how far to put them apart.

Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.

by Bricks and Ivy on Mar 28, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

*thinks*

I think we went with 5 inches between each stripe, and each stripe's width was one inch.

"These are the saddest of possible words: Tinker to Evers to Chance."

by bluebythebook on Mar 28, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have pinstripe wallpaper...

... in the room which is BCB headquarters. If I have a chance, maybe I'll post a photo.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 28, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow!

I love it!
My husband and I rent, so I do not think my landlord would appreciate it.

by ibchefn on Mar 29, 2008 11:18 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

blue painters tape

Find a shade that's dark enough, and those can be your pinstripes! Easy to remove, and not nearly as much work as painting. ;-)

"These are the saddest of possible words: Tinker to Evers to Chance."

by bluebythebook on Mar 29, 2008 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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