My latest house project is complete. The guest room has gone from Green Lantern to Giraffe Chic. When we first bought the house 6 years ago, I was merely a comic geek and collector of all things Green Lantern, so our guest room became my Green Lantern Room. Since that time, however, I have developed a fascination for giraffes, and my collection grew quickly. Unfortunately, the two themes just didn’t work well together, so I had to make a choice. I though giraffes might be a little more pleasing to guests than the Green Lantern/superhero theme, so I chose to change the guest room to a Giraffe theme.
First I had to take down and pack up all of my superhero stuff (no easy task):
Then I had to patch up the walls:
Then I primed the room (the same day our new queen size sleep number bed arrived)
Then I hired a family friend to do the final repaint:
Finally, I redecorated in Giraffe motif:
I had to use the lamps and curtains we had around the house, for now. I have a bed skirt, new lamps and new curtains on the way. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
For those worried that I’m no longer a diehard comic geek, fret not. I plan to redo our basement and turn it into my comic book cave.
So, anyone know how to redo a basement?
Idle Eyes and a Dormy 
Goodness! You have a Justice League/Batcave full super-hero collection. A boy could live and spend his teens there. The giraffe room is nice too. Call me when the basement’s finished. 😉
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And that’s just the collectibles…you should see the 10,000 comics I have stashed away in boxes in closest..oy!
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LOL. Yours is every teenage boy’s wet-dream.
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I love comics, but that’s not what fueled my wet dreams as a Teen 🙂
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I like the giraffe room the best. It matches our zebra room! Naked hugs!
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I love Zebras and Elephants as well, but if I start collecting one more thing, my husband will kill me.
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That’s why we have only one zebra room!
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that looks like the room I stayed in when I visited eons ago. but I remember handsome menz on the walls…
I would stay in the giraffe room!
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Hmm. Jeffrey’s room has men on the wall. We used to have a guest bed in there, but we took it out. That may have been where you stayed.
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perhaps. is the giraffe room what used to be the comic books storage area?
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Yup. Still is (for now.) they’re all tucked away in the closets. But I never had men on my walls – that would be Jeffrey’s office.
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The new decor with the lighter walls makes the room look bigger. Love the new look!! I was gonna say you have a slew of superhero swag, but then I look at all the giraffes and think, Wow! You have a LOT of giraffes! I look forward to visiting the giraffe room.
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Oh my!
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I much prefer the superhero stuff.
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Good thing you won’t be staying in the room, then 🙂
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What a transformation! The room looks great!
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Thanks.
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I love what you did with the room, but I have to admit it would have been great to look up at the ceiling and imagine Kilowog telling everyone “Look alive, poozers!”
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When you start collecting something, you don’t mess around! Looks great!
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I might have overdone it a bit. The collector in me has a hard time with moderation, and I have a husband and bf that are both enablers.
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