Ideas for a NY Mets-Painted Bedroom for a Boy

Paint

• There are many options for how you can decorate a Mets-themed bedroom. To ensure your colors are a perfect match for the team colors, go to a store that sells Major League Baseball-licensed paints. Whether you paint the room completely blue, completely orange or a combination of the two, your son's Mets-themed room will have a solid base with which to work. For more adventurous painters, use orange pinstripes on top of a blue base or blue pinstripes on an orange background. If you paint the walls and have one color covering the majority of the space, you should use accessories high in the opposite color to balance the room.

Wall Decorations

• Removable wall decals allow you to apply a large Mets logo to the wall without risking the paint job. The decal can be moved or repositioned until you are happy with how it looks. Other wall decoration ideas include framed memorabilia, pennants and posters. If you and your son have not been lucky enough to have any memorabilia signed in person, you can purchase autographed photos, jerseys and balls online and at sports memorabilia shops. Have a Mets jersey made with your son's name across the nameplate, and frame it to use as a focal point above his desk or bed. Use generic baseball-themed items to finish your wall decorating. Hang baseball bats or display baseballs to carry on the theme when you are short on Mets memorabilia.

Bedding

• Changing bedding in your son's room is the easiest way to complete a room makeover. For a Mets-themed room, purchase a comforter printed with the Mets logo. To save some money and ensure that the bed can be made with themed sheets even on laundry day, purchase a set of blue fitted sheets and a set of orange fitted sheets. When you make the bed, use the blue fitted sheet and the orange top sheet or the other way around. Mixing up the two sheet sets gives you an even distribution of the team's colors on the bed. Add baseball-themed throw pillows and a Mets throw pillow to the bed to complete the transformation.

Lighting

• If you are in need of more color in your son's room, the ceiling fan and lamps can help. Paint the ceiling fan blades blue and orange, alternating colors on each blade. Attach baseball pull string bobbles on the fan and light cords. Place blue or orange shades on lamps. If you can find Mets lampshades you could use them to top your lamps, but they are often much more expensive than a plain-colored lampshade. Look for lamps made of old baseballs or bats. Using lamps made out of old sports gear ties your lighting options into the themed room.