Help me decorate my son's Room. Vintage Sports theme

[GreenEyedLady]

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One picture is with the flash one without. The one without is more of the color of the walls. I put his bedspread in there too.

I have a couple of issues. Where can I find vintage sporting things, like old baseball mitts, catchers gloves, maybe an old jersey basketball or whatever sport.
I also wanted to do some kind of neat thing on his wall. I suggested doing a chalkboard border and just write plays up there all around his room. My husband is not diggin that too well. I guess because its time consuming.
I wanted to paint some kind of cool design from an overhead projector but I am not sure what I would paint?!?

Please help me!
GEL:panic

[GreenEyedLady]

Yes, I have thought about garage sales. I need to do them more. I tried looking up stuff on Ebay, but it was hard for me to nail down a category. I have 3 bats that were my dads. I would love to find old bats and hang them on his wall so as time went on, they would cover one side of his wall.
Where can I find old vintage sports pictures?

I was thinking of painting a ball park, or a locker or something on the wall. My son is 6 and doesn't really have a favorite team yet, he just loves the sports.

What else could I paint on his wall? Hmmmm:scratch

[NewWorldOrder]

eBay!! I know you may not want to consider, but you'd be surprised what you can find on ebay.

I just did a search for "vintage baseball" in the sporting goods category and came up with 286 vintage baseball items. There were baseballs, mitts, and bats, all from different eras.

[GreenEyedLady]

WOW! I will have to looky there!

[kmendel]

Try finding an old gym locker while you are at it. You can paint it in a color to go with the room, and he can use it for sports gear, or for his books and school supplies.

[Chula]

My suggestion is keep it simple. Do not try and clutter the room with all sorts of old stuff just to have a "theme" in there. Maybe find a multi-level book shelf and put some sports books on it and some balls and gloves, pictures. Get some world-series programs, superbowl programs etc. Display them in an open and visable manner.

I guess you can hang things on the wall too but to me, simple is better.

A photographic tip. Try turning your picture slighly when you take a flash picture. The flash will not be reflected off the glass and the photo will come out much nicer.

Good luck !!

[GreenEyedLady]

Those are some good ideas. I found a photograph of my father when he played football back in the 50's I am going to frame it. I know I have one of my grandfather playing also somewhere around my house or my brothers. I am going to hang just a couple of bats up, but I don't want a big junky mess. I agree Chula in keeping it simple. As I see things I can add, but he is only 6!
I will get a shot of the room. I am almost done putting things back together.

[GreenEyedLady]

Ps. I really want to do a murial of some kind. Something simple but cool. Any idea's??????