Designing boys bedrooms

Deciding on boy's bedrooms has been a fun challenge. While carefully skirting around their current obsession (they both wanted 'Minecraft' themed rooms 2 months ago - now it's Terraria), I wanted to avoid committing to any particular theme at all, while making a fun, inviting and individual space for each.
Yesterday, discussions centered around my Little Ginger Ninja's room (age almost 9)
Here's how it looked in the Real Estate listing...

... Here are our ideas for making it fabulous...

 

As with most of the top floor, the carpets will be pulled up and the floor boards stained with Black Japan. The walls will be painted Whisper White, and the wardrobe painted black chalkboard. I have been saving a set of three amazing scavenged lights for years (because, you know, I was going to use them one day), so I finally get to use one (similar to the Kartell pendant light above).

  

Most of the remaining room ingredients we already have, so that's easy. 

But I'll be making a few special touches for his room, including upholstering a chair, and I'll be making curtains inspired by the master of style Jonathan Adler in the pic below...

 

And, finally, we will be including a gallery wall where he can swap out pics of his favourite things as they come and go.

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And, for my youngest, here's his room as it is now (minus the furniture etc)

We had decided on doing this a while ago - and we still love it... it is very inspired by this nursery/child's bedroom below, and, yes we'll (I'll) be doing those stripes on the ceiling!

With the black floors and white walls, we'll also be doing his wardrobe in the blackboard, and adding more yellow, black and white pieces...

I picked up a perfect set of spotty curtains on the super cheap (at The Green Shed) which I can't wait to put up, and I'll be getting an oversize sheepskin from Costco to soften the floor (not a giant sheep, rather 4 pieced together).

He'll also be getting his own special upholstered chair for a cozy reading spot. And I picked up a huge Ikea paper shade for $2 on our last trip to Perth (not quite a Nelson Bubble, but a similar shape and pretty cool!)

Both of these rooms will make use of most of the furniture and things we already have, so it's fairly budget friendly - most of the impact will be made with paint, I can't wait to get started!