What do you do when you kind of hate hockey and sports themed anything, but your kid is a hockey fanatic who never asks for anything but asks for a hockey-themed room?

You mom up, roll up your sleeves and deliver! Well, after establishing some ground rules and making a few compromises. Like I’m picking the colors, end of discussion. And sorry kid, I’m not going to make a shelf out of hockey sticks or fork over any money to the NHL for Canucks Team bedsheets! So he got a hockey themed room on my terms because I’m the boss of this house, sort of.

This tiny 25 square feet corner of the room happens to be the coziest place in our house.

Patent drawings for an ice skate, hockey net, hockey stick, ice rink, zamboni and puck. Can’t get more hockey than this!

Gotta love a 10 year old’s goals! He has gained 3 pounds since he made this goal.

Major props to my husband for making some custom shelving for an awkward spot between the bed and window and turning this space into something useful. Also for applying the hockey stick decals and spacing each decal perfectly apart. This all required some math which I suck at.

I love adding removable wallpaper to boring furniture. But not all removable wallpaper is created equal! I ordered samples from 3 different companies and noticed a huge difference in print and paper quality so choose carefully!

Resources:

Ice Hockey Patent Prints: Etsy (Stanley Print House)
Photo Frames: IKEA (Hovsta)
Hockey Rink Dry Erase Wall Decal: Etsy (Dezign with a Z)
Floor Cushion: Urban Outfitters (Reema) *Craigslist
Hockey Pillows: DIY
Side Table: West Elm (Hex Side Table) *garage sale
Hockey Wall Decals: Etsy (Dana Decals)
Paint: Sherwin Williams (Sea Serpent)
Rug: IKEA *Craigslist
Bed: IKEA (Flaxa) *discontinued
Removable Wallpaper on Bed: Chasing Paper (X Marks the Spot)
Corner Shelving: Materials from Home Depot
Pendant Light: IKEA *discontinued
Storage Baskets: Target

I don’t like hockey. Yet here I am making hockey themed pillows for a hockey themed room in our house. Why? Because when you have kids, they make you do things against your will and good judgment.

So if anyone else is in the same predicament as I am, scratching your head over how to make the theme room of your kid’s dreams that you can live with too, here’s a super easy way to incorporate the theme onto pillows. This is much cheaper and less permanent than having Gretzky’s mural painted on the wall!

This is DIY (ish!) because I’m a fraud and never learned how to sew zippers onto pillow covers so instead of making my own, I bought some from IKEA with prices ranging from $3.99 - $9.99. Top row from left to right: Sanela, Gurli and Vigdis.

I ordered custom printed hockey fabric from Spoonflower which is a magical place where you can search for any pattern…and I mean ANYTHING (like I just searched “boobs” and got results!). Bottom row from left to right: Hockey on Dark Blue, Hockey Skates on Ice, Hockey Sticks on Stripes and Blue Hockey. A fat quarter (21”X18”) for $10.50 was all I needed for each pattern.

The only sewing skills needed for these pillows: sew a square onto another square. This is my kind of sewing!

Final product: home-made (ish) hockey pillows!