Here’s Wille’s desk area in his room as it used to look with the cube shelves (self built) with the Simpsons collection above. We kind of felt it was time for a change to reflect that Wille’s older now and also his interest in music.
Wille got one of those vinyl players from Martin for Christmas, you know the kind where you can transfer the music to MP3. He also got part of Martin’s old vinyl collection and some of those album covers are so awesome so I thought they would look cool there above the desk.
I considered all kinds of frames but in the end I got him a set of these Art Vinyl play and display ones (I got mine from Ginza.se). They are more expensive than the album frames from places like Urban outfitters but what I love about these is that they open super easily so you can switch records in a matter of seconds while the frame is still on the wall.
I started out by hanging London Calling, an Iggy album and this boot leg Lou Reed one but Wille can now easily switch them around at his heart’s content.
Oh and this post is in no way sponsored by Art Vinyl. I just love the product.
Ps. If you've already read this post it's because I accidentally published it early after finishing it on Sunday.
Looks great - and yes, a lot more grown-up :)
Posted by: Lisbeth | February 17, 2013 at 01:49 PM
These frames for vinyl records are great! I should buy some and hang my Abba records on the wall. Although I think my love would veto that.
Posted by: Marianne | February 17, 2013 at 01:50 PM
This is a weird question, but what material is your ceiling made from? Did you paint the grid on there?
Posted by: jessica w | February 17, 2013 at 02:00 PM
That looks really cool! And I LOVE Wille's guitar.
Posted by: Judith | February 17, 2013 at 02:27 PM
Thank you for inspiration for a birthdaypresent for my vinylrecord-collector-husbond!
Posted by: ingegerd | February 20, 2013 at 04:07 AM
I still keep my old vinyl records too and I was also a big fan of good old Lou... :)! A good upgrade for a young man's room.
Posted by: May / amycapdet | February 20, 2013 at 04:23 AM
I didn't paint it, they're some sort of ceililng tiles. I'm not loving them but taking them down or covering them would be a massive job.
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 04:37 AM
Clash's London Calling... Iggy Pop... Lou Reed... yep
LOL
Can you tell we're the same age?!!! ;)
Posted by: MelD | February 20, 2013 at 05:12 AM
Funny thing is though that this is TOTALLY Wille's taste in music. He even saw Iggy live last summer! He's hardly into the current stuff at all.
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 05:38 AM
Soooooo super cooooool!!!
Wish Wille was my boyfriend- makes me sound like a weirdo but was actually meant as a compliment ;-) i'd simply long for such a stylo place to hang around *g*
Don't worry, Wille, am way to old dor you and happily married with kids *hihi*
Posted by: Katharina | February 20, 2013 at 05:40 AM
Haha
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 06:09 AM
Looks great! And makes me feel ancient.. I went to see Iggy Pop many, many moons ago when I was my daughter's age. But what goes around comes around, and I now go to gigs with her and she thinks it's fun. Great stuff, music!
Posted by: Iiris | February 20, 2013 at 06:28 AM
Great frames! The fact that you can change the content by just opening the frame while it's still on the wall is genius. I didn't even know that they have special frames for Vinyl covers.
Posted by: Zosia | February 20, 2013 at 07:22 AM
I've been hearing (from parents) that a lot of high school/college-aged kids are preferring "older" music these days because most of the current stuff is so lousy.
I adore Willie's room before and after the transformation. So orderly and clean. I actually like those ceiling tiles...squares and rectangles are my faves.
Posted by: devil | February 20, 2013 at 09:35 AM
Awsome frames!How actually are they opend or what kind of holder keeps the frame closed?
Posted by: jja | February 20, 2013 at 09:53 AM
You do a simple "lift" action to the front of the frame to open it. There's like a "hinge" behind.
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 10:45 AM
That is a really cool idea, especially since he can swap them out whenever he wants! Hope he likes it!
Posted by: Heather P. | February 20, 2013 at 11:43 AM
So cool!!!!
Posted by: Lisa | February 20, 2013 at 12:12 PM
ugh... this really makes me regret getting rid of all my old records in the great purge of 2012. :-/
Posted by: Ellie | February 20, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Det var väl den Lou Reed spelningen som Magnus Uggla pratade om i Så mycket bättre. Uggla skriker typ "I love you Lou" i början av konserten och får ett svar. Det ska vara med på skivan :)
Posted by: linna | February 20, 2013 at 01:11 PM
Det är det! Haha!
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 02:46 PM
He does!
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 02:54 PM
What an incredibly tidy bedroom... I guess my guy is cut from an entirely different swatch!
Posted by: caitlin | February 20, 2013 at 03:21 PM
It's not always this tidy though. I wanted to spare you so I shot this after we tidied up a bit on the desk :)
Posted by: Carlos | February 20, 2013 at 03:59 PM
Interesting!
Posted by: jessica w | February 20, 2013 at 07:02 PM
I LOVE Willie's desk! It's so cool! Did you make it? I noticed the two drawer stacks look like ikea. Did you the desk top at ikea too?
I need a new desk!
Love the new frames! Very cool!
~ Ali
Posted by: Ali | February 20, 2013 at 11:38 PM
The drawer units are Alex from IKEA and the top is a kitchen countertop also from IKEA.
Posted by: Carlos | February 21, 2013 at 03:17 AM
I'm a long time reader (since I first found you on Flickr!) but this is my very first comment. After seeing the albums on the wall I just had to say, "Flogging Molly! Flogging Molly! Flogging Molly!" I saw them live once and they are amazing. Tell Wille big thumbs up.
Posted by: Tera | February 21, 2013 at 04:16 AM
Will do! He loves that band! It's the type of current music he's into. He saw them live last year but the poster he got from the concert was an odd shape so I had to make them into Logging Moll :)
Posted by: Carlos | February 21, 2013 at 04:27 AM
Love guitars to decorate walls too! My husband has gotten a few old/not really functional ones and they add so much to a room!
Posted by: Abbey | February 21, 2013 at 11:14 AM
The floor in Wille's room looks so nice and clean! How do you clean wood floors to get them to look like that? What a great space for your teenager to hang out and claim as his own.
Posted by: Karen | February 21, 2013 at 02:12 PM
The floors are only 18 months old as we installed them when we moved in. I use one of these to clean them: http://www.mybonahome.com/products/hardwood-floor-mop.html
Posted by: Carlos | February 21, 2013 at 02:50 PM
I LOVE this! I may need to surprise the husband by buying some of these so he can put them up in his office/music studio.
Posted by: Älvan | February 22, 2013 at 05:28 AM