The Playroom

I've been talking about our playroom for awhile now and it's finally about eighty percent complete.

{Well... minus new carpet which won't come until the end of this year.}

I LOVE how the stripes on the walls turned out.

It took a really long time to tape them off and level them out but once that was done,

the painting went really fast.

The stripes are each 10" wide.

The two colors we used were Autumn Haze by Gliddon {for the all over color},

and for the lighter stripe we used Shell White also by Gliddon.

This is a really small room.

So to allow for more play area in the room, we removed the closet doors.

Luckily, the closet had the perfect amount of space to squeeze in my daughter's big doll house.

We left the shelf in the closet for much needed toy storage.

This is the back side of the playroom.

It's the side that isn't quite complete yet.

I'd really like to add a bench to the right of the book shelf and turn

that blank corner into a darling reading nook.

I'd also like to add a couple of table lamps or wall sconces to this area so it was better lit for reading.

I hung a collage of recent pictures of our family above the book shelf

and a thrift store basket holds some of our favorite children's books.

Although this is a small room, I tried to make the most of every little space.

We have a barbie doll area, a reading area, and here we have a dress up area.

The mirror in here used to hang in my room as a baby.

The hooks for the dress up clothes I bought at Tai Pan for $4.99 while

we were visiting in Utah last December.

The Big Basket that holds all the dress up shoes, purses, sunglasses, and hats

I purchased at Goodwill for $4.50.

This white desk has been mine since I was ten.

It needs a new coat of paint and some new hardware, but it's probably going to stay just like this until the weather gets warmer.

I DO NOT like painting outside in the cold.

I bought a large cork board to go above the desk, but I didn't like how thin

and flimsy the frame around it was.

So my husband tore the frame off and made this chunkier one using crown molding, that was left over from our fireplace remodel.

{Love it!}

The three tins on the desk are from Target's dollar section.

They hold the basics:  crayons, scissors, and pencils.

Glue, coloring books, and other random toys are stored in the drawers in the desk.

I bought the wall hanging file holders, that are on either side of the cork board, at Goodwill.

They were $1.50 a piece.

They used to be blue so I spray painted them white with Walmart's $1.00 white spray paint and labeled them with a number one and a number two that I printed off of the computer.

One holds colored construction paper and the other one holds plain white computer paper.

I made two pennant banners for the playroom.

One for above the desk and one for this window.

They were soooo simple.

I'll share a tutorial on them soon.

The white curtains hanging here I already had.

These three wooden crates, below the window, hold play food, dolls, and other miscellaneous toys.

{You can find a tutorial on how to make these crates HERE.}

My three kiddos are loving this room.

They love playing all together in here, love inviting friends over to play in here, and I love that they have an extra space they can call their own.

linked here:  The Shabby Nest, Tatertots and Jello, 320 Sycamore