Our playroom

Here is my disclaimer: I take pictures of people, not rooms so these pictures aren't the best quality. Please don't judge my photography by these crappy pictures. :)

#1 BEFORE: This is the 2nd before actually. I don't have a photo of what it looked like before I started the first time. We had a set of bookshelves in here for the longest time, with baskets that held toys. My kids aren't in to playing with toys the way they used to be so I reorganized and put the shelves in Addi's room. I added the office area so I could have a place to put my laptop to edit photos for my photography. On the wall, Mason and Addi's pictures were in a row on the green stripe painted across the room. But when we had Kannon I didn't know what to do with his pictures. So I painted the rectangles. But they look so cheesy, so I had to think of something else.




#2 DURING: I painted the 2 of the smaller walls and a large stripe on one of the vaulted walls green. I was afraid that the color was too flourescent (hello 80's punk green) but now that the stuff is back in there on the walls, I like it more.






#3, 4 AFTER I am so happy to be done. Well, pretty much done. There are always odds and ends to finish. Here are some of the things I did:
Picture ledge- I bought a 1 x 4 and a 1x 3 both 9 ft long, screwed them together then spray painted them. Cost of about $15. I painted a bunch of different picture frames I had black to match. The letters (A,M, K) are paper mache from Joann that I painted the colors in the curtains.
Bookshelf- the IKEA expedit. I have had my eye on it forever. I was planning on making a trip to Atlanta to get one, but luckily I found one on Craigs List for $100. The baskets and containers are various ones I've purchased from Target. The colorful ones are shoe boxes that I covered with scrapbook paper, then clear contact paper.

In the large space between the bookshelf and picture ledge I am planning a artwork holder for my kids' masterpieces. I'll post that when I finish it.

#5 Office Area: The magnet board and cork board were in other areas of my house. I just spray painted them to match and hung them here. The fabric for the chair cover and curtains came from Hobby Lobby. I can't follow a pattern, so I just made it up as I went. I ripped up the carpet and laid 12 x 12 floor tiles from Lowe's. They were only $1 a piece. I thought it would be so easy. Yeah, it was A LOT more work than I thought. I wanted to do the entire floor, but the office area was so much work so I only did there. I do love the way it turned out. To the right of the office area is my scrapbook room, aka closet. The tiles go into there.


I didn't post pictures of the other wall. It has the kids' computer and the play kitchen. I have also hung some old windows that are framing pictures of my kids and some reproduction game boards. I like the idea of putting game boards on the wall in the playroom.

I hope this all makes sense. It was lots of work, but I love decorating, so it was lots of fun too. It's a happy, colorful eclectic space that our entire family uses now.