This is one of my favorite rooms in the house. I chose this house on the Internet because of the playroom. We use it as our play/craft room and my office area.
Before the room was very cluttery; there was stuff everywhere and it was painted a horrible color. I am embarrassed to admit that I chose the ugly, practically fluorescent green color. The room has vaulted ceilings and it took me some time to talk myself into climbing back onto the extension ladder to paint it. But I could stand the ugliness no longer so I used a grey/greenish color Behr Paint plus Primer from Home Depot. Love that paint. It went on very smooth and I only had to use one coat.
How about a little tour of the room.
For these shelves, I had a 1x3 and 1x4 cut to the same length. Then I butted them together and attached them with wood glue and screws. They make great ledge shelves for pics of my kiddos. I love having pictures of my kids at different ages out to see and compare how much they have grown.
Under the bottom shelf I threaded some drapery hooks onto a dowel and attached that to the bottom of the shelf with cup hooks. This shelf sits right above the crafting table so now my kids have a place to hang up their masterpieces.
I've had this old window for a long time and filled it with more kidlet pictures. I need to add some of our 2yr old, he will think he's unloved. The letters (spray painted paper mache') at the top of the window are my kids' initials.
There is a game theme going on in here.
Here is my office area. The shelf is made from brackets and a painted piece of wood from Lowes. I got the star above the shelf at a local craft show. The cork board is kind of messy looking, but I have to have a place to put my junk! The black cabinet holds all my die cutting supplies and on top of that is my Cricut. The black framed piece above the cabinet is a magnet board. Same one shown here. I bought it when I lived in Utah.
I love having a shelf above my computer for my collection of cameras that I love and quotes I love. (that's a lot of love!)
The shelving unit is from Ikea via Craigslist. I got the bins from Target. I wrote what's in each bin on a circle, laminated it and attached that to the bin with ribbon. It has helped a little bit with the toys being put back in the right spot. The black desk is also a Craiglist find that I skirted with yards of fabric that I tacked underneath.
Above the shelving unit is another game board (from a local antique store) and this cute little red wagon (from a yard sale). There is also a globe (clearanced from Target) and our fish tank. We inherited the guppies from my son's 2nd grade class last summer and they are still alive.
This door in the back corner is my crafting storage closet. I will show pictures of that another time. All the stuff I cleaned out of the playroom is hiding in there. About a year ago I ripped up some of the carpet and laid 12 x 12 black and white tiles. I didn't do the entire floor because I wasn't sure I would like it. I'm still undecided so for now it's staying 1/2 carpet and 1/2 tile. I would really like to eventually put in hardwood floors.
And the finished room. Yay! I love it! I'm glad I have the pictures of it being so clean because it will probably never look like this again!
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