IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED

The boys playroom was a fun project for me to work on. At the time, it was the best idea too, but it was short lived by little kids who yearned to be free. Free from being in just one room.

Free from a playroom that I had grown to like. Although the blue was electric

It was also fun

I’m going to miss how the boys use to throw these chairs at each other when they were frustrated….

And how Bren put their magnetic letters in the VCR and ruined it

Oh, and how the easel was turned over and used as a slide most days

Sigh….

I’m going to miss this little room. It was fun while it lasted…

…NOT!!!

A PLAYROOM THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US

Those of you that have been reading this blog for a while may remember the playroom that I put together for the boys


You also may remember me not being too thrilled with the color blue I chose!

Well, lately I've been thinking about redoing the playroom and making it work for the kids and the adults. I saw this image on a blog a while back then I saw it again on a few other blogs so I googled playrooms to try to find the source because I would love to see more of the space, but I had no luck....



I love the color palette. Green, brown, beige, pops of red... My first search was for the fabric because that stripe roman shade and pillows really make the room.

Here is what I came up with:



The first fabric is my absolute favorite! Oh I love it! Then you have the stripe fabric that is amazingly similar to my inspiration image

This room is going to require some big ticket items so its going to take a while for me to put together. I'll keep you posted on all of the progress that is made!

So what about you, are you working on any projects?!

Fabric was found on Fabric.com

FEELING INSPIRED

I spotted this fabric at Joann's a few weeks ago and my mind immediately went into overdrive thinking of all the things it could be used for.





I can see these colors in a new playroom design for the boys and using the fabric for a roman shade. I'm also considering using the colors for Brendan's 2ND birthday party!

Have you ever been inspired by something and couldn't stop thinking about how you can use it?!

A GIFT FOR ME AND THE BOYS

Part of my christmas gift this year for my three boys will be a new playroom. The playroom that they have now is alright, but I think that I could have done better.





Here is a sneak peak at what items will be included in the redesign











(not the crib, but the wall decal)


Now all I have to do is pick a non-blinding color for the walls!

What do you think?

Images are from Land of Nod and Ikea

A SIMPLE PLAY ROOM ON A SIMPLE BUDGET

After realizing that cleaning my house EVERY SINGLE DAY was not working for me, I was given the idea (from my SIL) to start a play room for my boys. I knew I didn't have a big budget so I worked with what I already had and a few goodwill finds.



The rug was a find by my mother. It was at the Goodwill for $7.80. After a professional cleaning, my boys love it and the colors work well with the wall color (SW Dynamic Blue 6958). The paint was around $32 for the matte finish. I try to catch my Sherwin Williams paint on sale when they have the 25-30% off sales!


The two chairs was part of a 3pc table set purchased on Walmart.com four years ago for my 4 year old for his "Big Boy Room" it was $30. Yes the table is missing because my 3 year old has anger management problems!! The Ottoman was on clearance last year at Target for $9.98 (part of their college line).


These Melissa and Doug wooden puzzles and box were a great find at a yard sale for $3 for the set of nine. You can find them at Home Goods if you like them!


The shelf and the imitation UGLY dolls were found at Target last year. The shelf was on clearance for $3.98 and the dolls were in the dollar spot for $1 each.


This is the Itso storage that's found at Target. The white cubes were on sale for $9.99 for a total of $60. The red bins (L)-$4.98 each on clearance and (s)-$3.98 each on clearance for a total of $27.



This little thing (well it's really big!), was at the same yard sale as the puzzles and it was only $2. My boys LOVE IT!



The T.V was a yard sale find for $10 and the VCR was free because my mom was tossing it out! I found the night stand at a thrift store for .80! Yes 80 cents! and it's by Basset furniture. It's really not suppose to be in this room but I needed something to hold the TV and the boys VHS



These movies were found at various Goodwill's for about $2.00 each ( I have 20 so far)


So let's see that brings my total to.....about$227.60 (give or take!)

I'm sharing this with the Nester over at her PRICE MY SPACE PARTY! Make sure you go over and check out the spaces.