Our house actually has a living room, den, and sunroom. With three different living spaces that were really all used for similar things, we knew we needed to pick one to use as a playroom. We chose to use the living room as the playroom and then the "den" is our living room. This is working out perfectly for our family. The playroom is on the front of the house and near the front door-perfect for playdates. It's also on the main level so the kids can easily play while I'm in the kitchen or laundry room without feeling too secluded and without waking any siblings who are in their room napping.
The playroom was one of the few rooms with no wallpaper or border to deal with-thank goodness! Even so there was plenty to do in there!
So here are the "before" pictures...
View looking into the playroom from the foyer!
The playroom before.
This is a perfect picture to point out how awful the baseboards looked in the house. I've mentioned that we have painted every square inch of trim in this house, but it was completely necessary. Look in the left corner of the room in the picture above...see how one piece of baseboard completely has the wood grain showing through?! It was so odd. But painting it made such a difference!
We painted the walls a Benjamin Moore color-Shaker Beige using Behr Premimum Paint plus primer.
Finished painting the walls (they were still drying in this picture), now time to paint the trim. All the trim needed to be repainted in this room like I mentioned above. We used our same trim paint Benjamin Moore's White Dove.
Next we had blinds hung on the windows.
Then I cleaned the carpets with the industrial carpet cleaner we rented.
It was looking good. Then we really made it our playroom when we moved in all the toys...what's a playroom without some bright colors, toys, and rowdy kids?!
The view looking into the playroom is so much better!
The couch is actually a sleeper sofa in case we ever need it for overnight guests.
The art hanging over the sofa was made by Dawson and his friends at his 6th birthday party!! Remember when we filled 60 egg shells with paint and threw them at a canvas...the finished project was so fun and bring it was perfect for the playroom wall. The kids also love to look at it and talk about how they made it!
Blinds were installed on the windows.
view into the foyer
The four frames on either side of the door are easily interchangeable. Clothes pins hold the kids' artwork, and we can change them out easily whenever they have new artwork they want to display.
We are very happy with the changes we made to turn this into our playroom. We have spent countless hours in there! Down the road we have discussed a few other changes the possibility of having the room wired for overhead lighting (currently the light switch controls the lamps), eventually replacing the flooring, and potentially installing French doors...for now it's perfect for us!
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