Play Room Revamp Reveal

I wanted to infuse the playroom with a little more color and this is what I came up with!  Fun framed printables, recovered parson chairs, a couple of throw pillows, and a new slipcover did the trick for around $80.

I purchased four wood frames from Goodwill that I sprayed painted and added free fabulous prints for inexpensive wall art.  I also switched out some of the fabric in the hoops to match the new decor.

I love the this space is clean and large enough for lego building and playing "office".  My sister and I loved playing office!

SOURCES:

Chevron Fabric 

Striped Fabric

Slipcover 

Fun Print

Playroom Print

Artist Print

The Parson Chairs are FINISHED!

Back in May I acquired some u-g-l-y parson chairs that I wanted to recover for the kids' playroom.  They have sat in a corner of my bedroom for the last three months and although they were always on my to do list I found ways to procrastinate.  I am so happy that they are finished and we have cute and functional chairs for the playroom desk.  Tomorrow I will reveal the rest of the playroom!

Adding Color to the Playroom

This is one important room in our house. Actually the availability of a playroom was a deal breaker when we were house hunting.  I have a desk along one wall that I use as a sewing table, but I am not sewing as much these days and decided to make this into a work are for the kids.

My vision was a pair of parson chairs with funky fabric.  I was inspired by this chair.

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My mom had these chairs in her garage.  

They were a little dusty and a lot of ugly, but they were FREE!

I know that I said I would never upholster anything again after the wing chairs, but I found the perfect fabric and it is motivating me!

This is the fabric for the back of the chair.

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And this is the front and seat of the chair.

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A few weeks ago I purchased this slipcover for the couch and it has made a HUGE difference. The room is so vibrant now.  The funny thing is I tried to take a picture of the room with the new slipcover and sat on one end of the desk and it came crashing down with Bob and the lamp flying off. Bob is o.k. but the desk needed a little repair and I guess I need to go on a diet!

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Look for the full reveal later this summer...

Lego and AG Doll Storage

Two organizational projects that I completed before Christmas was Legos and 18" Doll Accessories.  We have both coming out our ears.  I really loved this Lego storage, but the $100 price tag was not in my budget. I wanted to utilize some book shelves that we already had and decided to use shoe storage boxes for only $16.  I had purchased over 1600 Legos bricks for Christmas and knew we needed a better storage system.

The last tote holds all instructions and our brick separator.
If you do not have that... run to the Lego Store and get one!

Current project boxes

I did not feel that labels were necessary as you can see the different colors and two out of my three kids do not read.

My next project was tackling all of Madeline's doll accessories. Her dolls have totally taken over half of her closet.  I purchased a hanging shoe bag for $8, cut to size and screwed it into the closet. I did hit one stud (on accident of course).  Everything is organized and she does a great job of cleaning up her doll stuff now that there is a place for everything.

The hanging clothes rack is a tension rod. Who says doll storage has to be expensive?!

The Big Comfy Couch

When we purchased the new sectional I was really hesitant to get rid of the old couch. It was the first big piece of furniture that hubby and I bought and it is so comfy! The bones are still good, but the fabric is worn, tattered, and fading. These are things that can easily be fixed with a slipcover, but kids and slipcovers spell disaster with this mom that has a mild case of OCD so I decided that we going to work with it "as is" for the time being.



I did however make three reversible pillows using the old throw pillows and some fabulous Heather Bailey Pop Garden fabric. I love all the yellow, blue, and pop of red.






I do not know if I have posted pictures of the toys before so this may be a first. I know there is a lot, but I do have three kids that are home everyday, all day, with the exception of Wyatt who is in school 2.5 hours and we like to play!