Starting with a blank canvas sounds fun, like you can create anything in the world...as it turns out its quite intimidating. I went back and forth on so many ideas for this room, and the color schemes...oh my, but one day I was browsing the internet (ikea.com, my sanctuary) and creating an olioboard, I had a few items from the kids department pulled up and Raider walked in, "wow mom, a circus tent!" it hit me, like a lightning bolt, I was going at this all wrong, its not MY playroom, its HIS, and why shouldn't he have all the input?! Well 20 minutes later, one well designed olioboard by my 5 year old, and a $200 shopping trip to Ikea, it was done and done. I love it, but more importantly HE loves it, and that my friends is all I wanted in a playroom.
I love labels, if I had time I would but tags on every bin, but alas I do not. A place for everything and everything in its place doesn't always make sense to a 5 yr old, so it never goes in the right bin :S
I used Chalkboard Contact Paper, and chalkboard markers to use for his "menu"
Cash register and food
Madden's side (4mo), baby books and baby toys..well they are supposed to be for his baby toys but again, i'm just glad things get put away at all!
Raider's side, full of his books, his toys and of course his helmet.
This is Raider's personal artwork, he blows me away. The one on the left is his puppy (the ever so popular blanket rattle germ catcher) and the one on the right is a dinosaur complete with giant jagged teeth which are a little hard to see here.
All in all, this was a fun project and not to time consuming, easy to assemble and relatively cheap! I plan to add a bench cushion and 2 homemade bean bag chairs, but that is another project and another post ;)
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