Playroom Ideas

I can't wait to start decorating the new house...especially the kids' playroom!  I've had some ideas floating around in my head for awhile.  I want to wait to see how everything fits into the space before I do anything.

I found these adorable storage units at Ikea and think this may help with all the toys and clutter.

Aren't they awesome!  The bins slide all the way out so we can take them to wherever the kids are playing and then return them full of toys afterwards!  They come in different combinations and bin colors.

I also want to see if there is room for a table and chairs in the playroom.  If so, I was considering getting one of these:

The two above are plastic so they'd be lightweight, but don't know if they could hold up under Kendall's weight because I know she'd end up crawling on top of them to dance!

This one would match with the storage units I want to get and it's a small size.

These can be painted or even...mod podged with some fun paper!

I want to create something to hang the kids' art work on the walls.  I was thinking of stringing some wire and decorating some clothes pins to attach the artwork to the wire...Still haven't worked out all of those details, but the idea is still forming in my head.  It would look something like this below.

I'd love to create some type of dress up section in the playroom as well.  K loves to look in the mirror at herself.  She does this in my bedroom all the time.  I've looked online for full length mirrors for kids, but have yet to find something I really liked, so I may end up making something myself.  When K's nursery was decorated in the beach theme, my plan was to make her a surf board mirror this past summer...I may be able to somehow adjust that idea for the playroom.  I think I'll hang a row of hooks low on the wall so the kids can get their stuff down themselves and put it on.

I found some ideas on a blog today of an incredible playroom. Riley saw the pictures and now he's decided that we need to have this playroom.  It's in a basement and it's typical of a playroom that you'd find out here in Utah...it's actually in a home out here and created by a local builder.

What kid wouldn't love a slide coming out of their own two story playhouse?

Their very own tree to climb in the winter or on rainy days!

This is something like what I would like to try to do...have a dressing area.

Check out the first floor of the playhouse!

Complete with all the accessories for a tea party!

This is the second floor of the playhouse.

I do plan to have a reading corner in the playroom.  I'm planning to use the kids new Pottery Barn chairs to designate this area.

Then later on, I found this idea...These are actually beds, but wouldn't it be cool to have your own clubhouse/indoor tree house in your playroom?  Riley went nuts over these too.  They are made in Paris and are WAY over priced.  But, Daddy is pretty handy.  Maybe we could convince him to make them?  Yeah, right.  Once upon a time, he would have loved to have made these for his kids.

So as you can see, my brain's been in overload with ideas for the playroom.  I have to keep in mind that the playroom isn't THAT big and I need to scale things down.  We've got our big Radio Flyer spring horse as well as the kids' kitchen that also need to go into the playroom.  R's going to keep his trains and legos upstairs in his room.  K's going to keep her doll bed and wardrobe up in her room when my parents ship them out here for her birthday.  (They were my mom's that I also played with as a kid - I'm just going to paint them white to match her furniture).

I'd love to have a craft/artwork area, but I might be safer just having the kids do that stuff in the kitchen where I don't have to worry about crayons on the walls, paint on the floor, etc.

If any of you have ideas to share, I'd love to hear them.  My plan is to also put a verse on the wall in vinyl - a chance to use my new cricut!  We've narrowed it down to a few, but haven't made a final decision.  Feel free to vote for your favorite or offer another possibility!

Matthew 19:14

Jesus said, "Let the little children com eto me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

3 John 1:4

         I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Zephaniah 3:17

         The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.  He will delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

Lamentations 3:25

         The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.

Jeremiah 29:11

         “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Proverbs 22:6

         Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.