Our Playroom Reveal - DIY Details & Storage Solutions!

I am so excited to share our girls' playroom!!

It's full of past DIY projects and budget friendly storage solutions.

With Baby #3 arriving soon..I was really wanting to

have this play space all done for our big girls.

PAINT COLOR: Martha Stewart, 'Sunken Pool' - Satin.

One of my favorite touches is the SUPER SOFT rug from RugsUSA.com.

I thought the room was cute without it...but it made it so much more inviting and

comfy once we put it down! With how much the girls sit on the floor and play,

I was happy to give them that pretty cushion. :)

I also love their play kitchen pieces. We grabbed them up at a Church Flea Market

and a local Thrift Store. I think the total for the 3 pieces was $15.

I had spray painted two of them white to freshen them up. I LOVED playing Kitchen when I was little.. so It makes me sooo happy seeing the girls love playing in that space.

There are some key things I wanted to do to

make the space functional and cute..

I'll share all those details in this post!

STORAGE for TOYS- We had the long IKEA EXPEDIT Bookcase in the Girls' Bedroom..

and realized it made more sense to turn it on it's side(Ikea sells legs to go with it)

so the girls could use every bin and mess up/clean up themselves!

The pink bins are also from IKEA. They are soft but durable. love them.

This storage solution is the saving grace for this room...

I go in a couple times a day and throw everything back in.. helps to keep it under control!

Also, the Yellow basket on the floor in corner... more storage!

It's a great dollar store container where I put all their little people and cars in.

STORAGE for Books, Blocks & Felt Softies - I used two IKEA Shelves for this storage area. My Girls love blocks..but it drives me crazy having them all mixed in with the toys! They never actually play with them when that happens. So I knew I needed them to have their own space. These cheerful yellow Dollar store baskets worked great.

They can carry the basket in to the family room.. build a train..and then put them all back!

I had a white basket that I filled with their Soft Felt Monsters and owls.

I thought they were too cute to not display all together!

Sienna LOVES these. I like watching her make them talk to each other

 and give kisses and say "you beautiful." ;)

I also wanted to store a few books in the playroom.

(They have a few wall shelves in their room for their other books)

I had used these plastic dollar store animals to make

the Animal Jar Lids for the girls Vintage Circus Birthday Party.

(I used hot glue on those so I could easily pop them off and use them again for this project!)

I'll do a blog post soon sharing how these Animal Book Ends came together!

But super easy DIY project... and I love how it looks on the shelf!

 STORAGE for PLAY FOOD- I used an old 3 tier bin to hold all

their play food in when they weren't playing with them.

It helps them with clean up to have a special place for the food!

I've made Felt Food for them a couple birthdays ago.. I loveee felt.

It makes me so happy too when they bring a big plate stacked high with felt donuts and cookies.

They know how to feed a pregnant mama ;)

CAFE AWNING - I wanted to do something to define their play kitchen space.

I had a HUGE cardboard IKEA box leftover. I painted it white with leftover ceiling paint.. taped off stripes... and spray painted it yellow! I used some shelf brackets from home depot laying around.. and we used them to hang up the cardboard. It's not a heavy piece.. We were able to angle it down and then attach it to the brackets on the end with a screw and a bolt and nut. My hubby helped me with all the shelf and awning hanging on this project. :)

SPRAY PAINTED TABLE- We had an IKEA table that had been loved..very loved.

So it needed some attention. a couple coats of yellow spray paint

and It was like brand new! I went through a phase where I wanted to paint everything yellow. ;)

STORAGE for DOLLS & STUFFED ANIMALS-  I used 2 wood crates, that I got for a great price at JoAnns with coupons, to put up and away their favorite baby dolls and stuffed animals.

They girls LOVE the baby crib that was mine when I was little! It is nice because all the doll clothes are stored underneath. Sienna is known to go in and take

out ALL of these clothes.. but it's easy enough to throw them all back in. :)

Sophie loves to dress up the babies AND the animals.

The Cardboard Ticket Booth in the corner was from the girls' Vintage Circus Birthday Party.

It was such a fun DIY project! And it's now used as a puppet theatre and store. ;)

FELT BOARD - I needed a place to display the Felt Board because I thought it turned out so cute! It is just hanging on two nails..and when they want to play with

it I pull it down for them and lean it against the bookcase or a wall.

On the IKEA Bookcase we put out some of their toys they play with often.

My girls LOVE making music.. so we have some instruments. and they LOVE their camera (I would buy that toy from target for every 2 yr old I know! haha.) Sienna got the elephant last christmas and her and sophie love playing with it together. and fighting over the purple ball.

I'm not really a fan of puzzles.. so many peices!! BUT... the girls love them. So I'm hoping by displaying them all put together..right where they can see them.. they will get the idea of putting them back there when they are done. still working out the kinks.

ben has found me putting together the puzzles/putting them away many times..

and gives me a hard time for playing with the girls' toys.. har har. ;)

I wanted to put some photos in the playroom of the girls! They love seeing themselves. ;)

And I also have, in the space, the DIY Cardboard Mailbox I made them.

Sophie loves playing mail right now. she sends herself mail..

waits a couple minutes and goes back to check it. hehe.

Hope you enjoyed checking out Sophie and Sienna's Playroom!

This is how the space looked the first time I arranged it.

(half of it being my office area..which is now on the other side of the room...I'll post more on that later.)

It was fun putting it together for them..and makes me so happy knowing

we have a place for everything...it makes the quick clean ups so much easier!

I also love seeing all of our past DIY projects together in the space..

I love being a mom! :)