House of Hargrove {the blog}

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

My House of Hargrove-Playroom complete!

Avery is getting bigger and so are her toys. I have been getting tired of her "castle" living in our living room along with all her other toys :)

With the combo of this and another baby on the way it was time to transform our downstairs guest room into the kids playroom. Click HERE for details on the plan...and then see below for how it turned out.

I have been busy this summer getting it all ready and it is finally complete!
Welcome to our Playroom
I painted this small wall as you walk in with chalkboard paint.

I am super excited about decorating this wall with events in A&B's life and holidays...also of course the kids coloring it as well

Here is a view as you enter the room.

This is the main media wall. The bookshelves are from Ikea. They were $64.99 each. They are perfect for storing a large amount of toys. I got the baskets at Target. Once Braden is here I will be adding 2 large canvases of Avery & Braden together over each bookshelf on each side of the I LOVE U art.

Great storage inside of the media piece of furniture. Great for her bigger items.

Click HERE to learn how to make this art

Click HERE for details on these baskets and how to make the chalkboard labels.

I had this vintage reproduction wash stand that was perfect for all her stuffed animals.

Here is the other side of the room.
The shelves for the books are from Ikea. They are the Ribba Picture ledge and work great to hold all the books! I got the 45" shelves and they were $14.99 each.

These are the Anywhere chairs from Pottery Barn Kids. We gave Avery hers for her 3rd birthday and Braden's will be his Christmas gift. I ordered it early because it was on sale and Avery's friends can enjoy it until he gets here.

The United States art is from Hobby Lobby and I bought it during their 50% off sale. It was $24.99.
I hung a piece of twine between 2 nails to hang her art on. As she begins to make more art I will probably have to add another string below to hold all her masterpieces :)

Here is a view of the other side of the room. I LOVE that her big toys (castle, easel & kitchen) are now out of our living room!

This easel is from Ikea. It was $14.99 and has a dry erase board on the other side. She loves it!

The kitchen was her 2 year old birthday gift. She loves to "cook" in it. I found this great storage piece from IKEA. It is the FINTORP collection and it is perfect to hold all her "utensils".

The art is by Drooz Studio. I love all their prints! You can find them HERE.

I searched high and low for the perfect kids table and finally found it! I love the way it turned out. It was a regular sized table and I refinished it and cut the legs down. Click HERE for details on the transformation. The chairs are Brighton from Kidkraft. They were $42.99 each. Originally I was going to get the Sundvik chairs in grey from Ikea, but they were way too small!!

I fell in love with this petifore cake stand at Ikea. I LOVE cake stands and this was just too cute for $7.99!

This little hallway leads into the connecting bathroom and it has closets on each side. It is perfect storage for all of the toys and it is awesome having a bathroom right there!!

This is the closet on the left. It is set up for Avery's dress up. She has her shoes, jewelry, clothes and a mirror! I plan on adding more hanging shelves from the top of the second bar for extra storage.

Here is the closet on the right side of the hallway. It is all shelving and is perfect for all the toys I don't want out in the playroom. Mostly the toys with multiple pieces or that are messy and need parent supervision.

All of her tall toys fit on the bottom of this closet like her shopping cart, baby stroller, vacuum, etc.

Here is a view from the bathroom back into the playroom.

Like I mentioned earlier, this room used to be the guest room. It wasn't getting nearly the use that they playroom is now getting so we moved it upstairs. Here is a link to the new guest room. Below are side by side pics showing the transformation.

Here is what the original plan looked like and the final product.

Thanks so much for touring the kids playroom with me! Post below if you have any questions.

Playroom Details : I Love you Art, Baskets, Kids Table

I have been busy working on the Playroom all summer and will be doing the big reveal tomorrow!

I LOVE U ART:

When I saw this art on Pinterest I knew it was the perfect piece to add to the room. I LOVE it because it has the alphabet so it is educational AND it says I LOVE YOU.

It was a super easy, cheap project!

photo via Pinterest

I found unfinished wooden letters at Joann Fabrics for $1.50 each and then I used a 40% off coupon so the letters were a steal!

I then stained them with a grey stain. I cut a piece of plywood to the size I wanted and spray painted it black. I painted the I and the U with green spray paint, the heart (a heart made of card stock, also from Joann's fabric) pink. I distressed them a bit and then used hot glue to put them on the plywood.

After that was all done I had it framed with old barn wood.

It was a cheap project that takes up a lot of space on our large wall and I just love it. Avery looks at it and starts singing her ABCDs.

Here is the final product!

KIDS TABLE:
I looked all over for a kids table for the Playroom and really liked the Caroline Table from Pottery Barn Kids and the Everlasting Table from Land of Nod, but I wanted it to be robin egg blue so I didn't want to buy a new table at a premium price and then have to refinish it. I found the perfect ugly table at an auction and the table top size was perfect, but it was way too tall! You can see in the before pics it was a really strange gold distressed color.
I painted the table Robin Egg blue, distressed it and then I cut the legs to the height I needed to make it a kids table. You can always cut legs on tables to make them the height you need! Check out this kids table for only $75!!

STORAGE BASKETS:
I was on the hunt for the perfect baskets to fit in the Ikea bookshelves I bought for the playroom. I wanted the playroom to be kid friendly, but still fit my style. I found the perfect baskets at Target. They are a neutral linen material by Threshold.

I wanted to add a chalkboard label to the baskets so I could better organize them and add some extra detail.

I found these wooden boards at Michaels for $1.99 and then painted them with chalkboard paint. Each bag had 4 boards in there. After I painted them I hot glued them to each basket.

Here is the final product.

Come back tomorrow for the final reveal of the playroom!

Hello September

Happy September 1st! I am so ready for Fall to get here. It is by far my favorite season! The smells, food, signs, weather, holidays, etc...it is just perfection! I am not gonna lie...I start decorating for fall really early. I will probably start doing it this week. Stay tuned for details on that.

One day when we build our dream farmhouse I want a huge front porch and stairs leading up to it so I can really decorate it. I found these pictures on Pinterest and I LOVE the way they look.