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I definitely recommend a child's table to go in there! My daughter absolutely loves it. She sets her baby dolls and stuffed animals up for it for tea parties.
Target has some pretty reasonable priced ones!
I should say, we want to get rid of the existing carpet. I want something that's soft on crawling knees but durable. Any ideas?
Mr. DG is going to love the idea of a child's table :)
I think a forest-y themed playroom would be awesome, keeping the colours neutral, with some olive tones thrown in ... some tree decals as well, maybe a thick grass like area rug on the floor ...
@Ms Mini: That sounds really nice, especially in light of the fact that overflow guests will probably sleep down there :)
There's a million ways you can go with it, and if you plan on more children, I guess the best way to make it less gender specific. I highly second the table and chairs. That's my baby shower gift to all my neices and nephews children. Some other comfy furniture for you, and lots of arts & crafts things...an easel is also a good thing to have as well as a toybox.
I found a bunch of pictures to give you some ideas.
This is the last set I bought that gets used every day.
How fun! How about a painted tree on the wall and the branches can have hanging green hammocks that hold her stuffed animals?
on petite mandoo's blog i remember some floor covering she purchased for her daughter's room...i went back a looked for it but i cant find it:P however, i did find a oage with pictures on it and you can see the floor mat, its like a jigsaw with numbers/ letters:) i think its a nice idea!
here's the link:
it wont let me send it:( so im going to pm you with it if thats ok
actually i think what she used in zoe's bedroom is different and actual floor covering but its along these lines to the best of my knowledge:)
i hope this helps
I work as a nanny, and my best advice is some sort of toy rotation system. Tubs in a cupboard or in a shelf works great. One tub for dolls, one for trains, one for blocks etc. One in one out, so you don't end up with toys wall to wall. While Cecilia is little, tubs for toy rotation are great so she doesn't get bored with her toys. I've nannied for toddlers that have so many toys that they get so distracted and can't focus enough to play with anything longer than a minute or two. Plus its so much easier to tidy if they only have a few toys out at a time!
An alphabet wall: 
And maybe a chalkboard wall? I have seen some cute projects where there is a large frame or multiple frames on the wall and the interior spaces are painted with chalkboard paint!
When we were young my parents left our living room as our playroom. It was literally just a couch and toys, and it was nice b/c everything was old and we didn't have to worry about messing it up. We could use glue, glitter, whatever we wanted!
Love the chalkboard wall, or I've seen people take the chalkboard paint and refinish the top of a table for a nice sit down drawing surface.
oh! ive also seen cupboards with the outside done in a chalkboard finish. I actually saw it on a model kitchen but i thought it was a really cool idea, saves the walls from getting destroyed with crayons:P
What about cork flooring??? The only thing I don't know is how easily small pieces can chip off and how easily it is to clean if say paint or red juice spills on it. Maybe cork tiles so you could replace a few tiles if there is an accident?
I love the idea of a bright colored floor as well for a playroom. You could paint the cement but its not really soft on the knees!
These are fabulous ideas! It's almost overwhelming because you've given me so many great directions to go in!
I LOVE the alphabet wall!
ETA: I'm totally storing it away in my mind for use in a future nursery someday.
We're working on creating a playroom for our expected baby as well, it's so much fun!
A few things we plan to do:
- create zones, whether by furniture placement or area rugs - things like keeping the craft/paint zone away from the reading nook. Include an area to display any art that is created, could be as simple as twine and clothes pegs, or a few slips on the wall to rotate art in and out as it's created.
- having open library-style shelves on the wall for easy book access, won't hold all the books, but they can rotate out like a pp suggested with toys {such a good idea!}
- lots of comfy cushions, places to plop down on the floor and snuggle for quiet time, or just to hang out
- a chalk + magnet board; you can buy both magnet and chalk board paint, use the magnet paint first then cover with chalk board paint. Dual use space that will be lots of fun!
- high + closed storage, so you're able to tuck away things you don't want the kids to have constant access to - like paints or small things that require adult supervision
- and of course a big area in the center for floor play!
Have fun creating your space! :)
Wow, DG, that's a big room! Ceci is going to have an awesome play area!
I spent a summer living with my cousin in high school (and watching their kids), and we spent a ton of time down in their playroom. Some of the things I really liked:
The only thing I didn't like is that the kids had access to a tv in the playroom. It was constantly running, and I had to give them endless reminders that the tv should only be on during certain times. It was just hard to control how often it was on because it was right at their level and they could control it.
My only advice is too stay away from super bright colors on all the walls. You don't want it to look like a nursery school and I think you'll get tired of this soon, and eventually you'll need to change it up. Instead, go with something more timeless - either neutrals or maybe oen bright accent wall (a peppy yellow, or bright orange). Esp if this will double as a guest room.
Some ideas:
You guys are great! We were trying to think of some colors that would go with our black and red Ikea piece. I was toying with an orange color, so the orange and yellow rooms are extremely timely.
Ok, so we're definitely going to do a kids table and I love the idea of the reading area.
I'm going to look into cork flooring, but I was trying to also think about a soft carpet that could take the wear and tear of kids. (I know I'm dreaming, right?)
Our friend has a room that has a floor completely covered with those foam playmats. I really liked how it was, but there is only concrete underneath the carpet right now so I think we need something underneath the playmats.
Chalkboard is brilliant idea. We actually have a door that we painted with chalkboard that we used for our wedding. We should install that door downstairs between the unfinished and finished part of the basement.
I also have a little dream that you guys can maybe help with... but when we were looking for houses we saw one that had tin ceiling tiles with pressed designs in them. Right now the room has floppy plastic tiles that sometimes fall out, so I was thinking about using the tin look. But maybe that wouldn't go so well with the room.
Here's a picture:
Carpet tiles might work well. That way if a spill happens you can just lift up a square or two or if need be replace a square without having to replace the whole carpet. You can also mix and match the tiles for neat mixtures of colors and textures.
I think the widest variety of carpet tiles is FLOR http://www.flor.com/v2 but other companies are coming out with carpet tiles as well and are probably less expensive but maybe with less variety.
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I have a really exciting new project and I need your help! We have a 16 x 16 finished room in our basement. Right now it has a wall of bookshelves, blue utilitarian carpet, only 2 small basement windows and then a set of shelves from ikea with 2 cabinets and several cubbies (it's black and red and we'd love to use it for her toys).
It's basically a blank slate and I want to design an awesome playspace. Any and all ideas are welcome. You all helped so much with Cecilia's bedroom, it would be great to get your input for this room too. I'll try and post some pics if I can get some tomorrow.