Playroom Design Update - Big Kids Playroom

Ahh the playroom. It was one of the things I was most excited about when we renovated this house over five years ago. A room, for all the toys to live, where you could just shut the door and forget about the mess haha.

During COVID quarantine this room got a little out of control, mostly because there wasn’t enough room to put stuff away… or was it the fact that we had too much STUFF? We decided to go through the closet and really try to get everything INTO the closet. We got rid of some stuff they no longer played with organized what they wanted to keep. We got almost everything into the closet except the American Girl Doll house, woohoo! We decided to relocate the bookshelf into the playroom (from Amelia’s room) and put ALL of their books in one place.

The truth is… the kids don’t play with toys like they used to and I wanted to make this room be a place they’d want to hang out with their friends. We decided to add a sofa! They can hang in here to watch movies, play Wii or Switch or use the open space on the floor to play with their American Girl dolls or Legos.

At night the room was pretty dark with only one lamp so we added a couple hanging seagrass pendant lights that I think look so beachy and cute. We repurposed a few storage cubes and baskets to stash blankets and stuff animals in (my girls are semi-hoarders with the stuffed animals).

I think we accomplished the task at hand, to make a sweet, big kids playroom that they actually like to hang out and play in!

Sofa | Rug | Green Pillow | Rainbow Pillow (similar) | Dalmatian Pillow | Palm Tree Pillow | Bookshelf | Pendants | Storage Cubes