Playroom Fixup

I am just thrilled!  My basement playroom is no longer an eye sore! 

This room is at the bottom of our basement staircase to the right. It's not obvious from the upstairs, but it is definitely a large piece of our basement.

We have two old school house doors mounted on the wall - one holds an old chalkboard.  I painted the insets & put letter decals all over the doors for the kids to practice letters.  They LOVE this!

 I got this fabulous work bench from a blog friend.  It was handmade by her grandfather & I purchased it from her after he passed.  It's just a treasure in my eyes!  I purchased 8 laundry baskets & spray painted them in fun colors.  This holds gobs of toys & looks so much better!

The kids have a small seating area equipped with bright sock monkey prints.

They have a hoop to play with.  Then, the table has a top that lifts off.  The under the top is a full car track.  So Everett is in LOVE with this table.  They have little chairs & could play here for hours.

Isn't this work bench a beauty!  Some people won't see it that way, but I see it for the old man that worked here and hand built it for his jobs around his house.  Bonus, it stores TONS of toys!

It has two big outside drawers that hold puzzles & games while the center drawer is neatly divided so all their flash cards & card games are stored here individually.

I am so glad Jade finally brought this baby down to the basement for me!  It's nearly 7' long & just has made a huge difference in the toy storage.  I am thrilled!

Family Room

Welcome to our basement family room AKA Jade's man cave.  The best thing about our basement is - it's not dark & basement like!  We have a walk-out basement so there is a window & full glass door in this room, plus we painted the walls a serious yellow.  It's always bright and cheery down here!

 

I have kind of a wordly theme rocking the basement right now.  My mom scored me the most amazing school map for my birthday last year.  I LOVE it!  I really can't put it into words how cool this thing is.  There are multiple maps so you can flip between them all.  Better yet, it features turquoise, green, yellow, and red - perfect for what I had going on!  (Love the red couch too - it's older, but so comfy & with kids & dogs - leather is always the route to go - for us anyway!)

This wall has the window & door.  My Mom gave me some cool curtains that I really dig.  They have pops of yellow in the brown.  This wall features my ship artwork.  This another weird collection that just screamed my name when I saw them.  I bought the bottom right one first from a local dealer and the rest followed.  I don't know why, but I do love them!

Here is another collection I have of older globes.  I tend to collect in odd numbers with at least 3.  This is what I have so far & I love them.  Maybe it's because I started my college days as a history major?  I don't know why, but these collections are exciting to me!  I still gravitate toward more when I'm out junking!

My basement again is a pretty open space so this is a glimpse of the kids' playroom.  I spared you a full view b/c wow even when super organized they have WAY too many toys! 

My mom has sheds full of treasures and in the top of one of her sheds she had 2 old school house doors.  One had an old chalkboard built into the center panel - SUPER heavy!!  So we stacked these together & screwed them on the wall securely.  Jade & I then painted the inserts & stuck vinyl letter decals all over.  This is a great place for my 4 year old to practice letters and for my 2 year old to try & avoid writing on the walls!

I'm really happy with the outcome.  It's a big piece of wall art which we needed here.  It's functional & educational.  One day when we no longer need a play room, this area will probably transform into an office - so it will still be relevent for our lives then.