Our New Playroom!!!!

Since the moment we moved in, I wanted to make one of our basement rooms a playroom for my girls. But instead it became a junk room. A clutter hole. Everything and anything that didn't have a place to go, went into that room. I would open the door and shake my head and shut the door. 11 months I did this, until Tim had a bunch of holiday time off and I said to him, "it's TIME!!!!" Really, he wasn't too thrilled. We were both very overwhelmed and argued for a little about what to do. If you have seen the room, you understand. And honestly I was NOT taking a BEFORE photo, because yes, I am that embarrassed by how horrible it was!

It boiled down to there are just TOO MANY TOYS. Everywhere. All over. Every inch of this house. I hate it. I needed it to be better. More organized. More put together. The OCD Momma was coming out and nothing was going to stop me!

To be honest, for awhile, I used to clean up EVERY SINGLE night after the girls went to bed. Nothing like a fresh start every day. I firmly believe that. But that got old. And then, to be honest, there were many, many evenings where I just kicked the toys over to "the play area" and that was good enough for a clean up. I hated it. I hated it so badly. I need things to be in the proper place. 

So we worked pretty hard on creating a nice space for the girls and I am pretty happy with it. I still need to do a few things. I want to get some quotes for the walls. I found some on pinterest that I really just love, but I think I may have them painted on some wood instead of put on the wall. I hated leaving my quotes in the old house, and I will not be happy when I leave this house and leave sweet quotes behind, so I am thinking of other ways. I also have to put some soft foam and fabric around the TV stand. We just wanted to build a small, low to the ground base and then cover it with fabric to make it soft and girly, so I still have to do that. And the wires behind the TV will be hidden soon too! We'll get to these things one day!

I love that I can now "teach" the girls some things and when we do activities, everything is right there and organized! AMEN!

So here are some photos!

I am so much happier with the toys that are down there and it is SO MUCH MORE organized! I have all the coloring stuff, painting stuff, stuff for other crafts in proper places (still need to do labels though) and it make me so much happier!!! We have locks on all the closets and doors, so it's completely safe!  All and all I am very pleased with how it has turned out.

They still have their play kitchen/food upstairs, and all their "riding" toys that do much better on the hardwood, but it is much more manageable at the end of the day!