snapshots: back hall and playroom

hallelujah, thank you baby jesus, we have a fourth bedroom in this house.  which means basically that we have a bonus room in which to store all of my kid's shit (for lack of a better word).  in other words, not. my. living. room.

there is no rhyme or reason behind this home tour, i started by showing you the front of the house, and now we are jumping straight to the back.  three bedrooms and two bathrooms are on the opposite side of the house.  a fourth bedroom, bathroom, laundry room and garage are all located off the hall in the back of our house.  

let's start with the playroom, shall we?

this is the view when you walk in the door.

what we did:  installed hardwoods, painted the walls, assembled some shelves, hung some art and old window panes.

what i love: that there is a designated room for all of the kids stuff.  the daybed has a trundle, which makes it perfect for guests and/or future slumber parties.

what i don't love: we store all sorts of junk in there simply because we have a place to put it.  it's time for a toy overhaul.  don't tell my kids.

 when we moved in, all we knew is that we wanted a wall of shelves.  thanks, ikea.

orange bins: target

rug: overstock.com

vintage window panes: from an antique shop in downtown mckinney (years ago)

 orange hooks: found in parents' garage.

quirky prints: curiosities (love that place).

pant hangers: ikea (idea stolen from a blog)

 poster: bought in tulum, mexico (pre-kids)

 bedding: made by my mom.  the pillows represent our family from texas, georgia and new york.  thanks, momma.

 knobs: bargain bin at anthropologie.  these beauties inspired our wall color and the color scheme for the whole room.

 wall color: navy blue.  (if you are interested in the exact color, i'll ask chris).

stackable toy boxes: land of nod (from ben's baby registry)

this is the back hall which houses the entrances to our bathroom and laundry room (on the left), garage (stright ahead) and the playroom (on the right).

what we did: installed hardwoods, painted the walls and added new knobs to the playroom and pantry doors.

what i love: the art and the graffitti.

what i don't love: none of the remaining knobs match (drives me nutso) and the "boob" light on the ceiling.  i already have plans for that puppy.  i'll keep you posted.

 in our last house, we painted ben's closet door with chalkboard paint.  in this house we decided to use it on all of the hall walls.  let me just tell you how perfect it is to distract your toddler while you are cooking or for small, impressionable houseguests who think drawing on the walls is awesome.

 i saw these wires on a blog and purchased them at ikea.  we use them year-round to display the kids' art and schoolwork.

 key hook: anthropologie

 a little reminder never hurt.

 guests tag the walls.

 i stole this day-of-the-month idea from a very creative momma at ben's school.  the goal is to display something to represent what you did or what you plan to do on any particular date.  it's a nice visual representation of what you have actual done (especially when it feels like you haven't been doing much at all on these long summer days).

 knobs: anthropologie.

have you ever done anything as silly as plan an entire room from a cabinet knob?  it's not the only room we did that with either!  how do you get inspired?

love,

coco