I thought I would pop in before the year was out with another update. I haven't said much about the playroom makeover since March. I finished the book ledges and moved on to other things. But tweaks have been made over the past few months and I wanted to share them.
First is the large chair in the bay window. It's been in the Bub's room for years as our story time chair. But in the process of making over his room, most of the toys were moved in there for storage. So now there was no room for the chair. I just wanted it out of the room and didn't have anywhere for it to go. Except, in the dance of musical furniture, I had moved the desk that had previougly been in the playroom to the sun room, because the desk in there had been moved to my bedroom. Bottom line, now there was space in the bay window to sit the chair until I could sell it on Craigslist. It was my husband's idea, and I reluctantly agreed just until I could sell it.
From the beginning, he thought it looked good there. He was right! Now it's kind of one of my favorite places to sit! It was actually the perfect size because the room is narrow.
First is the large chair in the bay window. It's been in the Bub's room for years as our story time chair. But in the process of making over his room, most of the toys were moved in there for storage. So now there was no room for the chair. I just wanted it out of the room and didn't have anywhere for it to go. Except, in the dance of musical furniture, I had moved the desk that had previougly been in the playroom to the sun room, because the desk in there had been moved to my bedroom. Bottom line, now there was space in the bay window to sit the chair until I could sell it on Craigslist. It was my husband's idea, and I reluctantly agreed just until I could sell it.
From the beginning, he thought it looked good there. He was right! Now it's kind of one of my favorite places to sit! It was actually the perfect size because the room is narrow.
So now the playroom is sort of a reading/playroom.
Now the drapes were another one of the last minute projects I finished before family came in town in November. I originally wanted lined burlap panels for the window. At this point, two of the curtain rods anchors had been pulled out of the wall and were hanging crooked and two panels were clipped up, un-sewn. Just sad.
So to keep it simple, I just ironed, hemmed, and sewed the panels without lining. I didn't even hem the sides, since burlap edges are finished. And after a few hours, they were up.
I used clip rings and pinched them in to create folds. Then 'trained' them by securing the folds with ties for about 3 days.
And now, their done!
Since then, I've also had my eye on the Jennylund Chair from Ikea for quite a while for replacing the wooden outdoor chair angled in the room.
I had four that were originally purchased in the clearance section at Target and have been used indoors and outdoors over the years. But I was ready for a change and took a chance with the Ikea chair and love it!
The room feels mostly done. I would still like to change out the art over the sofa...the sea fans feel a bit to serious for the space. And I may have to bring back in a few toys. The Bub says that it's not a playroom because there aren't any toys. In my defense, when we got toy storage for his room, it held almost all of his toys. (Which reminds me, I'll have to share what I did with all the toys that had a million tiny little pieces.) But we're enjoying the space. I'll be sure to update when I do make some more changes!
