1. Toys! And with toys, comes toy storage. Toy boxes, crates, baskets, bins, drawers, whatever you choose, organize your space to make the best of it. 2. Color! Please don’t make the toy room so nice and fancy that it looks more like a study than a room for little kiddies. Believe me, they won’t […]
Top 12 Ways to Organize Toys and Art Supplies
I recently shuffled a few rooms in my house to allow for a dedicated playroom for my 3 and 6 year old. I wanted to have an area to keep all their toys and supplies where they can stay (semi) organized but be fun and accessible to the kids. The room is not large, so […]
3 Tips to Chalkboard Success
1. Match your method to your surface. Your surface will determine the paint you use. If you are doing a wall, choose a brush-on chalkboard paint, such as Rust-Oleum 206540 Chalkboard Brush-On, as found on Amazon for under $15, or at Home Depot for 9.67 for the same size. This is great stuff, I have […]
The 10 Best Playroom Organizing Tools
If there’s one place in my home that needs organization it’s the toy room. Maybe my kids just don’t clean up well, or maybe the toys are just too fun, but I feel like it’s always messy and disorganized. Getting everyone together to pick up after themselves teaches them a good lesson, but it can be […]
Playroom Design
Our most recent project was to move our office into the “formal living room” space. Then, we turned our old office space into a playroom for the kids. Reasons I am so excited I can’t sleep at night: 1.Our office was sound insulated during construction, so now our playroom is! 2.It is in a central […]
12 Days of Easy Christmas Activities for Families
Now that it is a million below freezing outside, and Christmas is a couple weeks away, my kids are getting crazy and bored being inside. And so am I. I decided to do a holiday activity each day of the 12 days of Christmas. I wanted low-stress and easy activities that the kids would enjoy, […]