{"id":35996,"date":"2017-08-06T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35996"},"modified":"2017-08-02T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:15:04","slug":"the-playroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35996","title":{"rendered":"Our Playroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

This October will be two years since we moved into our house, and I really have not done a good job of showing you all around. \u00a0I thought it was about time today to let you peek into the the playroom. \u00a0Now as much as I want our playroom to look like this,….<\/p>\n

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…..it doesn’t and isn’t even close. \u00a0Our playroom is and could be a fourth bedroom in the house if we needed it.\u00a0 A full bathroom is right beside it.\u00a0 It is located beside our living room and kitchen which makes it easy for me to keep an eye on Little Miss when she is playing.\u00a0 Now, let me start with a few disclaimers about this room. You will see a dresser that I painted a few years ago, and it was located in our guest room in our Syracuse house.\u00a0 Since our move, it has been in the playroom, and one day two of the original handles just broke in half. \u00a0I was on a mission to find some new handles, and I did. \u00a0I installed them, but they didn’t last long so I started to fill in the holes and\u00a0 start again from scratch. \u00a0At that point, Yankee decided it would be fun to get a salt water aquarium, and we would put it in the playroom. \u00a0It would go where the dresser is located, so I decided I would just craigslist the dresser to get it out of the house and make room for the aquarium.\u00a0 You will see that there are missing handles on the dresser, but I wanted to get some pictures before it was sold. \u00a0Now the aquarium isn’t 100 percent set up yet and will take some time for the coral, fish, etc., so once it is complete, I plan to share the new look.<\/p>\n

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I went a different direction in my typical selection of paint colors and opted for this blue. \u00a0It is South Pacific by Behr. \u00a0I really like the color, and since we have deep blue in our dining room rug<\/a>, and the living room sofa<\/a>, there’s a nice flow…..at least for now. \u00a0The rug has been moved all over the place.\u00a0 It was in our living room in Syracuse, our living room here, our bedroom here, and now the playroom. \u00a0The size is right, and it is nice and soft for playing on the floor.\u00a0 Little Miss LOVES to play in her kitchen that Santa brought her. \u00a0 She uses it daily. \u00a0The sign above the kitchen was from our place in Hawaii. \u00a0I have mentioned before that I lived in a house with a bunch of guys and girls in Hawaii. \u00a0I say it was like MTV’s “The Real World” without the drama. \u00a0We had this sign made for our house which we all named The 651. \u00a0The sign looked great against the wall color, and it makes us smile to think of that time compared to our lives now. \u00a0 We did have doors on the closet, but when they were open, they opened into the kitchen and table. \u00a0I decided to take them off and add some curtains.\u00a0 They made a huge difference in the amount of space. \u00a0I usually tie the curtains back with ties, and they stay open so Little Miss can get in the closet easier. We are currently installing shelves in there and making it more user-friendly for her. \u00a0Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

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I found this little table at our local Habitat Restore, and it is perfect for her right now. \u00a0The little cleaning set in the corner is something Little Miss loves to pull out when I am cleaning. \u00a0She is such a mini me!!!<\/p>\n

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One side of the room has an Ikea sofa. \u00a0This was in our office in our last house. \u00a0I really love the look of this sofa, and Little Miss will curl up under a blanket and read her books.\u00a0 We made the framed map<\/a>, and since we are a family of travelers, we love having it up in the room. \u00a0Little Miss can point to Thailand and says she was born in Thailand and now lives in Charlotte. \u00a0We plan to show her the world. The bookshelf is there to hold books for now but in the long run, we want to build bookshelves around the French\u00a0doors.<\/p>\n

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This room is a lot of random things put together from our old house, and we know it will evolve into a variety of things so we are making do with what we have. \u00a0The side table and lamp were both from a thrift store in Syracuse.\u00a0 I painted the lamp and added a new shade.<\/p>\n

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Here is the other side of the room. \u00a0See the missing handles on the dresser. \u00a0Oh well, the crazy thing is that I sold it for more than I paid for it, and it had a good life with us. \u00a0The chair in the corner is one of those Ikea chairs that I don’t love the look, but it is comfy.\u00a0 It might not be staying forever.<\/p>\n

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Here is one last shot. Do you see the small yellow foam piece on the door?\u00a0 Well, it’s one of the best parenting hacks out there.\u00a0 I just cut one of those pool foam noodles, and now the door cannot be locked or closed in on someone by a little four legged friend.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m looking at you, Gracie. \u00a0Well, there you have it\u00a0 –\u00a0 our hodge podge playroom. \u00a0But I realize at the end of the day Little Miss doesn’t realize it is all mix and match, and we as a family love being in there and playing.<\/p>\n

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Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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