New playroom

The best part of the room, a kitchen area and table and chairs.



Window wall, before



Window wall, after

South wall, before

South wall, after

Closet, before

Closet, after

North wall, before

North wall, after

Well, the playroom is done and the kids like it very much. We didn't show it to them until the day of their party, Sunday. We played down there for quite a while on Sunday morning. When Will walked in, he looked around and said "Mommy make it all pretty!" That was the best reaction I could have hoped for! They are enjoying their kitchen area and table and chairs. I also put new magnetic letters on the easel, so they have been having fun playing with those. It will be neat in the next few months to let them explore all parts of the room and do whatever they want in it. We have yet to unpack all their new presents (which I will talk about in a different post), so those will also fill up the room. Brian and I gave them new kitchen things, play food and dishes. Those are quite a hit. Thanks to Dale and Ellen who helped with painting and watching kids during this project. This was phase 1 of a 3-phase thing we're doing in our house. This part of the project got the toys out of the main part of the basement, because we are moving our office from upstairs to the basement. Then that bedroom where the office was, will shortly become the boys' room. So, phase 2 (which is cleaning out the office and transferring everything to the basement)begins soon. It may take longer than I think. I'm shooting for September for it all to be done.