I am back at it.....
After taking a nearly 9 month hiatus I have gotten the itch to start doing something a little more creative. If you follow me on Instagram you know that my days are filled with chubby thighs (mine and his), sweet kisses, story times and the best giggles. We suffered a long, excruciating, at times debilitating 4 years of infertility. Our sweet August James (Auggie) was born on March 27th, 2018. My life has since not been the same. I have never been more tired or more happy in my life. He simply makes the good days better and the bad days.... well with him there just aren't any. (we have yet to cut teeth, so I'll report back once that starts)
In the uncontrollable phase of life that I was in during our struggle to get August here - this was the creative outlet I needed. I meticulously planned each section, all the while picturing a sleeping bag filled floor from sleepovers, table and chairs for coloring outside of the lines, growth chart to see how big my child was getting, piles and piles of corn and tractors, a TV center for all of the screen time that I swore I would never do ;).... During my hardest of hard days, that was the kind of stuff that got me through. And here we are.
SO enter the sweetest of sweet playroom.
A coloring and craft section..... When we host functions that have a lot of kids I bring this table and chairs downstairs to double as a kids table in the kitchen - that works perfectly.
The table and chairs are from Pottery barn Kids (here)... I knew I wanted them for a while so I waited until they had one of their really good sales. And I am not just saying this just in case my husband is reading.... I very rarely buy something at full price. Something will ALWAYS go on sale. For instance currently the table is on sale - the chairs are not.
I love to put sweet messages on the white board. I will change it out weekly and always smile as I walk by. Fitting it currently says "Happy Harvest". Coloring sheets colored by our cousins from Augusts baptism that I had on the kids table. Love these.
a wooden farm set, naturally.
ABC alphabet wall.... I made this... talk about time consuming! Turned out the cutest though. I do love the pop of color that it brings to the room.
A majority of Augusts books are in his room on his bookshelves that we easily can get to when we read after bath time, but there are a few books here on the end table. I try to stock up when I see cheap ones - we love books!
TV Entertainment center is also from Pottery Barn Kids (here). My sister in law has this same piece in her playroom and I loved it. Plus you can customize it to your own needs and make it as tall or long as you want. Each piece is individual so you can build your own wall system. (See me sitting on the couch taking a picture ;)
Storage baskets with chalkboard labels.....
One of the best things about this room upstairs is the view.... You can see miles and miles out of the second story windows. It might always be a room filled with too many toys, movies and (eye roll)...video games. But this view is where we are centered. This is where we always come back to. I can not imagine August wanting to play up here with toys when he has endless access to this beautiful farm.
