The Play Room/Bonus Room

I know, it’s been awhile.  While I try to put together a post on what’s up in our lives, here’s a slightly easier one to get out to the world…Ashford’s play room!  One of the big selling features for us when considering this house was the extra bedroom in the lower level.  It was ugly as hell and smelly, but it had two nice windows, a large closet, and was a good size (15×13).  We just knew we’d have to incorporate some kind of clothes storage since I am a hoarder and lost a walk in closet that I’ve had for the last 8 years.  Here’s the awful before!

 Oh my.  That carpet stunk so bad!

All of this was ripped out pretty soon after we closed.  We think the previous owners possibly smoked down here, there was a very smoky odor and staining.  All of the drywall under the paneling was destroyed, so it was replaced, along with the boards on top of the ledges.

We love that this room has good light, it allowed us to use a more ‘fun’ color on the walls.  Here it is now, with new carpet to match the family room, fresh white on the ceiling and half the walls, and Behr ‘Voyage’ on the rest of the walls.  This is the same color we’ve used in Ashford’s closet in this house, and in Minnesota.  Bonus for not needing to buy another gallon!

One problem in there was no overhead lighting.  Because we didn’t have to remove the ceiling in here, we opted to live without overhead lights until a later date.  To avoid having lamps in here, I chose to use Ikea pendant lights with paper shades to brighten it up.

The one in the back has a switch on the cord.  The one in front of the wardrobes is plugged into an outlet that is wired to the room switch.  I purchased two Brimnes wardrobes from Ikea, they were cheap at $150 each, they hold a lot, and look pretty nice in here.  Of course, I have the tops all full of stuff, but I’m hoping to go through that stuff sometime…maybe.

I bought two yards of this Robert Allen ‘Zoo Pals’ fabric to make little window treatments for this room, but I certainly don’t have time to even finish the edges with hemming tape, so for now…the windows are naked.  I liked how this fabric goes well with the blue, and also brings in the lime from the storage.