Maddie's New Play Area

So things are slowly but surely coming along with the house. We still have a ton of projects we want to get done but I wanted to share with you the new play area have been working on for Maddie. We had always planned on making this area in the basement Maddie's play space but had done nothing with it besides throw all the toys in the general vicinity of it. I had finally had enough of it, so here is what the space looks like now.




I wanted a creative way to display Maddie's artwork on the walls but still be able to change things out easily as she brought home new things from daycare. I saw something similar to this at Pottery Barn Kids but wasn't willing to pay $30+ for each set. A half hour and about $15 at Michael's and I had my own version. There are two bees on the other wall and I also have two trees that I'm going to put below the apples but the glue was still drying on them. And personally I think these are cuter than the stars I saw at Pottery Barn!




The girl LOVES books and we are starting a good collection for her but didn't have anywhere to store them so I went to Wallyworld this morning and picked up this book shelve to keep everything in order. We also have been working on having her put things back in place when she is done playing with them so this may help with that as well.


We still have a few toys in the playroom upstairs so she has some things to play with when we are upstairs. This summer I will be turning the upstairs extra room into her "big girl" room so some toys may go back into the living room but for now it is toy free so I can focus on getting it painted and finished.

I still have to get a lot of the art work up on the walls but I love it! Maddie was already asleep tonight when I put everything together so I have no reaction from her to post but I'm sure she'll love it just as much!

And since I know you come here just to see pictures of the munchkin here is one I took last weekend with my dad's awesome camera.