Weekend Project: Playroom

When the twins arrived we changed a guest bedroom to their room. After a few months we figured we needed a guest bedroom again and moved the office into the dog room. That process is in a couple of pasts posts if you're interested in seeing the transformation:

Room Revamp P1: Clear out the dog room

Room Revamp P2: Clear our the office

Room Revamp P3: Create a charming guest room

So since then we've had a nursery for the twins and a guest room. 

The guests are either JoJo or GiGi but the thing is we just don't use a guest room that much.

Since Piper has joined our family we've had to pick up all the toys much more diligently or she'll chew everything up. We started moving the basket of toys from the family room to the other side of the guest bed (you can see a glimpse of the overflowing basket in the picture above.)

The guest bedroom will eventually be Chloe's room, but the twins don't really seem to need to be separated right now. Since they still like their cribs and they don't even care about toddler beds I'm going to hold off on separate bedrooms.

Ultimately, I decided we could use a playroom every day vs. a guest room that's only used once in a while. I moved out all the bedroom furniture and moved in all the play things that had been in the family room.

The playroom has been one of the best decisions. The kids know to keep the door closed so Piper doesn't get in and go crazy chewing up toys. Also this lets them play without us watching every move. I can hear them if a brawl breaks out, but they've been pretty good so far. I knock on the door when I want to come in so they know this playroom is their space.

Family room before

   

Family room after

I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. I love the playroom. If needed we can just close the door off on the mess and now we have the family room back.