Playroom Makeover Part 4… Before and After

If you follow my blog you will know that I have made several posts on this remodel over the past several months. It takes me that long to ever get stuff done; if only I could do a whole room in one weekend like HGTV.  If you want to go back and read those, you can here:
Part 1
Makeover concept
Makeover concept… take 2
Part 2
Part 3
Again, the whole makeover began when I got pregnant and our guest room was to be turned into the 3rd nursery. We still wanted a place for people to sleep when they come without having to get out air mattresses. Combining the playroom and guestroom has worked better than I ever thought!
Here are the wonderful before pictures. ( I took these on my phone so they aren’t the best quality) I was using some cheap shelves from Target which worked ok but since everything was right at eye level for the girls, everything was immediately thrown onto the floor. It was such an unorganized mess ALL OF THE TIME that it stressed me out just to go in the playroom. The only place for me to sit was the rocking chair which really isn’t that comfortable without several pillows so I pretty much just sat on the floor…. No window treatments, an old handy-me-down dresser for movies which the drawers didn’t even fit DVD cases correctly so they were a mess in there too. The desk was a disaster but I addressed that in Part 1.
BEFORE:

And, here is the state it pretty much always stayed in. I could not keep up. They would get upset when they couldn’t find pieces to things and then be tripping all over toys just trying to get to their bean bags. Looks like a child case of Hoarders. TERRIBLE!
Can you find the child among the toys?? lol

I started with cleaning up the desk area. I still need a computer desk chair but we never sit at the computer any more since we got ipads; only when I need to edit photos here and there or blog, but right now I am sitting in our recliner in the living room. Needless to say, I am not in a rush to get something.

I moved the chalkboard to the opposite wall and hung the tins of chalk next to it.

The wood doll house is awesome! it fits 12” dolls so their princess dolls and Barbies work great in there. The best part is that everything is very durable and there’s no small pieces!

The shelves are just simply amazing. I love how they frame the TV! Not going to be long though and we may have to add on!

The Daybed is great to sit on and watch TV or for me to hang out on while the girls play. In fact, the bean bags pretty much never get sat in anymore and Avery is convinced we put it in there just for her. When we were setting it up she kept telling us “I just love it! Thank you mommy, it’s my favorite!” haha That kid! Jeff watches TV in there more than in the living room!

The tall cabinet to the right of the day bed is filled with dress up clothes. It also is starting to over flow!

AFTER:

Some of my favorite parts of the room are the curtains with matching throw pillows I made. Also, the trundle was free from my inlaws! I couldn’t find a day bed bedding set that I liked that also matched the curtains so I just got a grey quilt in queen size to act as the cover and bedding, got some ivory sheets and throw pillows, along with the green throw quilt and sham that will be the bedding for the trundle bed when needed. I think it all really came together. The best part is that when the toys do get out of control and messy, it never gets as bad as before and I have a separate tub for each set of toys so everything can easily be found. It never takes me as long to pick up.
I think the girls have a pretty awesome playroom and one that they should be very thankful for!! lol

Jackson’s Nursery

I was going to wait until his nursery was 100% done but I think that will be another few weeks since I can’t move the dresser from Norah’s room to his room until her furniture comes in. Since that is the only piece missing, I decided to go ahead and show it off; it’s 99% done anyways.
When I was looking for inspiration for a boy’s room, I posted about them here. I really wanted to do something that was rustic buy not too western. I was calling it “rustic chic” but Jeff kept telling me not to use the word “chic” when describing something of his son’s lol. He married a designer, what do you expect??!! Anyways, I am a huge stickler on not spending a fortune on kid stuff since it will not be around for long and will probably get destroyed, but I also want a nicely decorated room for them. It’s a balance that I always try to maintain. I am so proud of the deals I found for this room and I think it could easily be a contender for the show “Design on a Dime!” Anyways, here’s a few pictures:
I painted the walls all white using Sherwin Williams “Snowbound” and did the stripes on the right wall in Sherwin Williams “Sand”. I love Snowbound and use it almost every time I need a white paint.
The cowhide rug I found for a steal at a store in Tomball. I was having trouble finding one this size for anything less than $300 but this one was only $150!! I was stoked!
The framed flag by the window is something that Jeff got in Fredericksburg. It is the very first Texas flag design. I found this site you can read a little history about it if you like that sort of thing.
Furniture is the same set I have used for all three kids so I am so glad I chose something neutral and versatile! The glider was the best investment I made. Moms and dads spend lots of time sitting here at night so a comfy chair is critical! I spent more on the glider than I did the crib and dresser combined! lol (ok ok the furniture was on sale, but still!)
I got the hamper at Target, along with the curtain rods and navy blue curtain panels.
OH! and the rocking horse was made by my dad when Avery was born!

I found these picture frames at Target on sale for $2 each! I spray painted them navy blue and put some of my animal photos in them. I had big plans to do a rustic piece of 3-dimensional art using slices of wood logs but I decided such a large heavy piece would not be wise to hang over a crib… boo. I like the animals, though. Brings in some other prints. The giraffe print Nap Nanny adds to the animal print theme. This was given to me by a friend when Norah was born and once again I love that it works in Jackson’s room too!! I just love it when things work out perfectly without planning!!

The star I had in the garage getting dusty. I never hung it anywhere because I couldn’t find a good spot for it outside. It was meant to be! I also got the navy throw blanket at Hobby Lobby for 50% off. I didn’t even know that they had blankets like this but I just happened to walk by it and grabbed it up!

Here is a better picture of the striped wall with the collage of picture frames and antlers. (Just imagine a dresser under this with a changing pad on it) The antlers were my dad’s and I rescued them from his barn. I bleached them white and nailed them to the wood plaques that Jeff’s dad had laying around (also spray painted navy blue). The one on the left was his first deer he ever shot; how special!! I hope we can preserve it for a long time! I got the cross hooks at Hobby Lobby for about $5 each (I had planned to get the star hooks but they didn’t have any in stock but I like the crosses now that they are hung) and the frames I got on their 50% off week. The tiny frames will have Jackson’s baby pictures in them one day.

The frames I filled with little song quotes or other quotes that I thought were cute. the “I love you forever” one comes from the book “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch; that book makes me cry every time I read it! The “Have good cheer little flock” one is from one of my favorite church hymns we sang a lot as a child. The other ones are just silly lol

I made these initials out of floral foam and wrapped them in twine then added navy blue ribbon to hang them with. Such a quick and simple little project that adds another element of texture to the room.

Overall I am very happy with the room. I think it turned out very cute while still being masculine and is rustic without being cheesy. Hope you like it too! 

Avery’s Third Birthday Party

We decided we wanted to go low key for Avery’s birthday this year. Since she isn’t in school or activities yet she really doesn’t have any friends so her family and cousins are the most important people around her. She really wanted a “Jessie” theme party since she loves Toy Story so we did a little decorating and just had the immediate family and invited just a couple of very close friends. Here are some pictures. (I really need to figure out how to transfer the pictures on my phone to my computer because I have thousands on there that I can’t do anything with except post on Facebook…. )
Jeff made pulled pork in his smoker. He is awesome at this; it is the best pulled pork we have ever had!!

The yummy cake

I found a Jessie piñata on Amazon. Avery was more upset that it was getting destroyed than excited about hitting it lol. She hid out on Nanna’s lap.

The piñata was being stubborn so the guys took some tries at it

Stanley took to liking Annie and they hung out most of the time. He even chased her around the yard lol

And a quick picture of the birthday girl

Megan Zavaleta Piece

I realized that last night I didn’t post a picture of the artwork we got in Fredericksburg. It was late (for me), sorry! Again, the pictures do not do it justice and do not come close to showing how much depth this piece really has. Nonetheless, I have to show it off!

Room makeovers

I am off to bed since it is way past my bed time but I promise to do an update on Norah and Jackson’s room redecorating. I am almost done with Jackson’s and I am just waiting on furniture to come in for Norah’s room. I am also about 1/2 way done with Norah’s bedding I mentioned. Hopefully I will be finishing everything up by the end of March!!
As far as the playroom, it is pretty much done so next time I clean it up, I will take some pictures and do the final before and after post