Fairytale playroom

My Girls Fairyland Playroom

 

 

 

I created a fairytale playroom that is not only pretty but fun. We have dress-ups, a kitchen, Barbie house with plenty of dolls & all her necessities, baby bassinet (that both my girls sleep in the first few weeks of being home) with plenty of dolls. A doll cloth wardrobe closet full of cloths. Needless to say, my girls love their playroom and I can keep the door open when guest come over.

I made garland for the ceiling by taking pink ribbon & gluing pink flowers, leaves & sparkles.....

 

I had a plain dresser that I painted a tree with pink leaves and blue birds. This is were we keep the dress-ups

I got the idea from a picture I had in nursery

I found some clear knobs I'm going to put on it (one of these days)

DYI small table

Table I made out of a unused candle hodler and a round piece of wood I found laying around.

 

 

It's a small table that my girls use for snacks & tea parties.

 

 

Remodeling Bar Stools

My next project is to update four bar stools that were given to me.....

The best part of this DYI bookshelf is I paid nothing for it. The library was needing it out of the way and so I got it for FREE! But I think it's important to note that it's actually a DVD shelf rather then a bookshelf. Which worked out great for me b/c the area I needed it was a big wall that didn't have much room for a deep bookshelf and there was a window on the wall beside it that I didn't want to cover up. Also the DVD shelf was wide/long enough to give me plenty of space without taking up too much room.

 

Once I got it home I removed the flimsy cardboard back (that was practically falling off anyway) and all the nails. Next I took out all the shelves and pegs that hold the shelves and put them to the side. Because this of the sleek finish on the wood (or not) I sanded it first so the paint would have something to adhere to. It took 2 coats of primer/Kilz and two coats of white latex paint. I did this to the shelves I removed also. Once the second coat of white dried I stressed the edges with sandpaper.

Then I took regular wood boards and painted them a light blue with only one coat so a little of the wood would still show through. I wanted a cottage, rustic look. Once the boards dried I measured and nailed them to the back of the bookshelf (with the help of my husband). Then I took some watered down white paint (half paint/half water) and went over the blue back with a few strokes here and there (not the whole thing) to tie it all together.

Then I arranged the shelves that way I wanted them and added some of my fav books at random with pictures, keep sakes we got on family vacations, photo albums, etc until I got the look I wanted. I didn't want to over crowd the shelves and I wanted to add items that had meaning like the seashells we got last year in FL, rocks from our trail walk when we went to the Smokie Mountains, wedding photos and of course pictures of my 2 favorite people (my girls).

Now I have a sturdy bookshelf (thanks to the boards added to the back) that not only looks cute but uses a wall that was otherwise unusable and bland and now also holds memories.