Also known as our playroom and extended playroom...;-). I've never been a fan of a formal living room and I'm so glad newer houses are getting away from that idea. But, our house has one. So we currently use it as a playroom. Like I've said.... Even though we have a huge bonus room upstairs, that would be perfect for a playroom, it's just not practical for this phase of our life. When we get home from work we want to play and interact with the kids... But we also are going to need to be throwing a load of clothes in the wash or starting dinner. So it makes more sense for our kids to be downstairs with us. And plus young kids want to be around their parents (for now anyways!) so I know they wouldn't go upstairs and play alone. I like the location of the playroom bc it's convenient but then again, it's the first room you see when you walk in the house.... So there's that. Our dining room is prob like most people's, and only gets used occasionally for its intended purpose. Big toys get taken out there and Collins uses the table a lot for art projects. And it used to house our train and tracks for the boys ... But that got moved outside with the warm weather!
All these rooms got were fresh coats of paint, sea salt in the dining room and rainwashed in the playroom/formal living room. If we were gonna be here a while i'd replace that light in the dining room, but at this point my give a damn is busted!
So here they are:
Playroom
Artwork by friend and blogger: Ashley Houston of http://www.thehoustonhouse.blogspot.com
So pretty!! I find myself designing around this stage of life, too... We will miss it when they are hormonal teenagers, right?!
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