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post #181 of 639
9/29/07 at 1:10pm
Beautiful rooms everyone! Lucky kiddos you gus have!
Unfortunately here where we live, space is at a premium and I don't know anyone with an extra room for a playroom. We have things in my daughter's bedroom and also in the livingroom. We are re-doing the livingroom and sectioning off an area where she will have her own personal space, I'll post a picture when that's done.

The reason I am actually posting is to comment to those considering wood and thinking of the cost, have you looked into bamboo at all? That's what we have and it was significantly cheaper than wood. It looks the same as other hardwood floors, is harder than most and environmentaly significantly better.
Just a thought!
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post #182 of 639
9/29/07 at 2:31pm
We have a small 3 bedroom home. They are all fairly small rooms, but we decided to keep all three girls to sleep in one bedroom, and convert the other room into a play room. They are pretty young yet, and don't have the need for privacy just yet, and I figured since mostly they just used the bedroom to sleep in at this point, I used the other room as a play room. When we had toys in the bedroom, inevitably most things ended up under the beds, which drove me nuts.

To make it work, though we had to get a bunk bed (so we have a twin size bunk bed and another twin bed), but so far, we have no complaints. Now when they get older, I'm sure they will want more personal space, but for now, it's working out okay.

I decided to make 1 room a playroom, especially since I watch another child on Mondays. So, they have the space in there, rather than all over the house or in the girls room (that's off limits to play when he comes over).

Now, the girls still have a train table in the family room we use as a coffee table, and they also have the 9-cube cubby with art supplies/educational type things in it. And the dining room is their art table and montessori activity table. But essentially, the family room is more adult space, though we allow toys to migrate there. They just aren't stored in the family room anymore.

And, from watching the extra child on Mondays, all my babysitting money would go to purchasing nicer toys and montessori type things for the kids. So it works out pretty well.

AFA as bamboo floors, I forgot about that. I need to do some research as to where.

Right now our priority is cleaning out our garage, though....
post #183 of 639
9/29/07 at 3:11pm
We are planning on doing bamboo floors, as well. But even those are out of our price range right now. Costco is the cheapest from what I understand.
post #184 of 639
9/29/07 at 4:44pm
Thread Starter 
can't wait to see hannahsmummy!!

i really want bamboo floors when we own a house. right now we just rent though.
post #185 of 639
10/6/07 at 4:59am
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post #186 of 639
10/7/07 at 1:50pm
I love the photos, I've gotten some great ideas!
post #187 of 639
10/17/07 at 11:50pm
...what a fun and inspiring room! I am a grandma of a 6 and 10 year old and one on the way. I like to watch and listen and keep in touch with moms raising our newest generation. It makes me a better grandma and mother/mother in law, and artist.
Hope to see more of you around. Write anytime.
I LOVE the way the clouds/grass silk works for you...I can see that a longer silk with more sky would work quite well. Is is common to leave the shelves open like yours or more common to have them enclosed like the pict with the rainbow silk?
post #188 of 639
10/18/07 at 2:40pm
Can I come over an play???
post #189 of 639
10/18/07 at 6:55pm
Thread Starter 
thanks mamas

Radhanuga HARIBOL! I would love for you to come over any day!!
post #190 of 639
10/19/07 at 12:53pm
: I love this thread.. lots of great ideas!
post #191 of 639
10/28/07 at 8:54pm
Thread Starter 
I again have updates. Will take pics tomorrow and post asap keep your playroom pics coming!!!
post #192 of 639
10/29/07 at 2:39pm
Thread Starter 
heres our latest updated playroom pics: slightly decorated for fall..my m/s really slowed me down

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6039.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6041.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6042.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6043.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6044.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6045.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6046.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6047.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6048.jpg
fall leaves
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6050.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...I/IMG_6051.jpg

i have one more pic to take of dd's table set up in our living room...

and heck yeah she has way too many toys yikes!!!!!!
post #193 of 639
10/29/07 at 2:55pm
That is an awesome playroom!!!! I would have loved that when I was a kid!! Great job
post #194 of 639
10/29/07 at 2:55pm
CG - that is lovely! I have to admit, though, that one of my first reactions is that my kids would rip around and mess it up in 5 minutes, and that it would take about one hour to re-arrange it. I hope that your experience has been better than my imaginings!
post #195 of 639
10/29/07 at 3:16pm
Thread Starter 
sadly no! She destroys it at least 3 times a day and i'm crazy about keeping it clean so her and i are always cleaning it ,it seems like ..now the rest of the house.. i'm not so good with keeping clean
post #196 of 639
10/29/07 at 3:40pm
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Originally Posted by counterGOPI View Post
heres our latest updated playroom pics: slightly decorated for fall..my m/s really slowed me down
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i have one more pic to take of dd's table set up in our living room...
and heck yeah she has way too many toys yikes!!!!!!

Beautiful!!! Slightly OT, and I hope you don't mind me asking: Does your DD love that dollhouse? I'm thinking of getting it for DD's 3rd birthday - I love how open and 3-D it is.
post #197 of 639
10/29/07 at 3:44pm
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oh yes! she just got it for her birthday. we couldn't afford much furniture for it yet so she just has a bed and stove in it but she still plays with it like crazy! she actually sues it for her animals mostly right now

but YES i highly recommend that dollhouse she loves it and it's so beautiful in person!
post #198 of 639
10/29/07 at 4:04pm
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Originally Posted by counterGOPI View Post
oh yes! she just got it for her birthday. we couldn't afford much furniture for it yet so she just has a bed and stove in it but she still plays with it like crazy! she actually sues it for her animals mostly right now

but YES i highly recommend that dollhouse she loves it and it's so beautiful in person!

It looks great in your pictures!! Nothing gets used for the original purpose around here, so I can only imagine what my DD would put in there

My second DD is due 2 weeks before DD1's birthday, so I'm hoping maybe the house will distract her a bit too
post #199 of 639
10/29/07 at 4:06pm
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Originally Posted by counterGOPI View Post
oh yes! she just got it for her birthday. we couldn't afford much furniture for it yet so she just has a bed and stove in it but she still plays with it like crazy! she actually sues it for her animals mostly right now

but YES i highly recommend that dollhouse she loves it and it's so beautiful in person!
Is that the one from Nova Natural?
post #200 of 639
10/29/07 at 4:19pm
Thread Starter 
yes but honestly i shopped around for it and got it cheaper locally through our local waldorf store.
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