Under the Stairs Play Area Reveal

Our under the stairs play area for our girls is done on the inside. There still needs to be some work done on the outside, since this is an unfinished basement, but we want to show you how it turned out. My husband, Steve made this small barn door for their space (which is super sturdy). Let's go in shall we?

We presented it to them Christmas morning and they were thrilled. They knew we were working on it, but they got to see it finished that day.

I put in an IKEA chalkboard that I got at a thrift store. I made these coral and orchid (Pantone's color of the year happens to be orchid.) curtains with some mint ribbon trim. 

Most of the art work was something I made or we had and I cut things out and put them in dollar IKEA frames. The map came from a calendar of maps. I made the sign "The Four Sisters Club" and the fern print. The balloon picture is a Birthday card from Rifle and I re-labeled it "Be Uplifting." The fish print was something my daughter made in art class and the watercolor is something I made in college. 

       My husband installed an LED light so it won't heat up the space and create any problems for our girls.

We put down some carpet squares that we got from Wayfair. It was easy to stick to the basement floor and very affordable. 

 I lined the curtain with some mint ribbon. And they love that they have a place for puppet shows. I put some pillows and a small throw blanket in here since they might want to get cozy.

                                             We made our own stencil to get this design.

Here's a picture of some of the sheet rock halfway up in this space.  

Steve dry walled and mudded everything. He did a great job!

I think they like it! Having a small space finished in our unfinished basement is a step in the right direction. We will be working on the outside of the play house soon, but for now the inside is done and ready for play. I will put up this coming week some steps on how to build a small door and how we made everything for this space. Thanks for stopping over here and have a great weekend!

Around Here Lately...

                                                little black door
I keep thinking about this statement as I'm working on some projects over here.

Remember this pretty camel back that will go in our library? Oh yes- I started ripping this thing apart and it's not looking too pretty right now.

 Also, Steve helped me cut some shelves for the closet makeover and I've been working on priming and getting things ready.

 Lastly, we're going to work on our basement one section at a time. The first section that we want to finish is building a play house under the stairs so our girls can have a hide out. We plan on making this a Christmas gift for them. They know we're working on it, but the reveal will happen on Christmas day-  we're super excited about this one. More to come soon.