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We've done a little updating down in the playroom since we will be having people over in a month for Alexis' birthday party. We are trying to tie up some loose ends up. I'm not going to bore you with anymore pictures down there, but I'm really starting to love it. I use to detest coming down here to be honest - but I new Alexis loved playing, and then once Christmas hit we were also hit with a huge amount of toys. Once we got a little organized down there and purchased a couple things, I'm really enjoying coming down. I usually will do a little laundry or fold some (it's never ending I tell ya) while Alexis plays and cooks up a storm. Or I will even surf some blogs while sitting in the family room or play a couple games of Kinect while I know that Alexis is safe downstairs since adding two new doors which prohibit her from going into Derek's room or the laundry room.

Anyways, just a little update. I have a couple things left to completely finish off the room - 1. Finish painting the stairs and jazz them up a bit :)   2. Add some more hooks so dress-up clothes have a place to live 3. Find a little knob for the closet door.

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Doors to Laundry room and Derek's room - still need to be painted but up nonetheless!

Hung up the pom pom's I made for now down in the playroom

Play Time.

I thought it was only fitting to share an updated version of what Alexis' playroom now looks like after Christmas. It took us a little bit to get all organized and figure out where things would go, but I think we have a pretty good area for her now - and she loves it.


We still need to get a couple doors which we plan to do soon (like within the next month or so I hope!) so that she can't venture into the laundry room or what we affectionately call Derek's "man room."  Then once down there I don't have to worry about her getting into things. From our family room if we leave the door open we can see right down into the playroom and what she's doing which is a bonus - although she does enjoy someone down there to dine on some creation she has made in her kitchen.


So here we go, onto to the big reveal lol ....

... and here is a close up of a new wall decal that my mom got Lexi for the room. We found it at the Super Store of all places and it was super cheap - but it's super cute! It is however a HUGE pain to get on the wall as it's in two pieces and the branches all stick together - hence the wonky middle part. My OCD kicked it after it was up and I tried to re-adjust it ... but it's on there pretty good right now and I didn't want to risk ripping it!

Playroom

It looks as though the playroom for Alexis is almost done. I completed painting the floors, and should have the stairs almost done tonight with the exception of some trim that I need to install. I can't believe the transformation from one to the other, but I think it looks so much better and is truly a great place for a little girl to go and play (and not to mention a place to put all of her things/toys!).


We went from this ... (gross shaggy carpet and all)

To this ...

I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but those are butterfly decals on the walls that I picked up at Homesense to add a little somethin' somethin'.  I'm going to load the room soon back with all her stuff. But we are really happy with how it turned out! Hopefully Alexis feels the same way!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' ...

As I mentioned in a past post - I'm trying to complete Alexis' playroom. I figure with Christmas just right around the corner we need a place to put all of Alexis' "stuff". Tonight I got my roll on! I must say this was the easiest painting experience to date in this house! It was so easy to just slap on the paint and keep rollin' it around! 

Again, this colour turns out blueish in these pictures but it's a deep purple. I really am liking it, and like I said it was super easy. I think I would be tempted just to paint the floors in the junky man room! I mean look at that room ... yikes!

Whoa that's scary. It really doesn't look like this alllll the time ... just since I had to move all of the playroom crap in there. Anyways, I will post some pictures of the finished floor when I'm done.