One of the things that made us fall in love with our house was the large open basement!! We loved that it was a huge open space for the kids to play and run around. When we moved in, I went to work to make it a fun playroom for our son, with lots of bright primary colors.
See the before!!!! While it was a great design for kids, trying to sell your house, maybe not so much??
So I give you my industrial playroom, inspired by everything Restoration Hardware!
I repainted our table and chairs white and black! The table top is technically chalk board paint, but I have not let the kids in on this secret! More on the toy storage in a bit! I painted my book ledges gray! And added some large initials of the kids with an awesome star I found at Pottery Barn Kids. Also I added my "
when you wish upon a star" artwork!
One of the first things I did, and you might notice in the before is paint some walls!!! The wall to the left in the below picture used to be a red chalk board wall. Once coat of primer and one coat of the wall color, I had a nice and boring (white) wall! The wall to the right, used to be
an adorable house wall I painted, but now its a nice and solid black chalk wall (so we still have some fun here!!!)
Do you not love the red firetruck in the above picture? It completes the room!
I attempted to make some DIY Industrial shelves using pipes! While they are not exactly what I wanted them to look like, they did the trick and I am very proud I tackled this project!!! I broke my ankle (un-related to this project) mid-project, so I never really got any pictures of the during, even though the during was a big process!
These shelves are the perfect perfect size for a car garage for my sons many many big trucks!!!
Some industrial accessories! The boat was a win at a White Elephant party one year and my son loves this boat.... so it might be here to stay!!!
I made a matching taller industrial pipe shelf for the non-playroom portion of the room. This side is supposed to be the adult side with the TV and seating area.... though toys ALWAYS find their way over to this side!
I made all of the below artwork! I love making state nail air! So easy but such a fabulous look!!
More of the massive firetruck and chalk wall as seen from the "adult" side!
I would have redo this shelf if I had not broken my ankle. The top and bottom shelf have too much space between the shelves. These were a real learning process and they were so SO expensive to make!!!!
And a wide shot from the back of the room! This room sure is a huge improvement over the mess it was before!!!
Thanks again to
First Moments Photography for these pictures!
