Playroom Project

For the past two weeks I have been busily working on my kids’ playroom. I wanted it to be fun and whimsical, but I didn’t want to spend a lot of money.  One of my main goals was to have a place to display my kids’ artwork.  I had thought of several different ideas, but none of them really seemed right.  Until a couple of weeks ago when I was at my sister-in-law’s house.  She had a strip of wood painted red with white clips on it.  It clicked!!!- That was what I wanted to put in the playroom.  So I went to Lowe’s and bought some pine that was 1″x4″x48″.  Then I painted it black.  Then the hunt began for the clips.  I tried Lowe’s, Robert’s Crafts, Walmart, etc.  I could not find them.  Finally someone told me that they would be an office supply product (duh!).  So, I headed to Office Max.  For your information, they are called Bulldog Clips.  Office Max had these really cute colorful ones.  They came in packages of Red/Blue or Green/Yellow.  Well,  I was making 4 boards, so I needed 16 clips.  The Office Max that I went to had only one package of Red/Blue and tons of green/yellow.  So, I headed off to another Office Max.  Luckily they had tons of Red/Blue.  After a whole lot of running around, I finally got my boards put together.  My sweet husband screwed the clips on and hung the boards on the wall for me.

Part 2 of my project was to paint these circles on the wall.   I love to browse Pottery Barn magazines for decorating ideas.  Whether or not I can afford to buy anything from there, I still love their ideas.  And a lot of times, I can do it myself.  I loved the idea of painting circles on the wall.  So, I made myself a compass.  I took a piece of string and push pinned it into the wall.  Then I tied a pencil on the other end.  And voila!- a circle.  It was rather difficult to paint 3 circles in such bright colors, but 4 coats later, I love the finished look.  I also loved this clock from Pottery Barn.  But, once again, it was too expensive.  So, I found a clock at my local craft store- Robert’s Crafts.  With my 40% off coupon, it was under $20.  I used my Cricut to cut out the vinyl numbers for the clock (the clock came with some, but I did not like them).  And here is my finished product.

Part 3 of my project was to put alphabet letters on the wall above my clipboards.  I used my Cricut to cut out vinyl letters in varrying sizes and fonts.  It was really fun and I love the finished look.

Posted by: Anisa