Current play room.
Redoing son's playroom
by
Beatriz
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My son is going to turn five in a few months and has asked to have his room painted light green. I decided it would be a good idea to do his playroom in this color. I also went and ordered a gray futon to put in this room. I need help figuring out how to accommodate his toys... especially his bigger ones in this room. I would love to use some of the wall space so it doesn't go unused. I plan to go through his toys and get rid of some and would love to have a nice setup for him.
I was thinking some shelving on the walls.. Idk.
Futon for the room
Went with the middle light green.
I would go with shelving...can also hang netting and fill with stuffed animals.
I would get a few bookcases. They can be used with baskets for small toys. Games and such stacked. Stuffed animals on taller shelves. AND of course some books. This way they can be reused as he grows, with books, mementoes, model cars / boats and such.
Another idea- Entertainment type shelving open and closed storage is especially inexpensive at thrift stores and can be painted to match the décor. Adding an old coffee table (cast off from family of a thrift store find) painted to match can be fun as well, serve as a "desk" for projects, and a place for games, puzzles, and matchbox cars to roam.
I can see a large window seat/toy chest for starters. Match to whatever he loves ex... pirate chest, or tool box., lego box. You get the idea. Then shelving, nets or pegboards for other areas in the room. 😎 should be a lot of fun.
they make bookcases that are low and you can add baskets or fabric containers to the cubby holes to store items in - Ikea sells them, Target, and a lot of other places
You could put any kind of shelving up, you definitely have lots of wall space, but don't put anything he plays with now on higher shelves. Yse them to display things that he makes in school, or awards, school pictures, etc. For things like his big ball, the netting suggestion is perfect since balls of any kind don't like to sit on shelves and take up a lot of room. Perhaps put that up in a corner at his height level. Take some time to talk to him about what he would like in his playroom and where. Five is still young, but he will have his opinion on what he wants, just like he wanted the room painted green.
The absolute best thing I ever did for my son's room was to put a shelf all the way around the room, just above the level of the door frames. It has been used in several different ways thru the years (he is now 30!!) When he was young we used it for his keepsakes and things he found in the yard. He wanted to keep them but not necessarily play with them. The little trophies he won in sports, etc; pictures. There were some toys he had which needed a bit of adult supervision, so they went up there as well. Now that it is a guest room I use it as book shelves! For your room I would make a "reading nook" in front of those wonderful windows, maybe a window seat, add a reading lamp -- make it comfortable with pillows for him to stretch out and read AND large enough for two for when you read to him!! Good luck!
A "built in" using lower cabinets (no shelves in some) to be a "garage" for some of the larger toys....shelving above for books and smaller things... baskets and bins, on shelves or wall hung for leggos, cars, etc.. create a basket ball court, use nets hung vertically from the ceiling for balls. Pinterest.com will have lots of ideas for you.... take the ones you like and make them work for you.
What a great room! Definitely shelving. A reading nook by the large windows...can be just pillows scattered on floor. A table-workbench for projects & chair. Try to leave floor space for floor play