Before and After: Sloane's Playroom

Excited to share some images of Sloane's playroom now that it is (semi) finished! Still on the hunt for child-friendly pillow covers and art for the walls, but it's about 90% of the way there.

Let's start from the space when we first bought our house. Hello, red carpet. That was the first change to be made. Turned out, there were about 3 layers of uneven tile beneath, so in order to make a solid, safe and even floor for Sloane, we had to have all layers professionally removed before we could install new carpet.

I went back and forth on how I wanted to address the walls. The room isn't massive and has a fair amount of windows for its size, so I knew I wanted to do some sort of custom trimwork, but wasn't entirely sure what. We decided over the summer that shiplap walls could be a fun, youthful approach to the space since it will be where Sloane spends a lot of time when she gets older. Initially, shiplap felt a little too "fixer upper" for our style, but ended up being exactly what I had in mind when I envisioned her playroom.

Prior to Sloane's arrival, the space was a "catch-all" for baby gifts, toys, hand me downs, etc. Enter pure chaos. We knew we needed storage and we needed it BAD. We added custom built-ins made to hold baskets, books and toys on the opposite wall.

Can't believe I remembered to take a "during" photo. That never happens. I think that flushmount light was the most glaring item in this photo, haha!

The original door (that leads to the backyard) also was high on my list to be replaced. I'm thrilled with the door we chose. It allows for SO much more light. I chose Benjamin Moore "stonington gray" for both the door an the builtins on the opposite wall.