Project Playroom: The Before

Well, Theron Drake is inching his way closer to the age where he's about to take off and never look back! It's nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time!  He wants us to walk him everywhere and I know one day he's just going to let go and run wild.

We can't wait to see him develop and are anxious to see his little world become bigger.  If you're familiar with NVD, then you know we live in a very modest sized Ranch style home, built in the 1960s.  It has been a perfect starter home and I adore it.

However, we don't have much space.  At all.  To give little T more room to play and be a typical boy, we decided to use our last bedroom-turned-office as a playroom.

When I decided to turn it into a playroom I had no plans. Nada.  That is, until I saw the crazy-awesome-phenomenal playroom belonging to Jen's boys of the super popular blog, iHeart Organizing.

Seriously--so fabulous I can't even take it!

I'm sure you guys are familiar with her and if somehow you aren't, you gotta check her out.  She's my organizational idol.  She is as sweet as she is organized, too.  Which is an added bonus, for sure.   Plus, she's had me on her blog roll and always sends a crowd my way...even when my blogging hiatus was in full effect.  Thanks, Jen!

To say I was blown away by her playroom is an understatement! I am using it as the jumping off point for Theron's space and many of her ideas will be incorporated into it.  I hope T's space looks even a fraction as good as Jen's boys' room.

When it was an office, the space looked like this:

And today, this is what we are working with:

Yikes.

If you're wondering, the curtains are for sale here, the dresser will be getting a makeover, and the pendant light and sofa are about to go bye-bye as well [I'm hoping to craigslist those bad boys].

I'll keep you posted as this space is transformed.

xoxo

UPDATE: Curtains sold.  Thanks for your interest!  Loveseat craigslist link and lamps craigslist link.