My opinion on ‘play rooms’ is the same as my opinions on ‘sugar fasts’ and Dancing with the Stars: Not Feeling It.
Now, maybe you happen to love not eating sugar while watching D-list celebrities cut a rug. That’s just fine. You do you, girlfriend. Maybe you love being able to pile all your kid’s toys into one room and shutting the door behind you. I get that.
In the meantime, I’ll be over here eating cookies and watching the highly superior So You Think You Can Dance and throwing all my kids toys away.
KIDDING! Of course I would never throw all their toys away, even though there are times when I kinda really want to. I fight the urge by reminding myself that someday they will outgrow all the clutter and the mess and then I’ll turn their old spaces into sophisticated rooms that look like they came straight off the pages of a fancy magazine, and I’ll sit all alone on the fabulous but empty bed and cry and cry and probably eat some cookies.
I don’t know if the same thing happened to Sharon when she did exactly that to her daughter’s former play-room. But I do know that it’s pretty enough to ease the pain!
Believe it or not, there are still toys in this room! Head on over to her blog Pretty Practical Home to see more.
4 Comments
Sharon
April 18, 2016 at 2:35 PMI almost feel compelled to share a picture of what the room currently looks like but I don’t want to ruin the illusion for you. More often than not, the under the bed bins and basket contents are all over the floor. And her American Girl doll canopy bed is under the window, currently stuffed with 3 dolls on the same little mattress. The lampshades are also crooked. But I remind myself that it was my room for one shining blog moment and her room for the rest of the time, and I’m happy that she loves it and uses it. Thanks so much for sharing it with your readers!
Lindsey @ Better After
April 18, 2016 at 3:07 PMAhhh, it’s beautiful either way!! š Thanks Sharon!!
Patty
April 19, 2016 at 2:25 PMI have three sons – all grown, all gone. Their rooms are spotless and very organized and very, very, very empty. Enjoy the mess, it will pass.
Lindsey @ Better After
April 20, 2016 at 1:46 PMThat’s what I keep telling myself!