Death to Dad's Office

So as Bryan has had a few days to process his loss of an office (let's just be a little honest with ourselves now - it was a glorified storage room).... I am now on the hunt for playroom inspiration.

But hold on for just a second, if you think that this is going to be a room covered in primary colors and cartoon characters you don't know us.  We are still very very selfish parents who want their house to remain grown-up and pretty (that is the end goal - right now we are living in many half projects).

So these are a few of the ideas I am holding on to:

These are the colors that are the closest to what I am thinking...

 And I am loving the thick stripes but......

Then there are these thin stripes.

So to be totally honest, I lost the battle of stripes in the kitchen.  With the vaulted ceiling and the yellow table it might have looked like a big top.  So the clown kitchen is out and a solid gray is a go.

But, the battle has moved to the playroom which I plan to bring in my stripes!  Grown up but playful and it will flow with the color theme from the kitchen same gray tones used in a different way = less cans of paint = less money to spend!  I think it is a win all around.

As for accessories here is what I am thinking:

For the art work

 

 For the up coming pocket door (on the playroom side)

 

Who wouldn't want a Tee-pee?!?! And a place to hide from small little brothers?

And that is what I have for right now!  I am just so excited to have my ideas in place, and a design flow through the main part of the house.

1. Gray kitchen with super light gray cabinets with a pop of yellow and big thick bright white base boards
2. Living room dark navy with big thick bright white base boards and little pops of yellow and gray
3. Playroom with light gray and super light gray stripes with .... I am going to let you guess on this one...big thick bright white base boards!!!

So yeah, we will let B and my dad handle the kitchen and playroom and I will focus on the living room!

I might be proud of my house by the end of summer!!! Whoot Whoot!

Oh and an update on the little guy, double ear infection.  Will only sleep on mommy's or daddy's chest which make us feel like we have super human healing powers (or the baby Tylenol & pink medi has finally kicked it) ...

Hope all is well with you!