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My Daughter’s Green Room 2.0

July 24, 2013 By Karen Cooper 6 Comments

Before you get any crazy ideas about what “My Daughter’s Room 2.0” means, no, I didn’t paint it again.  Just wanted to get that out of the way. (Whew.)

Here’s a picture of my daughter’s room as of 9:00 this morning:

before - daughter's green room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

She loved it, but hated that she didn’t have enough space to play. She has a much smaller room than her brother does, and she periodically reminds me of that fact. Also, she has started playing more with Legos and other types of toys that require spreading out a bit. She had no place to spread out.

Time to re-imagine her room…how could I give her more space without adding a new wing to our home?

This picture shows the same view of her room – from her doorway – as the picture above, but as I rearranged it today (and with a much better camera):

daughter room rearranged - from doorway - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Now she has plenty of play space in the middle of the room.

daughter's room rearranged - play space - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

By moving the bed against the wall and to the corner, it opens up the floor for her play space.

daughter's green room rearranged - bed side view - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

 The doorway is to the left of the nightstand.

Let me walk you around the rearranged room, starting from the doorway:

daughter's green room rearranged - ikea expedit - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

When you walk in the door, the Expedit is right in front of you. We actually have the Expedit to thank for this furniture-moving-around experiment. We got this for M a few months ago. Before that, I could not have rearranged her room this way, because we had two smaller shelving units:

shelving unit one gone - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

before daughter's green room - second bookcase gone - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

 Those two smaller bookcases didn’t hold as much as the Expedit and, as you can see, the shelves were oddly sized, so her books and stuff didn’t fit well on them.  We donated them to a worthy cause and replaced them with the Expedit. Great decision.

daughter's room rearranged - desk side - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

 Her desk, between her closets. Note that she has a minion. Hee hee.

daughter's room rearranged - dresser side - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Dresser side. I let one of the faux Roman shades down (by her bed) because I removed the mini-blinds from that window. I didn’t want that string in the mini-blinds next to her bed. The shade should still keep the sunlight out.

And that’s how I rearranged my daughter’s room to give her a play area. I can’t believe how much bigger her room looks now. She’s thrilled.

Oh, if you promise not to tell her, I’ll let you in on a little secret I found:

secret map - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Translation: Secret Map – it relies (?) on the pantry in the middle of the dog food containers.

I found the map to the secret hiding place in the pantry (“panchre”)! Shhh! Don’t tell her I found it (I put it back where I found it today)!

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. Kathryn says

    July 24, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    You’re daughter’s note rocks! So cute! I like the new set up. Sometimes a kid just needs to have space to spread out and play!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 24, 2013 at 10:11 pm

      Thanks! Exactly – she danced in the middle of the room when she saw it for the first time. Wahoo!

      Reply
  2. Erin @ DIY on the Cheap says

    July 27, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    First of all I am loving “panchre”! LOL! And her room is adorable. I love how just rearranging a few things can make a huge impact and now that her needs have changed, this is definitely a better use of space for her. She will love it!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 27, 2013 at 9:22 pm

      Thanks, Erin! I know – it’s hard to believe that there was that much room in her room! I love six-year-old phonetic spelling, too. Cracks me up. See you soon!

      Reply
  3. Christine at First Home Love Life says

    August 8, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    How cool is this room?! I’m loving the green!!! I think changing it around was the best idea…I mean what good is a bedroom if you can’t have a dance party in the middle of it?! 🙂

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      August 8, 2013 at 11:32 pm

      Exactly! And she has had a dance party in there, too. Thank you!

      Reply

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