Jack-Evan & the Beanstalk, Revisited

Back in November 2009, my husband and I finally began working on our 3rd bedroom (or, as it was better known, our “junk room”) that we hadn’t touched since we bought the house in March 2006.

Using leftover neutral khaki & a soft light blue paint from other paint jobs in the house – along with an inspiration photo found on the internet – I went to work creating a themed playroom for Jack-Evan. The beautiful light pine laminate floor we have been installing throughout the house also found a home in this room (BUH BYE, dirty shaggy brown carpet from the 80s!).

We didn’t completely finish it until just before Maggie was born in May (thank goodness for that horrid nesting instinct, huh?) but I’m not sure how we lived without it now! I love that Jack has a wonderful, safe place to play. Better yet, I love that all of his toys are stored in ONE place and they all have a specific home. He can easily see what he wants to play with, and when it’s taken down a noticeable void is left, which makes cleaning up so much quicker. We still have a lidded “toybox” in the living room to round up stray toys that have been brought out during the day, but it’s small and stylish (and doesn’t even look like it contains toys).

Since we only have 3 bedrooms, Jack-Evan and his any future brothers will inherit this room and the girls will inherit the nursery by our room that Jack currently resides in.