Posts from Playroom

A family room is the workhorse of the home: television, playtime, conversation, games, relaxing. It's the room that has to handle it all. Here are some examples of rooms that manage not only to accommodate all those activities, but also to do it beautifully.

Ever come home from the library and think, "If only we had a place to corral all this stuff?" Or wish upon a star for a magic helper to get the books down where little hands can reach them? Wish no longer! Here are five book bins that are low cost, and easy to DIY.

If you have a budding artist in your house, have you considered piecing together a dedicated art and craft space? It might be just the thing to capture and nurture your child's artistic whims. If this sounds like something that would get regular use at your place, here's what you'll need to set it up:

Name: "SuperBoy" (4), "SweetPea" (2), and "BabyLoves" (3 months)
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Our special playroom for the children is also our three season porch. Given that our home is 100 years old, it is a challenge to convert a room into a playroom without taking away from the patina of the original architecture. We added touches here and there, but tried to keep the openness and vibrancy of the space still here.

When Soffia's family moved into this house in Alftanes, Iceland six years ago she dreamed of transforming this small shed into a playhouse for her daughter and son. The shed, and her plans, lay fallow for years until recently when she harnessed her creative energies and unleashed them onto what she calls a "small slice of heaven" for her kids.

If your playroom is currently looking more like a play pile, and your kids' bedroom more like a giant closet full of ill-fitting clothes, a thorough clean out is probably in order at your place. But wait! Before you throw it all out, have you considered having a yard sale for it...online?

It doesn't take long before kids toys totally take over a playroom. This room was actually a pool house that had gotten out of control and the parents brought in Miki Steiner to turn it into an organized and enjoyable playroom.

Sand inside the house? You bet! Kinetic Sand looks like the real stuff, feels like the real stuff, moves through your fingers like the real stuff, and yet stays permanantly moldable and never makes mess! Sound incredible? For where to find it and what to do with it, read on!

Have you got a little one in your house for whom this is their very first World Cup? A future soccer star? A football fiend? Want to deck out their room with soccer stuff, but wanting to avoid that ubiquitous soccer lamp? Here are five soccer-themed finds for your little Pele or budding Ronaldo.

Project by: Katie Gavigan
Location: San Francisco, California

This family hired me while expecting their second child. This wonderfully sunny room borders the kids' room, and mom imagined it as the perfect spot for her toddler to play while she cared for the new baby, and for the kids to grow and play in together.