Playroom Plans

April 3, 2011 - Posted by Corey Broyles | Tags: Playroom, Playroom Plans

You guys already know that our playroom is looking kinda rough these days (thanks to this whole house update post from last week):

But weve decided that once we clear it out, itll actually suit our family better as a less traditional space. Burger is a beloved member of our family, so we think he deserves his own little area. And since Clara plays pretty much all over the house (in the office, the living room, the kitchen, and her room depending wherever we are with her) we wont really need an official playroom until baby number two comes along (and we turn the playroom into a bedroom).

And Ill spoil the surprise for all of you folks on bump watch, Claras brother or sister will probably be about three years younger than her because Ive got strict orders from my doc to give my body two full years between pregnancies to heal (thanks to some birth complications with Clara). And since it takes almost a year to bake a human on top of that two year waiting period, thats where we came up with the whole three year approximation.

But back to the playroom. Weve decided drumroll please to give Burger his own little nautical themed room! Because every pooch deserves some sea faring fun. He always seems to have the best time at the beach, so that jumped out at us as the right environment to really set him at ease. The sea gulls, the warm summer air, the sailboats, an errant pelican. What eight pound chihuahua wouldnt love that? But enough talking, heres our Burger-licious mood board:

  1. Our color palette will be pretty straightforward: navy, red, and white (with some natural wood tones and maybe a few pops of yellow worked in there for fun). The walls will stay white with graphic red & navy accents along with a super cool mural for added pop (more on that later).
  2. How cute would a few of these $33 seagull mobiles be when hung in a flock from the ceiling? Burger should like them since he loves watching real birds flap around outside in real life.
  3. This boat-ish dog bed was the inspiration for the entire nautical theme. At $260 its not cheap, but what can I say? Burgers like LOreal. Hes worth it. Plus its such a room-making detail that we just couldnt pass it up.
  4. Heres the mural that I want to paint on one of the walls. I like that its obviously sea-inspired without being too over the top (a dock with a single pelican in the foreground feels kind of understated compared to some of the other busy and über bold murals that weve seen).
  5. This weathered ships wheel (for $34) should look cool on one of the mural-less white walls in the room.
  6. No dog room is complete without an on-theme dog toy, so this $7.99 blue anchor chew toy definitely fits the bill.
  7. And since we want to keep Burger looking cohesive with the rest of the room, we cant wait to pick up this $27 outfit to help him get into character.
  8. Instead of something more traditional, we thought hanging fishermans nets (just $17.99 a pop) as curtains would add lots of texture and more sea-faring fun. Fingers crossed Burger doesnt get all tangled up in them. Haha.

So thats our vision for the playroom, at least for the next few years. Should be interesting.

Now Im just putting words here, just to fill up space so that when youre reading the numbered points above your eyes dont skip down the page and notice this next part. You know, because itll ruin the surprise.

So in case youre wondering if were totally off our rockers we might be. But this post is still totally a joke.

APRIL FOOLS!!!

Did we get you? Did the $260 dog bed tip you off? Or was it our description of the pelican mural as understated? Did you really think Burger would be caught dead in that sailors suit in the name of cohesive design? Or did you all know this was coming given our history of April Fools Day hijinks (like this post and this post)?

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