Our Little Playroom
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Our Little Playroom Reveal

I’m so excited to be showing you our new playroom design. The old design was beginning to get me down, there was so much mess! In such a small space it was hard to keep it under control. All the open shelving while it looked great originally was collecting mess, and the kids weren’t that interested in trying to put things back in their proper spot.

So a few weeks ago, while I was once again cleaning up the room, I had a brainwave, what if I couldn’t see the mess! Feeling inspired I was straight onto the Ikea website and a few days later I was the owner of a new Pax wardrobe.

Our Little Playroom  -  Pax wardrobe toy storage.
Our Little Playroom  -  Pax wardrobe toy storage

The wire baskets at the bottom of the wardrobe are the perfect solution for our growing LEGO collection, and the shelves above are the perfect place to display our finished LEGO creations. The coloured folders are full of all our LEGO instruction booklets and the drawers in the middle keep all the kid’s craft supplies and activities in one convenient, easy to access place.

Our Little Playroom  -  Pax wardrobe toy storage.

The other side of the wardrobe houses our DUPLO collection in the wire baskets and has lots of storage on the shelves for our bigger bulkier toys. Inside the drawers you will find Barbie and other doll accessories and smaller games and puzzles.

Our Little Playroom  -  Pax wardrobe toy storage.

The wardrobes have been amazing so far, it is so nice to just close the door on all the toys. The room also feels calmer.

To make way for the new wardrobes we removed two Trofast storage units, one set of Kallax cube shelves and a Stuva bench/toy box. Not wanting to simply give away or sell all of the furniture, which was still in great condition, my husband converted the three compartment Trofast units into two compartments, so they would fit nicely in the kid’s wardrobes. Check out how they turned out here.

Our remaining Kallax shelves are full of our favourite picture books, and all the little toys the kids love to collect fit nicely in the black tubs. The top of the shelves are a great surface to play with their favourite LEGO sets. And, now we have removed all of the other furniture, Zoë’s doll house actually fits!

Our Little Playroom  -  Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Pin board kid's artwork display.
Our Little Playroom  -   Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Wooden Doll House.
Our Little Playroom  -  Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Kid's artwork display and wooden doll house.
Our Little Playroom - Wooden Doll House

We love displaying all of our kid’s amazing artwork, so we added four pin boards to the wall above the shelves. The pin boards add so much colour and fun to the room, while making it a space that really feels like it’s their own.

Our Little Playroom  -  Pax wardrobes and Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Pin board kid's artwork display.
Our Little Playroom  -  Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Pin board kid's artwork display.

And finally there is also space for Zoë’s kitchen. Both of the kids love playing with the kitchen and we have been collecting all the cute wooden foods and kitchen appliances from Kmart. They are just so cute! Zoë’s kitchen is also from Kmart. Before Santa delivered it for Christmas, I gave it a little makeover in pinks, greys and whites, including a marble laminate splash back.

Zoë and I made the ‘B’ artwork using paint and a stencil, it was lots of fun and only took 10 minutes.

Our Little Playroom - Kmart Kid's Kitchen

Overall I am so happy with the final results. Our little playroom feels more spacious and now that everything has it’s own spot, it’s a lot easier to keep tidy. It also looks great and Max and Zoë are actually playing in it again! It is such a happy little room.

Our Little Playroom  -  Pax wardrobes and Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Kid's artwork display and wooden doll house.

Here are a few more photos of the playroom…

Our Little Playroom  -  Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Kid's artwork display.
Our Little Playroom  -  Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Kid's artwork display and wooden doll house.
Our Little Playroom  - Pax wardrobes and Kallax cube shelving for toy storage
Our Little Playroom  -  Kallax cube shelving toy storage. Kid's artwork display.

Love Ikea? Check these ideas out: Ikea Leirvik Bed Hack | Ikea Trofast from 3 to 2 compartments

6 Comments

    • SmallAdventures

      Hi Katie,
      We wanted the wardrobes to fit into the space next to the door so we chose the smaller depth of 35 cm or 13 3/4 inches.
      Thanks
      Susan

  • Beth North

    Beautiful room! Our playroom is also causing grief and I am constantly curating it to become perfect. I’m wondering where the basket with the silver two tone under the table with the dolls house is from? And if diy please give me instructions!!
    Thanks!

    • SmallAdventures

      Thanks Beth! It’s such a cute basket. I bought it from Kmart two years ago, so unfortunately it is no longer available. I hope you are able to find a similar one.

  • Larissa

    Do you have specifics of what you ordered for your pax wardrobe I am wanting to do the same thing. If you had a list of what you bought or if it was a prebuilt that would be so helpful!

    • SmallAdventures

      Hi Larissa,
      We bought the following parts for our pax wardrobes. My husband and I chose to assemble them ouselves. Our ceiling is quite low so we went with the smaller height and we chose the smaller depth so there was more floor space in the room.

      •2 Pax frames for hinge doors, Wardrobe frame, white100x35x201 cm
      •4 BERGSBO Door with hinges, white 50×195 cm
      •4 KOMPLEMENT Drawer, white 100×35 cm
      •4 KOMPLEMENT Mesh basket with pull-out rail, white100x35 cm
      •6 KOMPLEMENT Shelf, white 100×35 cm

      I hope you find this list helpful. Goodluck with your wardrobes!

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