My daughter loves to read books and I wanted to incorporate a reading area into the playroom makeover. What better place than an otherwise wasted space in a dormer window nook? On Instagram, I saw a light trick to add a light fixture without hardwiring a light and I thought I would try it here.

One of the hardest parts about playrooms is the sheer volume of items (big and small) and all of the different categories of toys. This IKEA KALLAX unit makes it easy to come up with a system to divide and conquer all of the toys, which I love.

This unit creates a cohesive look with the other furniture pieces I have done in this room and allows for a lot of storage. Not surprisingly, I wanted to jazz it up a bit to make it look more customized. But this was a pretty straightforward and easy project.

So, my IKEA kick continues. I updated two IKEA MALM dressers to make them nightstands for the guest room/playroom project. Again, as a novice DIY-er, I am very proud of how they came out and I learned quite a bit. And as nightstands, they have so much storage!

My daughter loves playing with her play kitchen and accessories. It will keep her busy and her imagination running wild for hours, which makes my mommy heart so happy. But the Mrs. B. Organized side of me dreaded the mess and play food items everywhere… my organization brain had an idea to jazz up the IKEA DUKTIG play kitchen and add a refrigerator for storage.

When I say this was a labor of love, I certainly mean it. I learned to use a saw, a sander, cooper pipe cutter, and how to cut a circular hole. This is by no means perfect and it was a lot of work (and problem solving), but it came out adorable! Most importantly, my daughter loves it. And Mrs. B. loves that the dress up clothes are not laying around and can be organized.

This project was incredibly simple and quick! This is part of a bigger project I am slowly but surely working to complete. I wanted the easel to match the IKEA Lätt children’s table project in hopes of having a cohesive play room in the near future. It came out really cute…

Truth be told, I never really considered myself much of a DIY-er. But maybe that is changing? I scoured the internet for a children’s table that I liked, and they were either too plain or too expensive. So I thought I would try my hand at upgrading one to fit what I wanted.