Room to Play

I never thought that we would have a specific room for JillyBean to play with her toys. I mean, we played in our bedrooms growing up and didn't need a separate space, so she can do the same. Well, once we moved into the new house last summer, we designated the fourth bedroom as Jilly's room as well as the space for Daddy's TV and video games. Now I don't know what I would do without a playroom.

JillyBean does play in her bedroom a little. It is where her "library" is and her rocking horse and dolls. The playroom, though, is filled with her train sets, tea sets, cooking stuff, horses, plus her art stuff. She spends a lot of time in there.

This week I added some new decor to the room. This super cute fabric banner that spells out "create."

I have had my eye on these letters for a while at a local gift shop called novel. The store had a 40 percent off sale last week and I couldn't let it pass. I really love the way it looks and have it hanging over the art display that I made for Jilly several months ago using ribbon and clothes pens that I painted white.

I have a lot of ideas for decorating this room, but need to keep in mind that when it's used to its full potential, the result is this: