Back in November we randomly put our house on Zillow's Make Me Move to see what we could sell it for.  Four weeks later, it was sold and we had moved out!  It happened fairly quickly, we did not expect it to actually happen at all.  We did it just to play around.  Now five months later we've settled in to our new home in a new city, but not far from where we were.  This meant creating a new play space for my son.  I have to be honest, I wasn't as motivated this time around.  Probably because I was unpacking boxes and arranging an entire home!     The new house has one bedroom downstairs, we chose to make that the playroom because it's the main living floor.  I used a lot of the same furniture but incorporated a few new things.

The room is set up different and slightly smaller than the old play room so I had to move things around a number of times to get it the way I wanted.  These photos show a messy room because my son was just playing in here a few minutes before snapping the photo.  I love that he can play and then I can just shut the door if people come over. No, not with him inside...  No mess to be seen behind a closed door!  the closet is filled with unopened toys, a bookshelf with my old classroom picture books, arts and craft supplies, and larger ride on toys.

A couple weeks ago we got rid of our guest bed by donating it to a young couple who will be moving in together next year when they get married!  We don't live in a huge house, so taking that bed out of our guest room really opened that room up and gave us options.  I decided to make the room in to a playroom for my son.  I figured that I would need a good space to play and learn with him.  I realize this is not an option for everyone.  Once we have another child, this room will probably become my son's room to make room for a baby.  Here's what I did: