I mean, this room did NOT look like this before. And it did take a lot of frantic finishing-up-projects to get it to this point. And cleaning. That, too.
It’s true, this toyroom is completely staged for photos on this blog. It’s never been this clean before and will never be this clean again. And (full disclosure) we have a couple more big totes (okay, fine, there’s 6 of them) full of toys that I shoved around the room, just out of view of the camera, as I took these pictures. So, if you’re looking at this and wondering where all the toys are, that’s where. (And in those dresser drawers, which is a super genius idea I had, if you ask me.)
Now, on with the tour:
This is what you see when you walk into the room from the living room. The dressers were hand-me-downs from my husband’s family. We painted them in college and have used them randomly since then.
They work GREAT for holding toys!
On top of this dresser is a black shoe rack
from the Goodwill. It does a great job holding games and puzzles. 
To the right, along the east wall, is a vintage school table. My friend, Jent, brought it all the way from Indiana for me to sell at The HomeShed. But I snapped it up for my house, instead.
The table has so much
Speaking of art projects, we keep the art supplies close at hand on the back of the door that leads to the living room. This clear shoe organizer
is a perfect for organizing kids’ art supplies!
The 6 Cube Organizer
stores more games, construction paper and coloring books.
Two of the chairs at the kids’ table are extras from our dining set. I bought 8 of these antique oak chairs for $10 each and spray painted the vinyl seats over a year ago. I love the way that black chairs look with the table, but it seems silly not to use these extra dining chairs, which we pull out when we have visitors, anyway.
Plus, the oak matches the 100 year old trim, doors and floor pretty well.
On the opposite side of the room, we have three long shelves.
I ordered 12 of these shelf brackets
from Amazon and hung the shelves this summer. I didn’t bother finding the studs, and one night, the shelves all came tumbling down. We had some heavy stuff stored on the top shelf and it fell first, knocking the next two shelves to the floor after it. All of the games and puzzles on the shelves spilled, mixing their pieces together. I decided sorting them wasn’t worth the time, and that led to a big toy purge.
Then, I ordered 6 more brackets
, found the studs, and put the shelves back up. I’m fairly confident they’re not going anywhere this time.
Continuing around the room, there is an armoire that came with the house. It fits perfectly, so it stays. (And holds dress clothes and coats that don’t fit in our regular closet.)
One last thing – the light fixture in the ceiling is mysteriously broken, so I used some pendant light kits from Target (no longer there, but this one
is similar) and antique barn light shades to create these pendant lights in front of the windows.
So there you go – for those of you who demanded to see my toyroom after last week’s “Playroom Inspiration” post, here it is!
By the way, here are a few more ideas for kids rooms:
 Crib Spring Bulletin Board |  Stuffed Animal Zoo |  Bookshelf Dresser |
 Wooden Puzzle Storage |  Pretty Diaper Boxes |
