DIY Modern Playroom

I know what you are thinking... what is this want to be fashion blogger doing sharing home decor? The truth is that I LOVEEEE home stuff. I love painting. I love building furniture. I love creating things. Don't be surprised if you see a lot of home content from me.

When we purchased our home last year, we knew we had no need for our formal dining room. There was a casual dining space off the kitchen and living room that was big enough to put a long table to seat 8. There isn't an occasion where we'd have more than 8 people over, and if we did, we'd likely be outside. So we knew we'd want to transform the formal dining room into a playroom for the kids.

Since its the first room you see when you walk into our house, and it will be messy all the time - just keeping it real here - then I thought maybe I could distract your eyes from our messy house with a mural. Look I'm not super artsy, and I needed this mural to be easy. I don't have time to measure things out. Nor tape things out. I loved the idea of brush strokes. So I picked up a quart of paint at my local store and a large paint brush. I simply dipped the paint and then did a half circle. I just did them about 6 inches apart from each other starting at different points. Angling them at different points made the haphazardness of it all seem planned.

Once I got the paint brush mural on the wall, I wanted to add a large PLAY sign. Using 1X6's and a miter saw, I used the below plans (doubled) and screwed everything together. I used command strips to hang them.

Would you be interested in a video tutorial on the mural and/or the play sign? Let me know in the comment section below.

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