Childrens playroom
Kids' Corner from Your Home and Garden magazine
Cover all the bases in a playroom with an art area, a fun hangout and plenty of room to stretch out on the floor
When creating a playroom ensure the space offers your little ones a place to play or hang out, a place to draw or do homework and a place to store things. Kids love playing on the floor so if you have wooden floors a rug is a must. A tepee is a great place to hang out with little buddies, play hide and seek or chill out with a book while lounging on some cushions.
Clever storage is key. There are many options available such as boxes on castor wheels, plastic storage crates and cube shelving. A paper bag-style sack is a fun way to store everything from books to soft toys.
"Paint plain wooden blocks and trays to match your colour theme"
Paint an arrow decal in a colour to match your decor and create a little playtime magic with a tepee. Keep the colour palette simple and repeat the primary colour throughout.
One direction
To create an arrow paint effect, decide where you want it to be and adhere a 1m-long piece of painter’s masking tape to one side of the wall. This will be the starting point for the design.
Measure out the pattern on the wall with a pencil. Measure a 60cm horizontal line at the top of the 1m-piece of tape, using the tape as the left-hand starting point. Measure and mark the 30cm point of this line. To create the peak, measure and mark a perpendicular 10cm line at the 30cm point. Draw a line from each edge of the 60cm line up to the 10cm point. We drew 6 arrows 60cm in length and 8cm thick with a 10cm gap between each one. Use masking tape to outline the pattern and run a finger along each edge to ensure the tape is stuck down. Fill in the pattern with a paint brush. We used Resene ‘Curious Blue’.
When the paint is dry, peel off the masking tape to reveal a simple yet effective pattern!
Accessories: Main Wall in Resene Triple Concrete and arrow in Resene Curious Blue; wooden box, from Briscoes, painted in Resene Half Tuna; wooden blocks, from The Warehouse, painted in Resene Picton Blue; grey cushion in tepee, stylist’s own; round velvet cushion, from Small Acorns; Replica Eames circular kid’s table, and Replica Eames DSW kid’s chair, from J&S Interiors; tepee, from Spotlight; felt mask, from Collected; blue hide rug, from Collected; plastic dinosaurs, wooden boat, blue bouncy ball, and wooden dinosaur toy, all from Seedling; wooden cube robot, from Collected; pencil sharpener desk tidy, from Collected; Speckle Farm pencils, from Chatterbox; Stuff storage bag, from Se3; pirate toy, from Shut the Front Door; books stylist’s own.
Top left Wall in Resene Triple Concrete and arrow in Resene Curious Blue; tepee, from Spotlight; felt mask, from Collected. Bottom left Blue hide rug, from Collected; plastic dinosaurs, from Seedling; wooden box, from Briscoes, painted in Resene Half Tuna; wooden blocks, from The Warehouse, painted in Resene Picton Blue and Resene Half Tuna.
Created and styled by Vanessa Nouwens. Photography by Melanie Jenkins.