https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 18:42:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406968 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:44:08 +0000 sandy 2406968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love having a dedicated play room! So nice not having her toys in other areas of the house Before kids we had the formal living and dining rooms but since transitioned them to LO's play room. I love that she has her space in the house to play with her friends and with us. And it's easy for me to get stuff done having her down on the main floor with me. Also, now that she's older she plays there with her little friends and the moms can all relax and visit on the couch or at the kitchen table.</p> <p>ETA: here are some photos</p> <p>[attach=429/16/o0b4fo.600x450.image.jpeg]</p> <p>[attach=429/16/o0b4fp.600x476.image.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406765 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 18:24:53 +0000 HLK208 2406765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did when we only had 2 kids...we probably won't ever have a play room again now that we have 3 and 1 on the way!</p> <p>It's okay though. We have some decent storage and our playroom felt kind of wasteful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406541 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:24:04 +0000 daniellemybelle 2406541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, thank goodness. I love that our living room is toy free 98% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406474 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 08:35:15 +0000 abmamma 2406474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish! Toys are mostly in our living room and we need a better system to keeping them organized. I wish we had a basement or somewhere that DD (and DS when he's big enough) could make a mess of without stressing me out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406460 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 07:59:23 +0000 SweetCaroline 2406460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No we don't. Honestly, I don't think it would get used. We have an open floor plan, so it's convenient to have toys in the living room or the family room. They have "homes"/storage solutions in those areas. Then we can get things done in other adjoining rooms while they play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406449 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:13:10 +0000 Cherrybee 2406449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Our house has two good sized bedrooms and one box room (will be the nursery), so no room for a playroom, guest room, office or any other room. We've kitted E's bedroom out pretty well though, so she is not missing out. </p> [attach=2581/16/o09r1z.600x337.WP_20160101_10_04_57_Pro.jpg] [attach=2581/16/o09r20.600x337.WP_20160101_10_05_10_Pro.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406443 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 03:10:05 +0000 Andrea 2406443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we keep all their toys in there and they use it a lot. They also have an arts and crafts space in our basement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406439 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 02:34:29 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 2406439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We converted half our garage into a playroom. It actually looks pretty awesome. We even built a reading nook/stage/ball pit (cushion comes off to make it a stage, floor comes off to reveal a ball pit.) I'll have to remember to take pictures in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room/page/2#post-2406400 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:18:25 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2406400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we had one! We live in an apartment, so there's no extra space. I hate when his toys end up on the living room. He has a good sized bedroom, so all his toys live in there. But he likes to bring them to the common living spaces to play since that's where we always are </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2406353 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:55:42 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2406353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our living room is essentially their play room. I'm fine with it. I mean half the people in the house are under the age of 5 so it's fine. I have the rest of my life to have an "adult" living space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2406350 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:48:32 +0000 BananaPancakes 2406350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one and it really only gets used when other kids are over. He's really only interested in independently playing with a handful of toys, and they just move around the house to wherever he is at the moment. But it's great when there are other kids over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2406303 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:35:11 +0000 regberadaisy 2406303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I mean, I guess 75% of their toys live in the family room. So in a way that is their "play room"? But they also have a play area upstairs which is dedicated more for arts &amp; crafts. And their dollhouse lives in the spare bedroom because I think that way there's the least chance of pieces going missing.</p> <p>We are pretty clean and organized people and I can't imagine a scenario where ALL their toys actually stay in one space all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2406014 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:36:16 +0000 StrawberryBee 2406014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: thanks! With the exception of the flooring and the new rug, we were able to repurpose a lot of items from other areas of the house, so it came together pretty affordably. Unfortunately it's not well insulated so it gets pretty chilly during the winter, but that hasn't been an issue so far this season :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405823 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:03:06 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2405823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try to keep most of his toys in the den off of the kitchen. We don't have a formal living room- just a large family room in the front of the house and toys end up there too. I want to finish the basement so badly- it's already 70% finished but we've spent so much money this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405783 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:38:19 +0000 Finfan 2405783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just turned an unfinished bedroom in the basement into a gross motor play room (trampoline and big toys). We will finish our bonus room in 2016 and turn that into a regular play room. For now, all the toys are in the living room and it's crazy! DD1 can't have toys in her room or she will never go to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405772 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:33:02 +0000 Greentea 2405772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do actually. We got a 3 bed townhouse and use the two bedrooms upstairs. The downstairs master is used as a playroom/ computer room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405739 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:15:18 +0000 Ree723 2405739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've made our conservatory into the playroom and it works perfectly. It's bright and sunny, and we close it off in the evenings as it gets chilly then, so the toys are out of sight whilst we're having our wind down in the evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405726 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:04:34 +0000 runnerd 2405726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@StrawberryBee: I have so many jealous feelings right now!!!</p> <p>our 3rd bedroom is tiny, so I really badly want to turn it into a playroom and have our kids share a room, but yea - that won't work. Infant and 2 yr old in same room next June??? :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405650 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:25:58 +0000 sorrycharlie 2405650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just bought a home with a finished breezeway off the kitchen, so that's the playroom :) they don't use it as often now that it's colder, because the ac unit is drafty (it has its own heating zone but oil heat $$$) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405648 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:24:50 +0000 rattles 2405648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a small playroom downstairs and a game room upstairs. When they're older and need less direct supervision, I'll turn the downstairs room into a study/computer/game space and the upstairs will be their space. @Smurfette: ours is a similar setup. It's technically an office with French doors. It's right off of our kitchen/breakfast room/family room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405597 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:04:34 +0000 Smurfette 2405597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. Technically it is a bedroom but it has French doors and right off the living room. So it is a perfect location. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405569 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:55:20 +0000 Bao 2405569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: in a space for all the toys to live?!! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405553 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:48:08 +0000 kiddosc 2405553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do and I love it. It's so nice not to have to clean up the toy mess every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405542 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:45:53 +0000 matador84 2405542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. It's nice to keep toys out of other areas of the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405531 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:42:41 +0000 regberadaisy 2405531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. It's such a foreign concept to me and I'm not really interested in one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405507 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:24:19 +0000 snowjewelz 2405507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a room. When DD is older, her play space will be the basement as opposed to the living room right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405506 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:23:26 +0000 lamariniere 2405506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we did so that I could hide the mess! But alas...one of the drawbacks of apartment living... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405451 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:00:23 +0000 mediagirl 2405451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have set up our loft upstairs as a play room. it is really just an open area in between two bedrooms. We have recently removed a couch from the room and now she loves it (it really opened it up). I'm going to move two bookcases into it to store her toys. Currently it has a play table, a princess tent, a dress-up box, easel, a lazy-boy recliner (that I regret because it is so huge) and a bookcase on the side wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405447 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:58:36 +0000 jape14 2405447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We basically changed our former home office into a playroom. Neither of us WFH that often so it works fine for us. It's on our main level and has a door so it's pretty convenient! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/play-room#post-2405444 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:55:51 +0000 Bao 2405444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a designated room, but we also have a play corner in the living room. </p> [attach=1420/15/o086p4.600x450.image.jpeg] [attach=1420/15/o086p5.600x450.image.jpeg]