Garrance + Gaspard’s Play Space Makeover | August 2018

Garrance (7) and Gaspard (4) have a lovely little play space in their sunroom at the back of the house. The space is dedicated to them minus half of the shelving unit which is used for general storage. They have mostly IKEA-type storage for their toys, which had become a jumbled treasure chest of materials over time that were buried deep.

Client goals:

• Mum wanted a space that was more organized and allowed for more independence and greater play arcs.
• Garrance wanted a place she could do art, and for it to be easier to have friends over and play.
• They rent their home so they did not want anything attached to walls.
• I also tackled their art storage chest, and created a little reading nook in the kids’ bedroom.

Here are the main things I did:

• So much sorting and organizing! Garrance is an avid artist and also the owner of so many teeny tiny toys. There were totes and baskets filled with them that needed to be sorted through and organized. This is where the main chunk of my time was spent.
• Rearranged the storage box in the room to be under the windows to free up floor space for a designated art nook.
• Brought down the dollhouse from the kids’ bedroom as well as the small table and chair.
• Purchased an IKEA Raskog cart to use as an art cart. Most of what was in their art storage chest was moved over here.
• Used the two lower shelves on the large shelves for small world play toys and dress-up/gross motor storage.
• Created a reading nook in the kids’ bedroom using a chair and cart that was already there, but I moved to the free space created when I moved the table and chair to the playroom.

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