When we finished our basement years ago we finished off the "under the stairs" area for the kids. My husband made a little door and a window trying to make it look somewhat like a house. At some point I wanted do something with the area. I was thinking a wall mural of some kind. Maybe a grocery store or a library would be cute. However, I am not an artist and I am too cheap to higher a real artist. So, I got out my chalkboard paint and painters tape and taped away.
It took three good coats of paint and it was finished. Isn't it cute?
Looking at the pictures, I am not sure why we decided to put an electric outlet right below the little window. What were we thinking? I should have painted it with chalkboard paint.
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Oh my gosh - what a cute idea! My sons would love, love, love that!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great ! How cute!
ReplyDeleteFun idea cute girl!!!
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Love it! You have such great ideas!
ReplyDeleteVery cute. I'm sure your kids love it!
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Well, actually, every little house should have a candle in the window for the holidays..and you can plug yours in! This is an awesome play area! Oh, to be a child again....
ReplyDeletevery creative! thanks for sharing.
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I LOVE IT!!! That's really a great way to help spur their imaginations!!!
ReplyDeletelooks great melissa! i didn't know that is what you guys had planned-always full of great ideas!
ReplyDeleteThat is so adorable! I love that you just used chalkboard paint! So perfect. Wish we had a spot like this in our house! LOVE IT!!! I am sure your kids do too!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Know your children must love it, too! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe have a little playhouse like that under the stairs! They are just so sweet.
ReplyDeleteThat was a great idea! I bet it has started some new make believe thoughts for the kids.
ReplyDeletewhat a great little spot! It's so cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Maybe you can camouflage the outlet with a window box for chalk and erasers.
ReplyDeleteVery cute!! I wish we had an area like that, my boys would love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!!!! That is the cutest thing I've ever seen. I wish my kids (or me) had had something like that.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I like to see - it looks great and your kids will have hours of fun in there!
ReplyDeleteInstead of painting over the outlet, you could build a window box to cover over it. Then store your chalk, erasers and a few flowers in it.
ReplyDeleteadorable! nice work!
ReplyDeleteYou were thinking the little house might want some twinkling lights around the window and door!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super idea for that often utalized space!!
Oh, I absolutely love it! Might need to do something like that in our basement, although, I would have to talk Brian into it first. You are so creative!!!
ReplyDeleteOH I love it!I wish we had a staircase in this house!!
ReplyDeleteI love it! What a great idea and the chalkboard paint is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteYears ago, I had a little "shed" in my backyard. It was very primative; walls were white, horizontal pine boards. The very bottom board on one of the walls had a small hole in it so using black paint, I painted a black arch over/around it and wrote (in small letters with a black permanent marker) "Home Sweet Home". It looked like a little mousehole, the kind you would see in a cartoon! Too cute and always gave smiles to those who entered. (The shed that is, not the mousehole!) :-)
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me? That is incredible. I for sure am missing a gene or something. I do not have those skills.
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