Bonus Room Refresh REVEAL – Kaleidoscope Living

How we use our bonus room has modified since we initially set it up. So we gave it a refresh and it is REVEAL time!

Hello buddies! For those who observe me on Instagram you recognize that this “little” room refresh has taken us the higher a part of a month. What can I say? Between my loopy work schedule main as much as and throughout the Lovely Residence Lovely Life summit and touring for Spring Break, this was not a fast venture. However it was positively worthwhile!

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That is the primary home we have ever had that has a “bonus room.” I LOVE having it as a result of it is a house that all of us take pleasure in collectively as a household, nevertheless it’s additionally an area that our ladies can take pleasure in by themselves or with buddies that’s far sufficient away from our household room and kitchen that Joe and I might be doing our personal factor with out listening to the foosball banging round loudly.

For those who did not observe alongside on Instagram, here is a little bit of a recap. It began with this rug. I fell in love with this new rug from the Annie Selke Package Kemp collaboration. We had this previous rug for a few years and it had jumped from the household room in our previous home to the bonus room on this home. However I would not have chosen it for the bonus room–we used it as a result of we had it (which was true of LOTS of issues within the earlier model of our bonus room). The second I laid eyes on the brand new rug, however, I felt like this room wanted it. I do know, dramatic however true. We took some measurements so we might select the right measurement for the world rug and ordered that magnificence!

Once we initially arrange our bonus room, I researched all types of bonus room concepts for households and got here up with a structure that labored rather well for us on the time. However now that our ladies are 11-years-old we’ve discovered that they need and wish extra open flooring house than our earlier furnishings association allowed for. That is largely as a result of they bought these VR gadgets for Christmas and also you want unobstructed house to make use of them. Enjoyable reality… all of us 4 have a lot enjoyable with them and play them so much as a household. Extremely advocate.

Soooooooo, since we have been going to want to take away all of the furnishings to swap out the rugs, I stated to Joe, “Since we’ve to maneuver all of the furnishings off the rug anyway, it could be a very good time to rearrange the furnishings.” And that, my buddies, known as PROJECT CREEP. Occurs to us on a regular basis. Are you able to relate?

I do nonetheless have some organzing/storage issues to tweak and as soon as I am carried out with that, I’ll share an entire submit about our storage secrets and techniques on this room in Might, so keep tuned for that.

Okay, now that you understand how this refresh unfolded let’s dive into the small print (and don’t fret, you will discover a whole supply record on the backside of this submit).

How the Bonus Room Used to Look

This is a reminder of what our bonus room used to appear like and a reminder of how the furnishings was organized.

As soon as we determined it might be a very good time to rearrange the furnishings even MORE venture creep occurred. As a result of by transferring the furnishings round, nearly all the pieces on the partitions must be moved as effectively. And as you will have heard me discuss in my Instagram tales, I did not actually love the previous gallery wall anyway. I largely hung these framed photographs (lots of that are 20+ years previous) in order that we would not be watching a clean wall after we moved in, lol. However I knew I needed one thing a bit extra graphic and colourful than all these black frames. Including colourful art work/wall hangings is certainly one of my suggestions for adorning with coloration even when it scares you.

Bonus Room Refresh REVEAL

It is onerous to inform from the photographs, however we gained A TON of open flooring house with this new structure regardless that all the identical furnishings was used. This is how the bonus room appears to be like now.

Swapping out the curtains and the rug made a HUGE influence within the house. The primary curtains I hung at all times simply felt a bit too heavy and formal. These new curtains (which I additionally utilized in Attley’s toilet makeover–they’re so good) really feel enjoyable and informal, which is strictly what I needed.

It took me some time to determine what I needed to do on the partitions. I reinvented our monogram gallery wall by portray among the As and hanging them on the “new” TV wall. I like a very good gallery wall (you possibly can see my favourite gallery wall concepts and suggestions right here). This is not a Body TV (you possibly can learn my unbiased evaluate of the Samsung Body TV right here–we’ve one in our household room). However I DID add some digital artwork to the screensaver so it isn’t such an eyesore once we aren’t watching it. It is truly very easy to add digital artwork to any sensible TV!

On the other wall, I rehung the enlarged DIY watercolor work my ladies and I did collectively a few years in the past.

And I nonetheless have the three 36 x 36-inch canvases on the again wall, I simply repainted them. There is a lengthy again story to why I made a decision to color over the previous canvases that I had painted for our previous home–you possibly can hear me discuss it in these saved Instagram tales if you’re curious). For those who do not need to DIY art work your self, take a look at my artwork picks for a household room.

Not a lot modified on the “recreation” aspect of the room apart from the truth that we moved our Peloton into the house beside our foosball desk. And sure, we do retailer all of their American Lady Doll stuff below the foosball desk. It really works. I attempt to not over model my photographs to the purpose that you do not see how we truly USE the areas. So please benefit from the view of their horses and bin of doll stuff below the foosball desk, lol.

And the ladies’ craft desk remains to be behind the couch. There are 2 stools that they sit on and that slide below the desk once they aren’t utilizing them. And sure, there’s loads of clearance to stroll behind the desk and sit at it comfortably 🙂 That is certainly one of my favourite IKEA desk hacks (the desktop is an IKEA kitchen counter).

Aspect-by-Aspect Comparisons

In case you are like me, it is a lot simpler to “spot the modifications” with side-by-side photographs, so right here you go!

Bonus Room Supply Listing

I’ve included hyperlinks to all the pieces potential. Some issues cannot be linked, just like the art work, as a result of they’re DIYs. And I am unable to discover hyperlinks to the As on the gallery wall as a result of I’ve collected them over the course of 8+ years. Our actual recliners are not obtainable, however I’ve linked to 1 that’s nearly equivalent. The IKEA cupboards cannot be linked through Prefer to Know It, however you will discover them right here.

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