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How to Use Your Loft as a Playroom

Don’t have an extra room for a playroom? Turn your loft into one!

Below are 3 simple tips on how to use your loft as a playroom.

A huge thank you to Lorena Canals for sponsoring this post. Affiliate links are also used in this post, at no cost to you.

TIP # 1 – HAVE AMPLE HIDDEN STORAGE FOR TOYS

If you put a playroom in your loft, you MUST have a place for your child’s toys when guests come over. Put the largest toys in a hall closet, and smallest toys in baskets or storage cubes. If you don’t have a built-in hall closet, I’d suggest putting up a stand-alone wardrobe like this one from CB2 or the PAX collection at IKEA.

Love my hidden storage cubes? Check out my IKEA Kallax cubby hack HERE

TIP # 2 – USE ALL AVAILABLE WALL SPACE, BUT LEAVE DOOR OPENINGS CLEAR

You need the openings to bedrooms, bathrooms and closet doors clear.  Draw out the layout of your loft to see how many large items you can fit. In our playroom, we had three sizeable corner areas so I chose a teepee, storage cubes, and a sitting area.

Playroom layout plans

A sitting area fit for a princess!

A kid’s teepee for reading and hiding out!

TIP # 3 – KEEP IT SIMPLE, LESS IS MORE

I learned from Ralphie of Simply On Purpose that too many choices are overwhelming to a child. The fewer the toys, the deeper the learning and creativity. You want to foster an imaginative environment; therefore the less the toys do, the more they can become, in play. An added bonus is that your loft isn’t completely overrun by toys!

Safety Concerns?

Use these products to baby proof your loft! Install a banister guard, outlet covers and a baby gate for the top of the stairs.

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Before You Go

Have you seen my tutorial on how to build an organized kids closet system for $100?

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today – I truly appreciate each and every one of you. If you have any questions about this project, leave a comment for me below.

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Three simple tips on how to use your loft as a playroom

Three simple tips on how to use your loft as a playroom

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