Before and After Playroom Reveal

My daughter has an awkward shaped playroom under our stairs. She loves the space for her smaller toys, and we love that she gets to have everything tucked away. Last year we cleaned out all of our outdoor cushions and Christmas junk we normally put in there and let her pick out her very own color for it at Lowes. We tried to steer her toward a pretty lavender, gray, even a light green- but she saw this BRIGHT obnoxious pink on the clearance cart and HAD TO HAVE IT. Parents, you get it, not worth the fight. 

It took about an hour to paint the room, but then it was ready- glaringly pink room under the stairs. We often lovingly call it the "Hobbit Hole," sometimes the "Harry Potter Cupboard," and since the paint job- most often "the pink room." The other day while she chattered away happily I happened to peek in the room, I was floored- it was a total wreck. Now, she's a four year old, I recognize things get messy, and I'd seen this room messy before- but not only was it messy, but the walls were so overwhelming that I had to take a step back... this room needed help. 

We went to Lowes and I begged asked her to pick a new color, It will be fun I said, you can help I said. Nope. She likes pink pink pink. Super. I remembered that I recently did some decals in my house from Trading Phrases- maybe I could find something there to offset the look? Perhaps? I did! I fell head over heels in love with these dots. 

I knew it would be super cute, but I had to debate for a while if I would get cute confetti colors (rainbow) or stick to a solid gold. I posed it to the toddler- surprise, she picked "gold, like a princess hat," (read: Crown). Shocker. I ordered and the dots came in only THREE DAYS. I was floored, and amazed, rarely do projects come in the mail before I'm already dreaming up the next thing. I picked up a cardboard "A" from Hobby Lobby and slapped some navy paint on it. Navy, pink and gold go together, right? 

 

One day after work I decided it was time- this was happening! I crawled in the Hobbit hole, threw junk into piles (and the garbage, shhhhh- she'll never know) and got to work! Once I had enough space to move around easily I grabbed a sheet of dots and suck them all over my "A." Loving the look of it, I eyed the walls. Question: Should I come from the corner and cascade out like a confetti explosion, or should I do them uniformally around the space equally spaced? This only stumped me for about 30 seconds- if I did them uniform I'd have to measure, and if she ever peeled any off it would kill my minor OCD tendencies. 

I started sticking- and about 10 minutes later the whole room was done to my satisfaction, and I had a LOT of dots left. I stuck the "A" up with some commando strip velcro (I love this stuff so much) in case I wanted to swap it out later. After seeing it all together I wonder if I should have left the dots off of the letter- is it too much? Give me your feedback! 

For the grand reveal- she squeeled! For about 20 minutes of work, we are both really happy. Do I wish that she will change her mind on the color? Yes. Can I stomach it more easily now? Absolutely! 

For a final question: Does anyone know what else I should stick these gold dots on? I was amazed how many come in a set!