A couple of weeks ago I revealed Bre’s room makeover, thanks to the help of my fabulous friends. Amazingly enough, the former packrat has kept her space show room clean. (I think someone switched her for another child in all the chaos.)
When I shared the room, there was so much going on so fast that I didn’t show you my favorite part – her dollhouse shelf. She only requested a few things as part of her room redo – keep her desk, give her a chalkboard, and make her dollhouse easier to play with.
It took the three of us (her, Mr. SCC and me) to come up with a solution. Since Mr. SCC built this well loved (and often played with piece – notice all the missing gingerbread?), we knew it was staying. I also knew that for all her stuff she needed lots ‘o storage – and so the built in shelves were part of the overall plan. Add them together and we came up with a plan.
There’s plenty of room between her bed and desk to pull it out, along with all her accoutrements. My goal was to make it also neat & tidy before bedtime. Making the bottom shelf a roll out with heavy duty casters made it easy for her to pull out, then push right back into place. Trimming out the cabinet with the same baseboard as the other shelf hides the wheels when it’s tucked away.
Oh and did you notice her walls and trim are the same color as the doll house? Yep, she loves it that much 🙂
Hope you’re having a terrific Tuesday!
Beth says
August 9, 2011 at 1:40 pmI love it! That’s a really great idea. Such a space-saver.
Zombie says
August 9, 2011 at 1:46 pmThat is such a neat room! 🙂
ramsam says
August 9, 2011 at 1:47 pmWow, that looks great! The shelf is perfect!
Michelle says
August 9, 2011 at 2:36 pmVery cute and organized!
Catie says
August 9, 2011 at 3:02 pmWhat an awesome idea!! Tricky, tricky. : ) I just love the colors in her room.
Jan@southernjunkin' says
August 9, 2011 at 3:23 pmLooks great!! Love the colors! Anything to make clean up easier is a must for me!!
Blair says
August 9, 2011 at 5:04 pmWhat a great idea! That is certainly one way to keep the place tidier!
~Blair
The Pennington Point says
August 9, 2011 at 6:37 pmI love the dollhouse shelf, but the best part of this post: “accoutrements”
Beautiful word. It makes me smile. Lisa~
See Jamie blog says
August 9, 2011 at 8:46 pmI love the idea for the dollhouse shelf! My youngest has one, too (that my mom made for me when I was little!) but it’s not easy to play with. I may have to ponder how we could do something along these lines.
Leslie says
August 9, 2011 at 9:32 pmSO happy to hear that she adjusted to her space and actually loves the “new” grown-up her!
Tell her hello for me?
HUGS.
~me
NanaDiana says
August 9, 2011 at 11:54 pmGina – that was just genius! Love the idea that it is on casters and little Miss can pull it out and play with it at will. The whole room is just beautiful and I bet she loves spending time in there now- xo Diana
Thrifty Treasure Hunter says
August 10, 2011 at 2:20 pmthat’s sheer genius, when I was reading I just thought it pulled out but was attached like kitchen cabinet sliders, then I saw it completely comes out to go where ever…but when tucked back in, looks like it’s built-in..
Love it…wish I had a girl sometimes 🙂