Doorway Playhouse - Crafty or Creative Ideas?

Updated on July 18, 2012
J.S. asks from Saint Paul, MN
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Hi all,

My daughter has two closets in her bedroom. One is a big bi-fold closet (that we use for all her clothing and stuff) and the other is a big regular closet. It's big though, not quite a walk in, but almost. This space we've used for storing baby stuff, and clothing that she's out grown or that someone has handed down to us that is too big.

I'm doing some cleaning, and "shifting" things around in her room to make space for a new storage thing I got for her at Ikea today... and I had a thought of how cool it would be to take the door off the hinges, and make that space a little cozy play space. I could put her bookshelf in there, a nice rug on the floor, and make it cozy with a little lamp.

I thought I could be fun to have a special fabric "door" for her to go in and out that would make it cozier. I've done a little looking, but haven't seen anything except a Step2 doorway playhouse, which is more for babies, and not really what I was thinking.

I might be able to make something, but my sewing skills are pretty sad. I might put this on the Christmas List, if I can find something cute. I checked Etsy, but didn't find anything.

Do any of you have any ideas?

Thanks!
J.

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

Use a fabric shower curtain, and curtain rod with rings, to make the fabric "door" for her storage room/play house. Just get a pressure mounted curtain rod, for the doorway, to hang the fabric shower curtain on. Easy.

Get a cute area rug for it to lay on the floor.
Get cute fuzzy pillows for that "room," for her to arrange in there and hang out.
Get a cute battery lamp or light, for it. But I assume, that storage room already has a ceiling light in it?
Or get a Japanese lantern, type "lamp" to put in there.
It will create, ambience.

You do not have to buy a "play house" for in there.
Or, get from Walmart, a toddler play tent. That she can play in, in there.

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V.P.

answers from Columbus on

My daughter has two closets as well -- I just turned one into her "office" -- there's just enough room for her bookshelf and desk, and I ran an extension cord in for a cute lamp. Bulletin board, posters, and a bunch of fun decorations -- she was thrilled.

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R.K.

answers from Boston on

What a wonderful idea. Perhaps you could use light curtains on a springrod, with the sides held back by a coordinating piece of fabric. No sewing! You might also consider stars on the ceiling or a mobile of stars or birds.

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L.M.

answers from Cleveland on

i just saw this on pinterest. If you want to pm me privately, i can probably show you the link,

It's exactly like others are saying with a tension rod.- What i saw was just darling, It was only about 3 ft high, and they had just either sewed or hot glued/fabic glued, felt windows and I think there might have been a second tension rod a foot higher with a curtain that was red like a roof. if you couldnt' sew the two pieces together. total is was 315 4 ft high so light could still get in, it was maybe more for a hallway than a closet, but you could easily adapt the idea.

for others that don't have a closet, a clothes line and a sheet decorated to look like a little cottage is super sweet too. I"ve seen one that you can sew to fit over a rectangle table so there are 4 walls. FUN!!

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R.R.

answers from Los Angeles on

Hi J. ツ

What I did with my daughter was put up a tension rod and used curtain panels we tied to a hook on either side of the doorway. You could also use a flat sheet cut and hemmed down the middle. After awhile she wanted just a valance up top, she preferred an "open" as opposed to a "closed" effect.

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B.A.

answers from Chicago on

I would use a spring loaded shower curtain rod. Braid ribbon around it to cover the actual rod then tie ribbons around to create a door, privacy but not too much. I would then put in a desk, very small but functionsl that could grow with her. Then create a play office with all the back to school/college stuff there is cute office stuff available for her to decorate the space with and create with. Then perhaps a small cozy chair either for her to read or visitors to her office.

K.M.

answers from Chicago on

I had something like this as a teen, I use a tension shower rod and bought ribbons and beads and tulle and stuff like that and I "tied" them to the top. I would add beads to the ribbons, plain ribons, glue rhinestones onto the tulle and it fascened them like the little tutus

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoKpCU...

It was nice and gurly - LOVED IT!

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