If you follow me on IG you know I am a huge lover of closed storage. Kids toys, arts and crafts & household items don’t need to be visible. Closed storage gives a visual calmness to your space. For our office/ playroom we created a built-in to house all the toys and books.
We used 3 two-drawer base cabinets for the bottom, a butcher block countertop for the counter and shelves & stacked two upper cabinets to the ceiling on each side for the top. Using kick-board pieces from the same cabinet maker and trim to match the room, we created a soffit on top to house some sconce lighting. The tricky part was making sure the lighting was the perfect size to fit the space. It couldn’t have a large faceplate or drop down too low to hit the cabinet doors and prevent them from opening.
All of the products we used are linked.
DIY Built-In
DIY Rainbow Shelves
These unfinished shelves were perfect for a wall display for my unicorn and rainbow loving 6-year-old. I used craft paint in pastel colors and painted each shelf with two coats of paint. You could use a sealant as a topcoat if you are putting plants or anything on them that may stain or soak into the wood. Since we were just displaying books and toys, we did not put a top coat. Make sure that you space the shelves out according to what you are displaying. For our purposes we used a larger picture book as a guide to make sure it would fit on the shelves
