Bibbity Bobbity Boo!

My journey to make Olive's room the coolest in the house began a few months ago. I wanted to create a fun space for her to play, create, and sleep!  Up until a little bit ago, Olive would only venture to her room to poop! (TMI??). We'd hear her door shut and knew exactly what she was up to. I am happy to report that is no longer the case (thanks in part to the poop jar). 

I have spent most of my summer break turning her room into a fun space. Not to toot my own horn, but now that this project is complete, I feel like I have achieved my goal: Olive LOVES playing (not pooping!) in her room!!! (TOOT! TOOT!)

Little miss Olive loves to play dress up, but her costumes were everywhere throughout our house! Every where you looked you'd find a tutu, tiara, necklace, princess shoe, or magic wand! I can't tell you how many times I accidentally stepped on her tiara. Talk about painful! I needed to solve this dress up nightmare! I needed to find a way to store Olive's dress up clothes so she could easily locate everything AND easily put it away. I decided to make a costume rack to go with her princess shoe rack. It is really easy to make and pretty inexpensive (I paid 15 bucks for materials)! 

I bought an ugly, brown 2' x 4' pegboard from Lowe's for less than 5 bucks! I used the purple paint (from the princess shoe rack project) to make it pretty! I applied two coats over a 24 hour period and painted a top coat of Polycrylic to protect against scratches.

I also purchased a variety pack of peg hooks which came with spacers, screws, 27 hooks, and the little plastic things to secure the hooks. Basically, it came with everything you need for a costume rack and it cost less than $3! I realized I hadn't taken a picture of the peg hook package after all of the costumes were up.  I took a picture of the leftover materials...sorry! 

My handy hubby helped me attach the pegboard to the wall. It helps to have another person on this step. It's a little difficult (but not impossible) to hold the spacer between the wall and pegboard while screwing it to the wall.

Once the pegboard is secured to the wall you can begin inserting the hooks. Don't secure the hooks until you are sure they are all in the right place. They aren't difficult to remove, it's just a pain in the butt to move them after you have the hooks secure (yes, I'm speaking from experience!).

Olive loves her costume rack and I love not stepping on tiaras!

Enjoy!

~Meghan