Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Style and beauty

Looking for style advice? Chat all about it here. For the latest discounts on fashion and beauty, sign up for Mumsnet Moneysaver emails.

do you have a room you call a "playroom" a spice rack OR a feature wall?

282 replies

MaureenCognito · 13/10/2012 18:10

if so: you lose

OP posts:
beanandspud · 13/10/2012 19:44

I have a room with a treadmill (mostly used to hang coats on) and a yoga mat (rolled up in the corner).

Can I call it The Gym?

Willabywallaby · 13/10/2012 19:44

I would love a feature wall, unfortunately our house is mostly unchanged from when we bought it 6 years ago, so has a middle aged look Blush

WiseKneeHair · 13/10/2012 19:44

everlong
We have a drumset in our playroom. Wink

VerityClinch · 13/10/2012 19:46

In our house we have

Conservatory
Playroom
Living room
Kitchen

In the house we should exchange on next week we have

Conservatory
Playroom
Living room
Snug (not study, that's upstairs)
Entrance hall (bigger than the snug and deserving therefore of a name - apparently - according to the "property consultants" (note, not estate agents))

But no spice rack or feature wall.

ATourchOfInsanity · 13/10/2012 19:46

Sara you could just ask her if that is worse than being sick sick? Or has she not vomited?
My mum would have gone spare if I ever said I was 'poorly'. Funny how these things are passed down. It's because of her I have no spice rack, feature wall, vase of twigs or a play room. Also no lounge, settee, etc etc. It's like a secret language, isn't it?
My dad really couldn't give a toss. Most advice I get from him is "kids are meant to be dirty" whenever I try to wipe DD's face Hmm

terrywoganstrousers · 13/10/2012 19:47

No, but I have a sister with all those things...AND she uses Glade plugins. what does it mean?

MrsShrek3 · 13/10/2012 19:47

oi. I've got two spice racks. (minus two then?)
no feature wall cos they're chavvy
no play room but we have something far far worse....
a MUSIC room Shock Grin (minus how many for that then?)
Why do I lose then? [curious]
Grin

VerityClinch · 13/10/2012 19:47

And a kitchen obv. Blush

amillionyears · 13/10/2012 19:48

Used to,previously was a lounge,now a bedroom. My rooms change use over the years.
No.
No.

Everlong · 13/10/2012 19:48

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 13/10/2012 19:48

I have 4 spice racks

I don't use them anymore but they are Habitat ones,they are quite nice really, but now they're stuck behind a fridge freezerConfused

No feature wall here, that would involve decoratingHmm

Or playroom, that would involve a bigger house.....

VerityClinch · 13/10/2012 19:49

I still don't see what the problem with "playroom" is.

Unless those of us with two reception rooms, neither of which needs to be a dining room, are supposed to jam all the sofas, tv, kids crap into one room and leave the other one empty?

ouryve · 13/10/2012 19:52

WIN!

There's 8 walls in this room. How on earth would I choose one to cover with oversized stylised flowery wallpaper and call it a feature?

VerityClinch · 13/10/2012 19:55

You live in an octagon?

BoringSchoolChoiceNickname · 13/10/2012 19:56

No no no
I have a pull out spice cupboard thing which is excellent and a games room which is full of Lego and snooker table.

BoringSchoolChoiceNickname · 13/10/2012 19:59

By my reckoning a standard Victorian terrace front room with a bay window has 12 walls btw, but four of them are tiny and three are mostly window.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 13/10/2012 20:00

My chimney wall is a feature wall.

My little spice rack sits in the mini alcove where the little doors are, originally there so one could pass through dishes from the kitchen into what was originally the living room/diner but they are now hid by an overly large TV and the dining room is in the extension. Hmm

I don't do play or rooms dedicated to, when they are not in school./nursery they are kept in cages in the garage.

noisytoys · 13/10/2012 20:08

I only have a jar of mixed spice it would look a bit lonely in a whole spice rack all by itself

HumphreyCobbler · 13/10/2012 20:08

No to spice rack, playroom or feature wall.

But I do have a dairy. Do I win?

baskingseals · 13/10/2012 20:08

i have spices in an old roses tin. does that count as a spice rack, or am i not trying hard enough?

DillyTante · 13/10/2012 20:09

Not only do we not have a nursery the baby's room is still known as the spare room.

HoopDePoop · 13/10/2012 20:16

'The Snug' Hmm arghh makes my teeth itch just typing it, so twee!

forevergreek · 13/10/2012 20:17

Playroom yes ( they share a bedroom so all the mess is contained to one other room)
Spice rack- several, it's erm where the spices are! But they ate in the cupboard as make too much clutter. We also use every day, it's called cooking!
Feature wall- nope

skandi1 · 13/10/2012 20:19

I have magnetic spice jars on a kitchen wall. I have a playroom with a feature wall.

Am going to go and stick the magnetic spice jars onto the DCs magnetic board in the playroom with the feature wall.

I do believe I win. Grin

cheesesarnie · 13/10/2012 20:25

have a play room and study but no to spice rack as wouldn't know what to do with them and no to feature wall as we rent.

playroom is so that spoilt dcs have more space in their rooms and so that i can close the door and hide the tat.