We have an addition on the back of our house that is pretty big. We have our dining room table in there, our piano, and (regrettably) stacks of boxes still from the second floor re-carpeting. Tyler and I didn't have a clue what we wanted to do with the south half of the room and the lack of furniture allowed for too much acoustic ability, displayed by of the kids’ enthusiastic, echoing screams. Then I pitched the idea of a kids’ area. I spend most of my time in the kitchen or at the table, so I wanted to have the kids close where I could keep an eye on them while they play. Thanks to an IKEA catalog and a recent trip to Cincinnati, we have started to roll out the new room. We still need a 3-cube shelf for all of the art/drawing supplies, canvas containers for some of the cubicles, a selection of toys dug out of our endless supply still boxed up, and some fun pictures on the walls, but so far it is coming together as well as I had hoped it would. If it keeps the kids from fighting constantly over toys, crawling up the walls, and jumping on the furniture all winter long, then it is definitely worth it! I am hoping that we will get the walls painted a light yellow back there soon, which will hopefully tie everything together.Blue and yellow ... does that get us ousted out of the family, Buckeye fans?
Take clothsline and drap (swag)it across your walls horizontally... put a few clothes pins on it to collect and proudly display your kid's handy work. It will not only be beautiful handmade decoration but will help soften the echos and screams of excitement from your little ones.
ReplyDeleteLove the little pod chair thingy. :) Do the kids use it a lot?
ReplyDeleteThey do. Even P. uses it ... she thinks it is hilarious when S. closes the lid on her and spins her around. It was a pricey chair, but worth it!
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