Why?
What is cute, is not always practical- for KIDs especially.
There may not be enough space, right sleeping arrangments, toys are just annoying, books always look messy. And for those reasons I don't think I will ever have a "pottery barn kids" room.
kill for one though.
I LOVE our new house. with that being said however we are kind of squished in here and I'm still trying to figure out how and where to put things. I still have a pile of pictures sitting in the corner of my living room. (you'll see how the kids walls are picture-less).
Because of that we decided to do a trial run of putting Jack and Syd together! {*calm down*} In the same room {I'm never going to sleep again}
Jack LOVEs his crib and LOVES to sleep.
Syd has ALWAYS been the VeRY opposite. no nap. no sleep. who needs sleep.
So why change my perfectly happy lifestlyle? For space?
Yup.
When we visited my parents they slept in the same bed together and loved it.
so, why not try at least try it... and use the other room as Den/study/computer/sewing&craft/toys. It's so crammed in there.
So their room started out like this.
its ok cute. nothing spectacular. little too girly for Jack. My plan was (kind still is) to put up his antique cars on a ledge and make them their own pillow shams (wanna be PBk style) and quilts so half the room/bed is boy and girl. i haven't got that far. I'm slow. I tell ya, moving this 3 times in 2 1/2 years has really taken it out of me. My house is suffering. and I don't care. ok I care a little.
*I did find the awesome duvet, shams and decorative pillow, bed skirt for $5 at a garage sale!* cant beat that.
This is the other side of the room.
I know books spilling out, blankets falling from the closet. I care so much about you that I didn't even clean up. (but honestly I wonder if there is a you out there reading this)
Here is the problem with this arrangement.
by the window my butt doesn't even slide back there. and the kids hit their heads on the window ledge.
and its a slim fit between the foot of the bed and Jacks Dresser.
So since the tikes are so little we figured they can sleep as they were on a sideways bed.
It's not as pretty- right? Tell me what you think.
It does give a lot more playing space.
*gotta find their rug...* still missing to many things.
I moved the bookshelf over under their painting.
Story about that bear? He is an MP3 bear. hook up the IPod and he sings kids to sleep. I love it. It was so cheap at a PB Outlet. Lets all write PB and get them to put an outlet here? PLEASE. You will love it, I will love it.
Things are actually reasonably priced at the outlet, some even CHEAP! (like this bear)
ummm don't know what to do with this, neon pink thing. but we need more bookshelves...I'll put it here.
yup not even 5 min after nicely putting them in, he's destroying.
I really like having hooks.
why? Because I can teach my kids to pick up their stuff easier.
They can hang up their towels and jackets here. Teaches them early...and takes 2 more things off my list.
ok. The end. Not that fabulous but it is working :) we might just keep it this way. haha.
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