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Playroom WDYT?
My two options for a "playroom" were in my breakfast area or make my empty dining room into a playroom. I have a bonus and two spare bedrooms upstairs, but since my bedroom is downstairs and everything we do is do downstairs, it just makes more sense to keep it downstairs.
I went crazy this afternoon and moved my kitchen set into the dining room and made a playroom, built the toy shelf, got mats and everything. This is a trial, then we will try the dining room and see which we prefer. We'll get rid of the hanging light if we stay with this set up WDYT?? Is it horrid to have on your first floor?
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Re: Playroom WDYT?
Looks like a great space! YAY!
My only question is: is there a way to section off that space so baby can't escape? I know there are times I need to run and do something real quick and I feel ok because Brooks & Caroline are sectioned off in an area I know is safe to leave them in.
Does your other room have a doorway that you could put up a baby gate on?
***Baby #3: BFP Mother
This is exactly what I was thinking...
I totally need to do this in one of our empty rooms downstairs! Fantastic idea, and DS got a play mat for Christmas! (LOL like he knew what that was, I guess it was more a present for my sanity!)
Well I've been to your house a few times so I can comment from experience...i think there are pros and cons to both set ups. If u do the dining room as the playroom u can put gates in the 2 openings (one to the hallway/front door & one to the kitchen to completely box her in. If you leave it in the eat in kitchen I guess u can gate the kitchen to dining room area and maybe at the hallway from the living room. The dining room is def. the easiest set up to box her in if u are trying to cook and not want her climbing on the furniture. hope that makes sense. of course if u spend a lot of time in the living room area then where u have it might make more sense so she's got her area. Thats a lot of rambling. lemme know if that doesn't make sense
It must be playroom day!!! I too organized all the toys...it must be all the cmas stuff needed to be put away!!
Anyway it looks great! Im not sure of your set up exactly but what an awesome area to have!
I really like the playspace in your breakfast area - perfect since you can see her from the kitchen & family room. I would either keep it that way or make one of your upstairs rooms a designated playroom. I like the playroom idea since the toys are mostly contained into one room that's out of the way & you could contain her in that space if you needed to get some stuff done.
I'm in a mood to get most of the kiddie stuff out of our main living space (a couple of nice baskets are OK to me, but just not the Toys R Us feel we have going on now), so I would definitely not want it in the dining room. Just not the first impression I would want to make upon entering my home - I'm sure your kitchen set is a great use for that space anyway!
Having been in your house before, I vote keeping it in the b'fast area. No, you can't close it off, but more than likely, you'll be in the living room or kitchen, which are both open to the b'fast area. Yes, you could gate her into the dining room, but unless you wanted to leave her unsupervised, you'd have to be in the room with her, which wouldn't always be convenient.
It looks great!