I am considering converting the closet in the baby room to a reading nook, and just getting a nice dresser for clothes. It is more important that my child be surrounded by books than fancy clothes!
I think if we have a girl, the dresses could still hang to one side in the closet or something... and by the time she is old enough for the dresses to be really long, she'll be too big for the reading nook anyway. I have five brothers, and none of them ever used the closet for anything but toys until they were teenagers. Ha ha ha.
There are already built in shelves down the right side. There is a "futon shelf" at the top, which could either be removed, used for storage, or possibly even used as a type of loft to play in (it's QUITE strong). I don't think I would mess with adding in wired lights, but we have solar camping lanterns that would be safe and fun.
Thoughts? Anyone else considering going without a closet?
Re: Reading Nook
Thank you, ladies, for commenting! You've given me some things to consider.
FTM -- gotta ask, right? lol