Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Shared Space

I originally intended the third bedroom to be the office and craft area.  That got shot down the day before we moved upon discovery of a wiring issue.  Now it's the craft and play room.  I think this will work out well because the evenings I'm sewing the Duckie can be up with me playing on the other side of the room.  We can even bring the laptop into the room if we want to watch movies while we work.

My Mom came over Sunday to keep me company while I sorted toys and got the play half of the room organized.    We took a good look at the space and came up with a plan.

First, all of the books and free standing book shelves are going to line the walls of the back closet in the bathroom.   There's a light in there and we can easily get to the shelves even in the middle of the night.

The white built-in bookshelves I will use for small craft books, bins of crafting items, and dollhouse stuff.

The folding table I bought will eventually go next to the closet door and the nine room Tudor dollhouse will go on that.  If there's room, my small "real life" themed dollhouse will go next to it on the same table.

My Mom and Step-father renovated their kitchen last year ( or the year before) and therefore have a bunch of cabinets and countertop stored in their basement.  Mom and I are thinking that if there are enough cabinets left after some get hung in my kitchen, two of those and a piece of countertop will make a nice craft table.

And then there's the life lesson to go along with this room; Sharing Space.  I'll find some was to mark the division between playroom and craft room so I'm (eventually) not constantly clearing toys out of the craft area.  The Duckie gets to learn about sharing space BEFORE going off to college.

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