One Room Down...

Unfortunately no, this mess has not been staged.

The kids toy room was completely out of hand, without proper storage areas it would quickly change from clean to disaster in less than a day.

After wanting to put shelves in the closet for months now, I finally got around to doing it.

{All by myself!}

The metal rack that is shown to the right of the closet used to serve as the toy storage area, but it was unstable and couldn't fit all of the toys on it.  So, it has been disassembled and most toys are now stored inside the closet.  The rest of the room has been rearranged.

I hung a really long shelf on the wall in front of the art table.

I have been searching my head for ideas on how to display the kids art work in a cool inexpensive way.

As I was purchasing supplies for hanging the shelf, it came to me.

I'll use the individual sides of the metal rack, hang them from the shelf, 

and make a display wall.

So, that's what I did.

Now it looks like a real art space instead of a random table shoved in the corner.

I also put a small shelf above the kids kitchen that I made a few years ago, and I'll eventually put some hooks underneath to hang the cooking utensils.

The space is nice and clean for now.

We got rid of 5 boxes worth of stuff{toys and trash.

It has survived for 2 whole days without disaster or mess.

Now that everything has a place, hopefully cleanup will be much easier.

We'll see :)

I still want to repaint the room.

I want to paint the entire room in chalkboard paint, but hubby says no.

I know I'll atleast have different sections of the wall designated for that purpose.

So, one room down, the rest of the house to go.

The past few weeks, I have been going through the house trying to organize, throwing things away, and simplifying.

Notice I didn't say cleaning...hah, yeah, I need to do that too.

Bottom Bunk Blues

{Bottom Bunk Blues}

For those of you who grew up with bunk beds, you know how freakin awesome they are.

I could write a book about all of the adventures my siblings and I had with our bunk beds while growing up, but I wont....  

If you've ever had bunk beds you'll remember that the top bunk is totally awesome while being stuck on the bottom can be pretty lame.  

That's how it has been for KennaKat.  Ethylwolfe is 5 and she is 3.  Being doomed to the bottom bunk for the next 2 years isn't such hot news to a 3 year old who wants to be as big as her big brother.  She has had bottom bunk blues for a few weeks now.

SO, what to do?  

Make the bottom bunk totally awesome!

That's what!!