Posts Tagged ‘child spaces’

Rearrangements

Monday, July 20th, 2015

Although our apartment is somewhat spacious—for New York City—we need to be creative about how we use our space due to its layout. There is no hallway—each room leads into the next. The bedrooms are right next to each other, and frankly I like having the children close at hand through the night.

Of our two common rooms, one is much more light, airy and spacious as the other. It’s always been our living room. The other room held our dining table and all of Haley’s toys and activities (art table, play kitchen, doll house, etc.)

Now, we have an active crawler joining the fray who loves to play—especially with balls—and we realized that the small room was just not going to cut it as a playroom anymore. So over the weekend, we pulled a switcheroo.

Thankfully, my family stopped by for an impromptu visit, so we had plenty of people to help us move things, wrangle children and consider what would and would not work with the new set-up. And we couldn’t be more pleased with the results! We will be able to make better use of our dining table. The kids have more room to stretch out. They will be less apt to watch television since it’s in the smaller room now. But more than anything, we were just ready for a change. Our family isn’t the same as it used to be, and it feels great to make our home reflect that. It’s kind of amazing how physical differences can affect your mental state.

Hope you have a positive week and that you’re happy in your space, too.