Our new livingroom, and remodeling plans

As I hinted at in this post, Papa and I have been brainstorming some reorganization ideas for our quaint home. We are just several weeks away from my due date now and figuring out how we can manipulate our environment to make it more comfortable for a home birth and the sixth member of our family have been weighing on my mind.

So when I told Papa I was ready to take out excess furniture he was more than happy to oblige me!

Our next renovation project is putting shelves in each of the kids’ beds to hold quieter toys, since they refuse to set their toys neatly in the toy cupboard, instead chucking them into what will be the baby’s bed, but which I currently call the toy dump. Can you sense the frustration?

Honestly, I doubt keeping toys in their beds will help much (picture toys being catapulted off their beds when they are supposed to be going to sleep), but something needs to change in that department before baby arrives and I’m willing to try something new!

Anyway, I’m writing about what I’ve already covered in this video, so I’ll stop now before I make the video pointless!

If you have any brilliant ideas on organizing small spaces, especially toy areas, please share!

Camper Update #2

Papa has been hard at work on the camper. This week we managed to paint the livingroom/kitchen area, although we were unable to go with the stripes idea. Wainscoting and curtain rods have been installed, and I purchased enough material to make curtains for both the living area and our bedroom. The kids will have individualized curtains made from material I already have.

The paint job was a rather risky process because we’re painting ontop of vinyl, but I’m so glad we’ve done it because it really does make the place feel more cozy and less plastic. I can’t wait to see how the curtains turn out, but I’m going to keep working on the second rug and get that finished up before I start the curtain project. One thing at a time!