The other end of the lounge room has become a bit of a hodge podge and dumping ground.  There’s a treadmill that hasn’t been used since I got pregnant again (was brilliant and used all the time by me before that!), a sofa bed my mum sleeps on when she visits, bookcases, a large recliner covered in “stuff” and this is where we let Emily make most of her mess.

It finally got to me the other week and I decided something had to be done – and soon!  With another bub on the way and the current one being increasingly mobile, we needed a kid focussed space that they would be safe in.  So operation nesting / getting organised has begun!  (I have plans for other rooms and different parts of the garden, but one thing at a time…).

This is what we started with:

“The Mess”

The plan will be to get rid of the treadmill (already done!), at some point the sofa bed will go too.  The bookcases will be reduced/moved to new locations and we will get rid of a whole lot of books as well.  There’s a coffee table down the end and it, as well as the things on it, need to go too.  We have a kid size table/chairs that can then go up against the window for them to use as they get older, an easy-clean play mat to cover the carpet and a barrier to put right across the whole area to create a safe “we know where they are” space for them to play so I can disappear for a minute or two and know they are safe and not getting into things they shouldn’t.

We should be able to make some quick progress on most parts of this, so hopefully each update will show a fair bit of improvement!

What do you think?  What else are “must haves” for a space like this?  I think the wall with the air conditioner on it might be screaming out for some photos to be printed and put up too.