apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

As our little guy has grown we’ve swapped out some of the more baby elements (kitchen for rocking chair, etc.) to create a new play space (the only other space in the house for play is a small area in the living room). The whole room cost us about $150 (we bought the crib with gift cards), including all of our toys, books, rug (we wanted to save the hardwood from too many toy bonks) and furniture.

Great Tip:

If you can’t find what you want, try to make it. We don’t have space for a big, plastic play kitchen and we don’t have money for a fancy, wooden play kitchen. The answer?: I jotted out a design on scrap paper based on a picture I’d seen online, and with time, around $30, with my Dad’s tools and some paint we had on hand I made a little kitchen for the boy (he love, love, loves to play with kitchens) with hidden storage for a toy basket below. The small closet in the room is used for storage for family items so we need all the space we can get for toys. Oh, also: hide things. For example, my maternity and work clothes and the boy's baby clothes are in baskets under the crib.