Yes, I know I should be sharing photos from our Christmas celebrations, but I’m not quite there yet. I thought instead I would share what we worked all day on yesterday. When we woke up, Sophie had a nursery and by the time we went to bed, it was all gussied up as a play room. We moved the kitchen and baby dolls into her room and added a comfy chair for reading and where mommy could watch the comings and goings.
Bonus points for not having to walk through the room of a sleeping baby to go to the restroom! And giant fail for not realizing that a bath towel was creeping out of that door before I took these pictures. Meet Tuck, Sophie’s Christmas lovie. She has never been attached to anything before now, but Nana & Grandpa gave her this sweet light up one that she calls Tuck and carries everywhere. The little blue wagon is from IKEA, courtesy of our favs K and Cory.
The kitchen fits perfectly on the hearth with room to spare for the little highchairs. I’m going to be adding wooden chairs for the girls to use around the little green table and this kitchen set up will be perfect!
And now for the sleeping room. Yesterday, Ella had it all to herself, but she’s pretty excited about sharing it with her little sister. Ultimately, we want them sharing a bed. I know that seems a little strange to go from having their own rooms to sharing a bed, but both of my girls are cuddlers. And as good as they sleep in their own little beds, they sleep MUCH better when they are snuggled up with someone else.
We have a beautiful green, iron, full-sized bed that we’ll be transitioning to this space in the next few weeks. I thought it might be a good idea to get them on a schedule and get used to each other before making the big step of putting Soph in a big girl bed.
So for now, Sophie’s crib is tucked inside the door and she slept pretty good there last night. Ella spent the night away from home, so today will be the first night together!
What used to be Ella’s closet, now holds all of her clothes, plus Sophie’s hanging clothes. I still need to pick up some shoe pockets and get those organized a little better, but it’s already more functional.
The biggest change was in Sophie’s closet. It wasn’t functional at all because all of Sophie’s clothes hung in front of the shelving. We made the most of it, but it was difficult, at best. Now that her clothes are gone, we have a great place for games, puzzles and toys. I used some baskets we had on hand to corral baby dolls and smaller toys and we hung a bulletin board in the back to hang up their artwork.
I am trying not to be sad about the nursery being gone, but this is so much more practical and I’m really happy with the way it turned out. I was afraid the “play” room would be a hodge podge and look thrown together, but I couldn’t be more pleased. And just in case you need a refresher on what the rooms looked like before, you can read about them here!
