{Ideas} A Shared Bedroom

When we first found out I was expecting again, one of my first thoughts was, "How are we going to fit two kids into Gavin's tiny bedroom?"

This is pretty much the size of the bedroom. Two angles. Tiny. 

Once the baby is born, it will be sleeping in our bedroom for the first little while in a bassinet that has been passed down through my family from baby to baby. Everyone from my dad to Faith's newest daughter has slept in this bassinet. 

When that no longer works, the plan as it stands right now, is to look for a small toddler sized bed (a classic style; nothing themed and plastic) for Gavin and the baby can then have the crib. The rocking chair will have to go and things will have to be moved around like a jigsaw puzzle, but I think it will work. The only thing I'm nervous about is moving Gavin too quickly into a toddler bed, but we will reach that hill when we get to it. 

I've been doing some 'research' on Pinterest for decorating ideas for shared bedrooms. Since we don't know what gender this baby is, I'm not going to do anything to the room until after he/she is born. But it's always fun to plan and dream! 
Here are some ideas that I've been loving: 
(as always, please don't 'pin' from this blog post. You can click on the picture and it will take you to the original site! Thank you!)

via Houzz

If the baby is a boy, I love this theme with the outdoors and rustic feel: 

via Lay Baby Lay

If the baby is a girl, I wouldn't mind to throw some coral on her side of the room: 

 via Lay Baby Lay

 These next bedrooms have several different elements that I am loving: 

1. Memories on a chicken wire frame, via Life Made Lovely
2. Pallet feature wall behind the change table, via Owen's Olivia
3. Whimsical wall art, via Little Lovelies 

4. A great place to play and sleep, via Elle Decor 

5. Vintage barn and toys, via The Boo and the Boy

So although my nesting instincts are not able to decorate a new nursery for this new little one right now, I can still gather ideas and dream of a place where our two children can sleep, play, and grow.

If you have more than one child, I want to know if your children share a bedroom? How do you tackle the design/functionality of the space? 

 

The Sickness is Back

So I've decided to take a few days off from blogging. I had a relapse the other day and I can only figure that it was because I didn't take the time to relax and let my body heal. (Maybe cleaning and organizing a whole closet wasn't such a good idea??)

For the next couple days, I'm going to do nothing but hang out with my girls, maintain my house to the place where I can live with it but I'm not stressing over how messy it is, watch the rest of Downton Abbey (anyone else obsessed with this show?!), and crochet and knit. Oh, and maybe Pinterest because well, I can feel like I'm accomplishing something without actually having to do anything.

Hopefully I'll be feeling more like myself next week and be up to doing some good projects. We have a nice series that we've planned for everyone that we're very excited about.

But until then, I plan on taking it very easy! I'll be back next Monday :)

{Phase One} Coat Closet Makeover

Two weeks ago, I told you about our coat closet. Mainly that it was a disaster. 

 

See all that pile of who knows what on the top shelf? Well no longer! 

It's amazing what a little tidying can do. :) Oh that and pulling out all the winter jackets and putting away the summer stuff. (sad)

 Hats and mittens went into one basket and my enormous collection of scarves (which I did go through and purge by the way) went into another basket. We haven't had snow yet, so I don't know how the hats and mitts basket will end up later on as it gets colder and the white stuff comes, but I'm hoping for the best (and still some organization, aka, not on the floor).

This is labeled as phase one because I have some ideas to "pretty it up". It may involve paint, labels, and maybe a chalkboard section if I get real crazy. 

I guess Melody and I are on the same brain wave with tidying up closets, because she tidied her craft room closet yesterday! Check it out if you haven't already.  

Happy weekend! 

Organized Craft Closet

My office actually doubles as a craft storage room. Thankfully the room has a wonderful closet or else I would never be able to get any work done. Unfortunately, I never took the time to organize anything and it just ended up getting thrown in there. You know what I'm talking about, right??

Here is a before picture (and remember, no judgements!)

Pretty bad right? I just needed a bit of time, at least that's what I kept telling myself. Today I decided to get to work instead of just "pinning" what I was going to do.

It is definitely a start. I used a few containers that I already had to store things like ric-rac and scrapbooking stickers. This closet is definitely still a work-in-progress but at least I know where things are now! And bonus, I can shut the door without worrying that it will all fall out on me later.

Here are some of my favourite "organizing" pins. These are simply amazing!

1) The Daily Telecraft 2) I Heart Organizing 3) Apartment Therapy

4) No Link 5) Chez Larsson

I'll keep you updated as I keep going. I just bought a few new containers today for some extra storage (is it wrong that it makes me so excited??)

How is your ongoing organizing going? Are you winning the battle? Do you have any great tips or encouragement for me?

Enjoy your weekend!