Why is it a four bedroom house can't contain two adults and one child? For a long time this baffled me. What is the problem here? I'd walk around the house scrutinizing each room. Wes finally gave up asking me what I was looking for when I answered, "space". I finally came to the conclusion that I needed our living room to not be a "dump all" of Ella's toys. But now what? Without a basement, we don't have many options. Then I remembered our neighbors put shelves in the closet under their stairs. Since our stairs turn, that closet is very small, but I was up for the challenge. Now I'm adding shelves everywhere and I have new found friends at The Container Store. You all know how much I love a project!
So the idea was I'd store Ella's bunches of small items in bins, all labeled appropriately (Yes- this is a bit like heaven for me). Worked like a charm. Who knew we had multiple glues, tapes, glitters, bubbles, etc. I put her toys on the lower shelves so she could get them. Her tea set is the easiest to reach and I was excited for her to see it and bring it out for a tea party. Needless to say, it didn't go like that. The toy closet is now a coffee cart. Uh huh, you heard me right. Ella makes tea or coffee (including sugar) IN the closet and brings it out to you. Isn't that great? These pictures are of her adding sugar to my coffee as ordered and bringing it to me. Nice!
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