I Need A Bigger House!

[cillybean83]

So my playroom/daycare room is pretty much catered to toddlers, there isn't room to have an infant area sectioned off.

The bedroom that my boys share has a full size bed for my 8 year old, my 13 month olds crib, my son's school desk and school supplies (he's homeschooled), a tv stand for my sons tv and xbox, a gaming chair, and a playpen that gets broken down every night and put under the crib...it's only set up for naps.

My living room has a pack n play with the bassinet attachment for the new baby that starts monday, a swing, another pack n play, and an exercauser PLUS my living room furniture.

My kitchen/dining room has a china hutch that is dedicated to games and crafts, the high chair, and almost everything is done at the table (crafts, games, eating, school work, etc) which is why I don't want to invest in a nice new dining room set.

I know there has to be a better way to set things up, organize, etc...I just don't know how to go about it!

Any tips? You can see a lot of pics of my house at

diapers2diplomasdaycare.weebly.com

Please help me have a livable home

[dEHmom]

We have a tiny house, and so bookshelves have become our saviors, along with rubbermaid (or like) bins. Stacking bins in closets helps ALOT. Book shelves are not just for books. I've loaded mine with bins, and all the little houses/castles/barnyards, etc. I would suggest some large bookshelves, and adjust the heights of the shelves so the push toys for the LO's can fit underneath. I see a batman house/cave or something in front of the desk, that would fit underneath as well.

Than, you'll find much of the lined up stuff along the wall will have a home, and it'll be more confined in one general spot, as opposed to lined up all around the room. Make sense?

Then the playpen you might find could stay open in a room, maybe even 2 playpens in one room or something.

I struggle with the organization and tidiness of my house often, and found the the bookshelves help me out ALOT. And storing the other stuff in the closets.

Edit: Added pictures now. I know my entertainment unit looks crowded right now, shhhh....but I love that it has storage on the side, behind all the bins on the bottom there are movies stacked in there, then the bins go in front. The side cupboard on the ent. unit filled with movies. We look for as much hidden storage as possible and that helps create a much larger feel.

[Little People]

So my playroom/daycare room is pretty much catered to toddlers, there isn't room to have an infant area sectioned off.

The bedroom that my boys share has a full size bed for my 8 year old, my 13 month olds crib, my son's school desk and school supplies (he's homeschooled), a tv stand for my sons tv and xbox, a gaming chair, and a playpen that gets broken down every night and put under the crib...it's only set up for naps.

My living room has a pack n play with the bassinet attachment for the new baby that starts monday, a swing, another pack n play, and an exercauser PLUS my living room furniture.

My kitchen/dining room has a china hutch that is dedicated to games and crafts, the high chair, and almost everything is done at the table (crafts, games, eating, school work, etc) which is why I don't want to invest in a nice new dining room set.

I know there has to be a better way to set things up, organize, etc...I just don't know how to go about it!

Any tips? You can see a lot of pics of my house at

diapers2diplomasdaycare.weebly.com

Please help me have a livable home

Your livingroom looks to be kinda shaped like mine. Your sectional couch is taking up a lot of room. What would happen if you pushed the couch to the corner of the fireplace (where the playpen is now) could this give you more room? And what is the white thing in your kitchen, to me it looks like a deep freezer?

[cillybean83]

yeah, it's a massive deep freezer, 20 cubic feet i think...we're REALLY downsizing it to a 5 cubic feet when we get our tax refund, we just dont' need all that room, it stays about 1/4 full or less all the time. My aunt gave it to me when we moved so it was great to get a free freezer, but now we're going to craigslist it when we get a much smaller one, so that will free up a bit of space where I plan to put my exercauser that is currently in the living room, that way I can have toddler #1 in the highchair, while toddler #2 waits patiently in the "jump jump" (as we call it) and I can be at the table helping DS with his papers.

My couch is too big, like WAYYYYY too big, it was deceiving because it didn't look THAT big in the HUGE showroom, but it's way too big for this house, when we enclose the carport and make a man cave for my hubby, he's getting this couch and I'm getting just a regular 3 seat couch and 1 recliner, that will free up a TON of space in the living room, but that's like 3 years down the road

I'm going to be cleaning out 3 closets today, I already did my huge walk in closet that is attached to the playroom and I packed up a ton of toys and we'll be rotating them out instead of keep them all in the playroom to clutter it up, but that doesn't really help with my space issue in the main part of the house

[Little People]

yeah, it's a massive deep freezer, 20 cubic feet i think...we're REALLY downsizing it to a 5 cubic feet when we get our tax refund, we just dont' need all that room, it stays about 1/4 full or less all the time. My aunt gave it to me when we moved so it was great to get a free freezer, but now we're going to craigslist it when we get a much smaller one, so that will free up a bit of space where I plan to put my exercauser that is currently in the living room, that way I can have toddler #1 in the highchair, while toddler #2 waits patiently in the "jump jump" (as we call it) and I can be at the table helping DS with his papers.

My couch is too big, like WAYYYYY too big, it was deceiving because it didn't look THAT big in the HUGE showroom, but it's way too big for this house, when we enclose the carport and make a man cave for my hubby, he's getting this couch and I'm getting just a regular 3 seat couch and 1 recliner, that will free up a TON of space in the living room, but that's like 3 years down the road

I'm going to be cleaning out 3 closets today, I already did my huge walk in closet that is attached to the playroom and I packed up a ton of toys and we'll be rotating them out instead of keep them all in the playroom to clutter it up, but that doesn't really help with my space issue in the main part of the house

Do you have a garage?

[dEHmom]

I added the pictures to my post above.

[cillybean83]

i love your bookcase!

No, we just have a carport

[dEHmom]

We used to have the fish tank there, and the bookcase where the fish tank was (that's actually a kitchen craft shelf ridiculous what it would have cost for a kitchen! but we got another great deal ) I switched them out. The bookcase used to house all the vhs disney movies, and books and picture frames. I finally just moved everything around, it makes it much brighter in here now too.

Next to go is my computer desk, Gonna chuck it (even though it's a corner stand) it's always so messy and I hate cleaning it for interviews and such. I'm gonna chuck the desk, the pc, and everything else, and just buy a laptop. No where else to keep the pc.

[Little People]

i love your bookcase!

No, we just have a carport

OK, I was going to suggest moving the deep freeze to the garage.

Second suggestion, when buying new furniture, don't buy a 3 seater couch. Mine is a two seater with both reclining They are a little smaller and you and hubby can still sit together and recline. But there is room to seat a 3rd person. Our Sphynix has taken over between us She gets upset if I take her blankets away. haha

[Little People]

We used to have the fish tank there, and the bookcase where the fish tank was (that's actually a kitchen craft shelf ridiculous what it would have cost for a kitchen! but we got another great deal ) I switched them out. The bookcase used to house all the vhs disney movies, and books and picture frames. I finally just moved everything around, it makes it much brighter in here now too.

Next to go is my computer desk, Gonna chuck it (even though it's a corner stand) it's always so messy and I hate cleaning it for interviews and such. I'm gonna chuck the desk, the pc, and everything else, and just buy a laptop. No where else to keep the pc.

I love your TV bookshelf!!

[dEHmom]

thanks! Almost all my furniture is free or next to it

we paid 1000 for our couch/sectional, and I hate it! So no more of that for me haha.

I really loved the ent, unit, even though I hate the color, because of the extra storage. The bins looks stupid in the picture, but when you are in my living room you really do not notice so much. I think the pictures just show everything worse than they truly are.

But I just find, instead of having a movie tower or something, it saves a lot of room by having all that storage inside.

[Little People]

yeah, it's a massive deep freezer, 20 cubic feet i think...we're REALLY downsizing it to a 5 cubic feet when we get our tax refund, we just dont' need all that room, it stays about 1/4 full or less all the time. My aunt gave it to me when we moved so it was great to get a free freezer, but now we're going to craigslist it when we get a much smaller one, so that will free up a bit of space where I plan to put my exercauser that is currently in the living room, that way I can have toddler #1 in the highchair, while toddler #2 waits patiently in the "jump jump" (as we call it) and I can be at the table helping DS with his papers.

My couch is too big, like WAYYYYY too big, it was deceiving because it didn't look THAT big in the HUGE showroom, but it's way too big for this house, when we enclose the carport and make a man cave for my hubby, he's getting this couch and I'm getting just a regular 3 seat couch and 1 recliner, that will free up a TON of space in the living room, but that's like 3 years down the road

I'm going to be cleaning out 3 closets today, I already did my huge walk in closet that is attached to the playroom and I packed up a ton of toys and we'll be rotating them out instead of keep them all in the playroom to clutter it up, but that doesn't really help with my space issue in the main part of the house

Ok, last resort...get chain saw...start it up....make a new couch::::::

[dEHmom]

What about separating the sectional? I know lots of people who do this, and we did it with our old rounded sectional too. It looked good. Just have to stick something like a plant or table in between.

[cillybean83]

my sectional is angled and the 2 pieces share a cushion. I HATE MY SECTIONAL!

[Little People]

my sectional is angled and the 2 pieces share a cushion. I HATE MY SECTIONAL!

Again a chain saw would work great!!