Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Playroom

I'm sorry that these last couple of posts have been so "house-centric," but I don't have a ton of time to post, and these are quick little things that I can put up. Anyway, I just had to share with you our new playroom organization, because I was so proud of how it turned out.
We got quite a few bulky toys for Christmas, and even though I had toyed with idea of either putting some up in the attic, or giving them away to goodwill, I realized that because our kids are all different ages and stages, that we really couldn't get rid of anything.

So the upshot of the whole thing was that I got two more bookshelves, reorganized everything into plastic storage containers, and we now have the "Wall o'Toys". For those of you who might get the reference, it is similar to the "Sea o'Couch", but not as cool. :o)

I absolutely love to organize, and I'm thinking of ways to better organize stuff all the time. I'm just so excited about how this worked out, that I had to share. I also love how it makes the room feel wider, and, therefore, bigger. Because in our house, anything that makes it feel bigger is a good thing. Not a Martha Stewart "Good Thing," just something good. :o)

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I love Christmas!!

I know that I have let you all know about my love of Autumn, but I also love Christmas. I think my favorite thing about the change of seasons is that I get to change our decorations too. Anyway, here's just a few (ha, ha) of the Christmas decorations that we have up at our house.

I should also mention that they are still up at our house. It took us a long time to recover from our week in Utah (in a good way, because we all had a fabulous time) and so Jeff and I haven't had a chance to get the boxes down from the attic, etc. But this weekend . . . watch out! :o)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy a little of Christmas at our house.