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When I think of the word "nesting" I think of a woman preparing her home for her new baby. When I moved down to New Orleans from New York with my now husband and we moved in with each other for the first time, I found myself having this desire to create a home. Being a Cali girl married to a NOLA boy, our tastes are surprisingly similar, but building our home together has and continues to be an adventure!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Small Human, Big Footprint!

OK, we're at 3 1/2 months with a baby... I knew they came with a lot of baggage (literally), but we were bursting at the seams pre-baby... what to do now?

Stroller, infant carrier, bouncy seat, swing, play mat, bumbo, high chair (in the box ready for use soon), books, toys, baby.  I've decided to re-work the office area to be a combined space, since we mainly use it for storage now anyways.  Currently the layout looks like this:

Surprise, surprise... all that extra "space" you see is filled with stuff!  So here's what I'm thinking for a new layout:


The joy of Ikea is that my desk and storage console can be broken up (we had to fit it in the car somehow, and that was buying smaller pieces and putting them together).  On the bay window side, we'll have an office area for adult things, like computer, printer, file cabinet, etc.  On the other side we'll have a kid-friendly space.  Storage console will hold baskets with toys and other baby-related things.  We'll put a small table and small chair in the middle of the end wall, and across from the storage we'll create a little reading corner.  And can't forget about Ramona's dog bed right in the middle with a view of the family room.  She's been hanging out in that spot anyways, so we figured we can make it officially hers!


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