6 kids under 8.
4 adults. 2 of which are very similar their idiosyncrasies.
Here's the current setup:
Drink station. One cup a day per person. Each kid has a specific character cup. 3 in all, one for use, one that might be dirty, one for bathroom tooth stuff.
Each child has their own washcloth below their tooth items. It's our hope to minimize the germs, what with 6 school's germs being brought into the house.
Tags for hanging and differentiating will happen as soon as I have time... Which actually might happen with the extra sets of hands and playmates around!
Closet doors- gone. They were horrible and had (huge) holes in them anyway. We'll replace them when we move.
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| Door trim didn't make it in before they came, but is an easily added finish after unpacking and holidays are done. |
Two words: vertical storage
Also, back of the door is unused spaced that I didn't realize I wasn't using
Laundry is my chore, mostly because I'm anal about it and I really don't mind it. Melissa insisted on putting in this beauty:
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| It's like Mary Poppin's bag. The possibilities as to how much can fit in it are endless! |
I've learned that a good way to help curb the "toss the clothes on the floor/couch/toy box" is to have laundry baskets in areas that might collect such items. Then I just pick out what goes in the load I'm tossing in. Currently the main laundry collection is on the top floor and the laundry room is in the basement. So as I carry the big load it's super easy to just make a quick pit stop at the random laundry baskets around the house.
Coffee station. 3/4 of us are coffee snobs
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| Also, bananas. Holy moly. |
Each family of kids has their own room with plenty of floor space when personal space is needed
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| Bunk with stairs and drawers |
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| Triple bunk with Ikea storage units |
Funny, their room has always been considered the smaller of the two, but since they brought what FIT (rather than us buying what worked at the time) they have a much more open space than our girls do. Just goes to show what maximum use of space can do! So far we have doubled the household and yet we feel like our house is bigger.
Blissful quiet time. No matter the age. 90 minutes of silence and aloneness.
(The other three were in their beds sleeping)
Next on the to do list:
Stay tuned for the after shot!
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