The further I get into this pregnancy the closer we creep to the necessary redesign of Eloise's room to accommodate our second child. I am perhaps not as gung-ho about this as I have been in creating space for Eloise - it just seems like so much work - but I am excited for the challenge of making a beautiful place for two kids in one room.
I've long felt that North Americans are square footage obsessed. In keeping with this, my favourite and one of the most frequently asked questions I get these days is, "Where will the new baby sleep? You only have two bedrooms!" It's true, we only have two small bedrooms, but this is one more than we had when Eloise was born and we managed quite well
back then. I shared a room with my brother until I was six and by the time we were offered our own rooms it took some convincing to get us to move into our own spaces.
Before I can get to the finishings and fun of shared room decor, we have some serious closet issues to move past (this would be the 'too much work' part). The organization, or lack thereof, in our bedroom closet and Eloise's closet is my current obsession and conquering this is the first step in making room for two. Both closets have just one long hanging rod with a shelf above, which means tons of wasted valuable storage space. I've done my best to cull the clutter and organize, but our closets are to a point that is beyond me. The first order of business is to have our bedroom closet fitted with a storage system so that we can move my clothing (or at least most of it) out of Eloise's closet and make room for her clothing and toys. Once her closet is ready we can part with the armoire and dresser in her room, bring in the crib and get going on designing a
functional space for two.
More on the closet progress later, I'd rather share images of dreamy bedrooms for two.
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