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Children grow up so fast, don’t they? There seems to be no end to purchasing new clothes, shoes, and such, to keep up with their changing needs (and feet). Also we have to get rid of some things as they grow out of them. Our little one is just these days getting too big for a lot of stuff – diapers, pacifier, bottles, among other things, and again we find ourselves adjusting our home to suit our family better. We discovered it is really nice to have furniture with a certain life-span and I’d like to share our latest adjustments with you. |
Firstly: our changing table. It has this handy elongation at the back once removed it turns into a regular chest of drawers, which we are happy to keep even though the original main function no longer is needed.
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Picture to the right: Illustrates how it looks now that we’ve physically adjusted it and changed the function. Picture below:
The drawers, baskets and tabletop will definitely still come in handy (this is where we keep our half-clean clothes – read more about our storage arrangements here) and the design looks nice with the rest of our bathroom furniture. |
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The second tiny redecorating project we’ve undertaken recently is the bedroom where the little ones sleep. We discovered our bunk-bed made a dynamic piece of furniture as well, since we were able to lift off the top bed and put it on the floor like a regular bed. The girls just love the transformation of their room and we love the budget on this “makeover” (zero, zip, zilch).
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Up until now the traditional bunk-bed has served them nicely – giving the older girl some private area the nosy little sister couldn’t reach – but the new arrangement suits them perfectly now. They find it exciting with a little change of the environment to go along with the big changes of their lives – (the older one just started school and the younger one started in a group for big kids in daycare).
Finally I’d like to show you a great dynamic piece of furniture called the tripp-trapp chair which is actually a Norwegian design, but it’s carried throughout the world.
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Picture to the left: The tripp-trapp chair You simply adjust the hight of the seat and foot support according to the size of your child. Also you might accessorize with baby-set, cushion and table top for the small ones.
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Gosh, I really like the idea of the Tripp-Trapp chair. When my kids were little I seemed to be forever putting a cushion on a chair for them to reach the table – and the cushion slid off, and I would pick it up, put it back on… I had years of mealtimes like this.
One of the best pieces I ever bought was a cabin bed. My son loved his private den underneath the bed and it seemed to offer a lot of play space without taking up a lot of floor space.
In the UK, new homes seem to be getting smaller and smaller, so growing families need to be able to choose pieces that have more than one use and can offer maximum flexibility.
Nice to see you here Ladygoodwood.
Yes, it’s a great idea to think flexibility when buying new furniture, especially since the family homes these days are rather small and the economy stretched. It is a small satisfaction in getting a “new” furniture just by adapting the ones you already have – and cheap!