We still aren’t fully settled into our house (a year and a half later…). But we’re close! 

Last year, we took advantaged of the Container Store sale on their closet system. We also paid for them to install it. Even with the sale, it’s still an investment, but I highly recommend it if you’re working with a limited amount of space. Having closet systems maximizes every crevice, and the Elfa system is incredibly flexible and can adapt over time to meet your changing needs. 

[end of unpaid endorsement!]

I’d like to use the winter break to really go through everything in our house, get it organize, and set up systems

I’ve thought about trying to purchase some kind of storage unit to slide under the table. 

• This one from IKEA is really expensive, but it’s short enough to slide under the table

The downside of

I’m not exactly sure what prompted the change, but we did some major rearranging around our house this weekend. It might have been the fact that I noticed Tate’s bed was getting too small for him. He’s been sleeping on a mattress on the floor in his room since a couple months after his birth. We’ve followed the Montessori approach of using a floor bed and making the rest of the room as safe as a crib would be. It’s worked really well for Tate (and worked well for Henry, too). 

But Tate is a big boy, and at 16 months, he is outgrowing his mattress. Our original plan was