Making Space for It All

I get really overwhelmed by things. The less clutter and the more thoughtful placing of things make me breathe easier. The kids' room is a place that I work on a lot because they love all their silly little pieces but I get tired of seeing it out, so I make fabric boxes to hide it each evening or pack art stuff in suitcases or... A family member of a special friend of mine recently published this great book covered by the NY Times and Country Living so I decided to try one of their projects for the kids' room...
I bought a sonotube at the hardware store for $10 and some screws and washers.

We first played with the sonotube for a few weeks...

Then I painted it, cut it into pieces and screwed it together.

And hung it on the wall using two half moon pieces of wood screwed to the wall at the foot of AnaSofia's bed to make an animal "pod" for all of her special friends.

She loves that all her friends have a new hangout and I love that I cannot see them when I walk into the room! I finished it off by lining the inside with Amy Butler wallpaper and everybody who is anybody has moved in.