Living Room Take Over

When I had my first child I remember feeling like my living room had been taken over with baby gear, and that was just as swing and bouncy chair. As Jake got older and we had a second child our living room really was taken over. Our living room has a bit of an odd layout being an old home, so it was almost too easy to split it up into half living room, half playroom. We've been moving things around, removing furniture, and adding toy storage to accommodate the growing toy collection over the last three years but our hardest hit occurred just a few weeks ago with Christmas and Audrey's first Birthday!

Our first piece of toy storage was this Step2 toy box we got just after Jake's first birthday. I really love this toy box and highly recommend it.It can be purchased here http://www.amazon.com/Step-2-883100-Bookcase-Storage/dp/B001LMW5Z4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326165587&sr=8-2

Our play kitchen, which doesn't get much play lately, but takes up a lot of space!

Our latest piece of toy storage is the shelf with the multi-colored crates in front of the window. We've had it for almost a week now and so far I like it. It was very easy to put together and it hold a lot. My only issue is that Jake pulls the baskets off the top and sits up there! For anyone who is interested it can be purchased here: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Delta-Multi-Color-Deluxe-Toy-Organizer-with-Bins/17167595

And lastly the kiddie table. This table gets a ton of use by Jake. Sometimes he sits here to have snacks and he sits here to do his coloring. (Yeah, he colored all over the table)

I wish we had a better solution for what to do with the bigger toys, but overall they don't really bother me that much :)