Assembling fürniture

Since we moved into this house, all the kids’ clothes have been stored in our linen closet. This was a fantastic set-up. Think about when you have time to do laundry—when the kids are napping or sleeping. And then you have all this folded laundry, and a sleeping child where you need to put them away.

Which is why I removed all the shelves from our linen closet and installed hanging rods for clothes and baskets for socks and other things.

But now that the kids no longer nap, I can actually do laundry during waking hours. And I am growing weary of all the linens taking up our closet space and tripping over the vacuum cleaner every time I get something from the pantry.

So it’s time to move the kids’ clothes into their bedrooms. Thing is, when we built the house, we never put in closets. It was an added expense, and we weren’t ready to commit to where they were situated. We could build them now, but that’s a big investment, and I’m not sure the solution we pick now will be appropriate in their teen years. So in the meantime, we’ve picked up some Stuva from IKEA, and are creating a some space for clothes.

Just their height, this is a perfect system for the next space of time. Because in this house, you pick out your own clothes and get yourself dressed. Three kids is way too many to walk through that maneuver, especially in the wee hours of the morning. (But matching is clearly optional.)

As I assembled drawers, Neko demanded to help. And I’ll be, she put one together all by herself! I must get that kid woodworking bench up and running here soon…