becks super bump pic, I missed it in the middle of posting all my own pics!
Beautician thank you so much, those are INCREDIBLY helpful suggestions! I guess you are a master at space-saving with your kids! Love the idea of tubs at the bottom and books higher up. And yes, we're not really attached to any of the furniture except the guest bed, which is space-saving in itself - all of our furniture has been scavenged at various points, so we could definitely do with thinking more carefully about furniture to fit the space. Thanks YouandMe for the concurrence!
Puzzle glad things are okay for you. I had been wondering where you were!
gnat yep, I am someone who has to shift furniture around a lot too... I do have a friend (a doctor - very practical lady) who once sat down with me and used squared paper to draw out a plan of my bedroom and all of my furniture, and then moved them around on paper until they looked good... Fantastic! I may have to try that with these two rooms as well!
I (clearly) also know what you mean, gnat, about being daunted by having to make space! It will be so worth it, though. What are you going to do about a study space? Or are you just not going to have one for the first year, and then time moving house with when you are ready to work again?
Oh, and thanks for the comment on the blanket! The pattern is the African Hexagon Flowers, and I'm following the Heidi Bears tutorial. I was inspired by the stunning Three Beans in a Pod version, which lists the link for the Heidi Bears hexagon tutorial, plus a half-hexagon tutorial for ends of rows, plus a joining tutorial. I would also recommend and her youtube tutorial, although I think she does the last coloured round slightly differently to the written pattern.
Thom when is your due date? Are you not buying till the start of July just in case something happens? I know you've had a worrisome pregnancy. I was kind of of this opinion too, until I realised that if something bad did happen, me not having baby stuff wouldn't make it any easier - for me, anyway. And about not thinking about the baby pulling books out - me too! I think there are a LOT of things I'm going to not have thought about!!! At least your big books will be hard for little fingers to move ;)
dats we could put a couple of boards up in the loft for storage, that is another good idea. We haven't got anything in the loft at the moment; it's just packed with insulation. And I wondered if anyone would recognise the Loop bag! Love that place. Can't afford to visit often...! Well done on the picture hanging - I am rubbish at that.
Cookies good idea on high-up shelving! I was thinking I could add that to the office-slash-guest-room all along that wall which currently has the pigeon holes. That could then quite a lot of the books and boxes that are in the 'nursery' at the moment. Ooo you guys are GREAT.
GoingLoopy thank you for passing on the sleep coach advice. As a clutter addict (as you can tell from my photos) I am going to have to work hard to keep that nursery a calm space - but with all the helpful suggestions on here I am sure I'll manage it. And yep, I have the uncomfortable bump thing. It was quite painful at work last week - baby had got himself into a position where he was really stretching my bump on one side and it actually felt sore every time he moved (which was a lot). When I got home I got on all fours and stayed there for a while - it gives the baby more room to wriggle round into a better position. I found that really helped.
Cripes, that was a long post. Sorry for the essay everyone!!!