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Hello All,
I figured I would come to ask this question here, I am wrecking my brain trying to decide how to set my home up for daycare but not take everything out. So I'm in the process of rearranging my living room and dining room for daycare. I can't decide on what to keep and what to put in storage or my basement. Originally I was going to empty my entire living room and dining room, but figured where would my family eat and just sit around at. So for those who use their living room and dining how did you set up, starting out? I have a small home but I want it to be able to pass inspection for 8 kids. I'm sure I have enough space, just too much furniture lol. I have a sectional sofa so I can remove pieces. I thinking of getting rid of one piece, my coffee table, end table and Fish Tank. This will open up enough space to spread out Cots. Also, where do you all store the kids things (coats, pampers, clothes, etc)? I don't want to buy too much expensive stuff, if I can use a couple ideas and DIY type things. Please Help, Pics, Ideas, anything. I'm stressing before I even start lol. |
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For coats, I bought over the door hooks. Clothing and other supplies: Each child has a $6 clear, locking tote with their name on it that I keep stacked in a closet. Diapers: extras go in the tote, I have a decorative 3-drawer chest in my living room that stores all of my diapering supplies (about a week's worth of diapers per kid), bibs, and blankets.
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My living room and dinning room are set up normal. The only thing I got rid of was the coffee table. so basically I have an open living room with a couch and tv and book shelf. What I did was put the tv on the wall, and anchored the shelf. I have "daycare bins" and I bring out the ones I need for the day every morning, and the kids aren't not allowed on my couch. but we do fun stuff all day. Then at nap time, I have everyone on there mat in the middle of the living room for there quite time. I do have 3 babies. (under 1) and they nap in a crib in my kids rooms with the doors open. That is the only thing I leave set up all the time. I have a crib in every room and my kids are just used to it. Then when everyone leaves, I put the bins up. I don't have enough space to not have a living room or dinning room. To be honest, even my dinning room has a china cabinet, and My house looks like any normal house form the outside looking in. I do have my own kids, but they keep there stuff in there rooms because they know that if its out in the living room, its fair game for the daycare kids.
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Oh and I will add that I keep the bins in the garage and the shelf I have in the living room has doors on the bottom two shelfs that I keep diapers and things I use all the time. Then I have a board in the entry way with my stuff on it. The bathroom has a closet that I put a lock on it and I keep changing things for diapers, the diaper pail and anything you are supposed to keep put up with kids. I also store all the meds in there.
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Could you use one of your daughter's bedrooms as a nap room or even a playroom? Or you could always store the cots in a bedroom and get them out for nap. I bought two of those white cube storage cubbies and fabric bins to store coats, shoes, etc... and then I hung a coat rack above that.
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This is what it looks like. Also there is a decor group you can join on this forum with lots of pics.
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I can't make the picture big, but from I can see. I like that. I don't even have that much wall space. This house driving me crazy now. Lol! I have a little wall space but right next to that is my TV on the wall and the stand directly below it on the wall. I have to be really careful so that the children won't bust their heads. My daughter already know to watch out for this but other people children have to be taught to stay away from that area.
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http://www.mummymusingsandmayhem.com...-tips-for.html
This link has pictures of a home dc that is in the living area. My personal preference is that this is WAY TOO much dc in my personal space, but maybe I would be more tolerant if I still had little kids of my own at home. |
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I opened the pic, Thanks. Also, how do I join the group and find it? |
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I think you just click on Community at the top of the forum page then click Social Groups and join from there. There are a few groups you may be interested in joining!
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If you click the "playroom layout" tag below there will be many threads with photos to look at.
Also the "living room" tag has a few posts with the same concerns.
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Ok I will look at this now
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You don't have to open each thread to look at the photos. Just click the paper clip icons on each thread title (a pop up will appear) then choose each attachment individually. They will open in separate page, easy to close out and stay where you are in the forum.
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That looks awesome! I may see some re decoration in my future
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Thanks! The kids love that they can get their blanket or extra clothes or whatever from their own cubbies. The younger dck's never really get into them either, (they do every once in a while) I thought for sure they would constantly pull the bins out. It's a cheaper alternative to the preschool cubbies that I would love to have, but cost a fortune and are hard to come by used.
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business management, living room, organization, playroom ideas, playroom layout, safe play space |
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