Ikea to the rescue

We were very brave yesterday, and ventured into our local Ikea store in search of the elusive solution to Chelsea's clothing problem. I am always in awe of that place. I don't know if it's the sheer size of the building, or the unique layout, or the mind-boggling array of weird and wonderful pieces of furniture... but it just doesn't feel like shopping. More like an adventure!



We discovered one piece of furniture that was perfect and spent the morning today assembling it. Wasn't too bad. I think the prospect of assembling flat-packed furniture is a lot more daunting then the reality. (like a lot of things i suppose).



So with a bit of 'help' from Chelsea, we managed to get it together. And I think it looks fantastic!

Chelsea's clothing explosion!

Decided to work on the chaos that is Chelsea's room. I discovered a heap of clothing that i bought for her last year - that will now fit her. Along with a tonne of hand-me-down clothing from my mum. And the result was a pile of pink and purple goodness all over the floor in her small room while i tried to figure out how to store it all.

So far the solution was to buy 56 child-safe clothes hangers and hang as many of the pieces as i can. This has not been sufficient (still very little carpet can be seen in her room), so it looks like we may need to find a more standard solution - a set of drawers perhaps!?

So no bear making so far today which is a bit frustrating.