Our TINY but suitable living room. This is unfortunately the only pre-purchase photo we have. We painted and put up sheers. Then this last summer we ripped out the old nasty carpet and put in the new floor.

We had our layout the same as they did for the first couple of years. Then after Kaylee was born I MADE Jon help me change the layout. He didn’t like it, but I did.

So it stayed like this last summer. Our poor sectional was literally falling apart. So we tossed half of it while I hunted down a good deal on our leather set.

Then Jon convinced me to try something new. So the layout changed again.

Those are the former brown doors. They just look better white.

This is looking in from the hall.

This was my toy solution. A bookshelf with plastic bins. It worked for the space and clean up was super easy. Grab a bin and fill it up toss it on a shelf. DONE. I really like having the main play area in the main part of the house. I feel more like I am involved with playtime when we are all in the same space.

I actually learned to like this layout. It took away some play space, but it flowed much better.