Toddlers are audacious, headstrong and a mystery at the best of times! One of the biggest things you’ll do in the toddler years is convert their nursery into a sort of ‘big kid’ room to help them with their development. But how do you do it on a tight budget and with a room so small that a standard single will only go in on one wall?
Meet Alice’s room. Alice’s room measures 160cm x 243cm, so it’s very compact! This meant getting creative in all areas to give her the best room I possibly could. The first issue I faced was the bed. Alice can’t be in a cot as I can’t reach over to get her due to being a full-time wheelchair user, so that left us with the Montessori-style floor bed option. These don’t come cheap! Thankfully, I found this gorgeous house bed bundle on Amazon! It was bang on budget, and the bed will see her through to 6/7. Another important factor with this bed is that it fits on the back wall, opening up her room! The style of bed also means that she can take herself to bed and get herself up as and when she pleases, enhancing her sense of independence which toddlers love!
Once Alice’s bed was decided on, the next thing to do was figure out storage options. We settled on taking a trip to IKEA to buy a Kallax unit and modify it to suit. This means that Alice has a little wardrobe area for her clothes, whilst the bottom two rows of shelves house her toys and books. It’s a very clever storage solution that means she has a lot of space left over for play! Of course, she still has her various bits in the living room, for example, her ball pit, rocking flamingo and a few other bits for when she’s not wanting to be in her room. Alice also loves being outside, so our garden will have plenty to keep her entertained once it’s completed!
We also colour-coordinated the storage boxes for her room theme, with the black boxes being for clothes ad the blue ones for toys that we will swap around to give her more choice of toys to play with. Alice is also able to pull the blue boxes out to pick additional toys if she wishes, which is great for us! She’s also got a busy board to keep her occupied and enhance her fine motor skills development.
Of course, Alice’s room still has a little way to go. Unfortunately, the brand that we brought her playmat for the lounge from is no longer in the UK, so we’re having to look for a plan B for Alice’s floor to protect her from the usual bumps and falls that toddlers have – suggestions are very welcome from our readers of decent playmats! We’re also planning to put travel-related quotes as well as world maps up around her room, especially her bed area. We’ll also be showing her room off on our Instagram and TikTok when it’s fully completed, so if you aren’t following us on those platforms, then please do so that you don’t miss the finished room!
Have you done something similar for your toddler? We’d love to hear about it in the comments!
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