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last monthThey’re sadly not small or delicate! This is a typical one - it’s about 60cm x 30cm! Some are bigger, some are slightly smaller...
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Comments (19)A toddler table is a bad idea. They 'grow' with kids until about the age yours are. Time flies, your 6 & 7 year olds will not be using that for anything in the near future. What will the room most likely be in another 5-7 years, after the toy stage? A study & homework space, lounge for them, or do you plan on moving by then? You could look for a smallish dining table, something like 900mm x 1500mm or so. This should allow enough space for them each on opposite ends, and a good amount of space in the room around it. This would probably be best along the length of the room, up against the wall, with seating on the ends, and length if needed. Alternatively, you can get a square/ish table if you prefer. It would probably work equally well. Some shelving above this table will look good and use space well. You can get a machine washable rug beneath the table as well. Don't think of it as losing space, with the right size, layout, etc, you're using the space, not losing it. Also, avoid tables facing the occupant to the wall. The wall next to the door is an excellent spot for a storage unit, with again, space for shelves above, or a display of toys, a makeup area if they're into that, whatever. The zoning stuff.. that deals with grouping your similar activities together into the same space. It keeps things organised, gives design easy flow. So for instance, when you get ready, you have a single space for your needs of styling your hair, doing your makeup, and chosing your accessories. When you cook, you have a single space where the preparaton happens, you may cook there today, and bake there tomorrow, but that stretch of counter is a prep area. On a larger scale, your bedrooms are clustered together, as that's the private zones, the lounge and dining are near by, as that's the living and entertaining zone, the laundry & utility needs are also near each other, creating another zone of similar functions. The same with your kids' space. The table will serve any functions that need a table. Building puzzles, doing art, doing homework in a few years, the like. Zones are defined by physical objects. Eg a table on a rug clearly defines that and distinguishes it from the rest. Like the hallway to bedrooms for instance You can add in another area rug, warms up the space, creates another zone, Here, you can add some poufs, pillows, matrasses if you like. Get a lot of storage units along the walls here for all the toys, and some shelving for books. And in a corner, have the teepee. Now this zone is a comfortable space. It's good for playing with toys on the floor, napping, reading/being read to, watching tv, pretty much whatever. If you do get the kitchen (how big is that, I have no clue hmm) it can also go in this space. So effectively, you have the need for: storage, a table play area, an 'other' play and reading area. And so storage can go along the walls, the table area can fulfil the need of table activities, and the remaining space is one large multipurpose play area. You have a decent, though not large space. Having a few well defined areas makes it seem efficient and organised, as opposed to too many defined spaces, which breaks up the room too much, complicating it for use and making it seem smaller, or no spaces at all, which just looks disorganised at all times....See MorePlayroom conversion ideas, anyone?
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last monthlast modified: last monthI would give him his own special place for them (where ever that may be). The issue with lego is that it's so brightly coloured it kind of shouts at you if it's in the room, for this reason I would give him a specific place to display it. Shelves that are suitable for lego models are probably practical anyway as an investment so I would build some bespoke. This is my son's room, now nearly 18 and still attached to his beloved models. This is about a quarter of what we have. Thankfully it's not in the lounge. My husband works with a guy (yes it's Cambridge) who has so many models he keeps them at his parent's house!
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last monthlast modified: last monthYou could play him at his own game and buy a load of creepy dolls and display them in the lounge. You could then agree to remove them if his collection goes in the new Lego pod (or shed as it's known). And @sonia don't talk to me about gaming computers, my teenage son has turned our lovely minimal office into a boy cave of black screens, hideous black flexes and virtual reality nonsense!
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last monthHow about the world's favourite storage solution - the Ikea Billy bookcase with glass doors. For the slightly smaller, less bulky models you might be able to get them in a slim Billy (!) maybe in a hallway or landing depending on how much room you have - and of course you are just passing through these types of space so don't have to sit and be faced by it all. Not going to fit your Millennium Falcon in though! Might need a different solution (banish to garden?) for that!
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