Sunday, April 20, 2008

a change would be good ...

any thoughts on how best to create 3 different 'zones' in one room?
i'm looking at zone 1: makeshift nursery, zone 2: tv room and zone 3: workstation for Big Z.

i've seen many many lovely photos of homes prettily done up to serve the many different needs in any one family. some really are inspiring, they make me want to revamp the said-room immediately. but when i walk into the room and am greeted by the lot that is Big Z's things and mine all thrown in together, it turns me off. and then i go online, and such lovely eye-candy sites such as Nesting of Cookie magazine, Apartment Therapy, decor8, Design Sponge and the likes of them urges me to tidy up, reaarange, reorganize and simply make-over a room. to my own ability, that is - nothing comparable to what you'd see on the above sites.

so. my problem is this. we spend a lot of time downstairs, leaving the family area upstairs pretty much redundant for now. the room downstairs on the other hand, is doing much too much over-time work. as you can imagine, at the end of the day, it's very much an eyesore of a room. too many activities going on in one large(well, large-ish la) room. what i need (as a solution of sorts), is for the room to function three-ways, yet still remain as tidy as possible.

so. what say you?

1 comment:

zie_naz said...

U know what? Our living room is like room for all activities..With tele, One big toy box, coffee table that acts like kids play table, with their story books occupying all the box shelvings underneath, trike, big truck, another wheeled toy next to the wall, Next to that space is this pc table and Umar's desk, which he's not using it at all!:P His book activity is at the dining table! It's the whole family space basically, conquered by Umar&Zaky play toys! And sometimes with Zaky's duvet for his nap! And now with Aqil's playmat..Mmmmm..The only space we got for everybody! :-P hehehe...
I think it's how u arrange things probably.. Good Luck!..:-)