Our part-time cleaner took a holiday for 3 weeks and so, either my mom or ourselves have been cleaning the house during the period that she is away. Since we were doing the cleaning, we decided to organise the house a little bit, making it hopefully, less of a hazard to Faith when she's crawling around and trying to reach for her toys.
While at Ikea the other day to get a storage box to put some of Faith's books and other odds and ends, I came across a tall, 4-tiered clothes drying rack. Prior to that, we had 2 of those horizontal clothes drying rack. Combined, they pretty much occupied the entire length of our balcony, together with a 2-tier rack that was used in the past to place my pots of herbs.
While at Ikea the other day to get a storage box to put some of Faith's books and other odds and ends, I came across a tall, 4-tiered clothes drying rack. Prior to that, we had 2 of those horizontal clothes drying rack. Combined, they pretty much occupied the entire length of our balcony, together with a 2-tier rack that was used in the past to place my pots of herbs.
We returned to Ikea on Sunday night as I had in my sleep-deprived stupor, bought the wrong storage box. Hence, the return trip to buy the right storage box and also the clothes drying rack.
It was a little of a challege for us to fit the rack into the car as it was long and not collapsible. After some shuffling and reshuffling, we managed to squash the rack spanning from the front passenger seat to the back. There was a little logistical rearrangement on the trip back home as the car can now only take a max of 3 more passengers -- there was originally 5 of us in the car.
Hence, my MIL, Faith and I took the car with the ACES family while my FIL drove the car, along with Louis and younger BIL at the back -- heard it was a tight squeeze even though my BIL is skinny :)
We came back home after dinner and my FIL and BIL helped to assemble the rack for us. We also hauled out the unused plant rack (which my PIL took home and now use to put their shoes :)). There's now a little more space in the balcony.
At the same time, we changed the placement of her toys from next to our daybed to its current place next to the TV console. I've rearranged all her toys and books into the 2 storage containers she now has. The picture above is of her the next day, curious about this new "house" for her books and toys. On the positive side of things, the box is big and spacious enough to put in everything with loads of spare space left. Meaning, that we can now buy more toys to fill it up. Hahaha... just kidding!
The previous location was a little dicey becos there was a protruding ledge from the side of the daybed where we used to put her toys. Each time she crawls in and out, we were afraid that she might either bump her head on the protruded ledge or topple unbalance onto the balcony floor.
They say a cluttered house bodes a cluttered and messy life. With the new arrangements, I feel that our living room looks a little better and more airy. My mood's lighter and I'm happier each time I see our living room :)
It was a little of a challege for us to fit the rack into the car as it was long and not collapsible. After some shuffling and reshuffling, we managed to squash the rack spanning from the front passenger seat to the back. There was a little logistical rearrangement on the trip back home as the car can now only take a max of 3 more passengers -- there was originally 5 of us in the car.
Hence, my MIL, Faith and I took the car with the ACES family while my FIL drove the car, along with Louis and younger BIL at the back -- heard it was a tight squeeze even though my BIL is skinny :)
We came back home after dinner and my FIL and BIL helped to assemble the rack for us. We also hauled out the unused plant rack (which my PIL took home and now use to put their shoes :)). There's now a little more space in the balcony.
At the same time, we changed the placement of her toys from next to our daybed to its current place next to the TV console. I've rearranged all her toys and books into the 2 storage containers she now has. The picture above is of her the next day, curious about this new "house" for her books and toys. On the positive side of things, the box is big and spacious enough to put in everything with loads of spare space left. Meaning, that we can now buy more toys to fill it up. Hahaha... just kidding!
The previous location was a little dicey becos there was a protruding ledge from the side of the daybed where we used to put her toys. Each time she crawls in and out, we were afraid that she might either bump her head on the protruded ledge or topple unbalance onto the balcony floor.
They say a cluttered house bodes a cluttered and messy life. With the new arrangements, I feel that our living room looks a little better and more airy. My mood's lighter and I'm happier each time I see our living room :)
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