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Good Questions: Separate Areas for Sleeping and Playing? Jackie is looking for suggestions: My daughter has a large bedroom. It is 12'x13' We are having trouble making 2 separate spaces, one space for sleeping and one for play... (Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: nursery(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com ) I am just not sure how to situate anything. She is 3 so she has A LOT of toys. Unfortunately we do not have her a playroom at this time. Do you have any suggestions? Please add your suggestions on how to divide the space creatively for Jackie...thanks! Photo: Seonna's Modern Toy Box Tags Good Questions Related Links Share Comments (4) Do you have an ikea nearby? Ikea has curtain panels that you can buy and I think they are a attractive way to separate a space AND add interest to a room. Here's a picture so you can see what I'm talking about http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6Y250ctJQlE/RiYiNGOPxGI/AAAAAAAAA9c/UvBlzBaAB2E/P1040522-1.JPG posted by Dianne @ Colorblind Productions on January 7th 2009 at 1:45pm view Dianne @ Colorblind Productions's profile Well, we are in the process of moving but our three year old son's bedroom was set up in a similar fashion--we only had a two bedroom apartment and I didn't want our living room to be the "playroom". I kind of borrowed from the Montessori concept of work stations and tried to set up his toys so they were easily accessible and organized by use. Please forgive the mess: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2986630757_f7fc8cb818.jpg?v=0 You can see the play kitchen with the kitchen materials, next to that is a bucket of play food (pottery barn kids buckets are fantastic), next to that the table for "eating", and to the right is a nest cube filled with dress up costumes (and a sword hilt sticking out.) To the right (and not included in the picture) is his chalkboard/dry erase/pull down paper easel. The books up high are the "nice" books tha

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dianedaviddianedavid wrote:November 11, 2011
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Kathryn added this to 10 Kids' Room Ideas That Work for Adult OfficesMarch 29, 2010

Use bins to organize things. The stuff that you don't leave out on your desk does still need to be organized....

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