The Cubby

One of my favorite places in the new house is this little area of random space to the left of the staircase and directly across from Nolan's room. We called it the Nook at first, but Nolan instantly named it "The Cubby" and that name has stuck. We discussed reasonable choices for what to put there... a computer desk, for example. Even a bookshelf would be great, but I knew one of the boys would climb it and fall over the edge (which goes about 10 feet down to the bottom of the staircase). While we were painting and getting moved in, Nolan even slept in the cubby. I fell in love with this tiny space and wanted to make it a special place for Nolan and eventually even the twins. Ikea helped me a lot in making my vision of a little fort/special kids area become a reality. We were able to surprise Nolan and set most of it up in one night, so when he woke up and came out of his room, he found this:

The "door" to the cubby.

To the left is the magnetic chalkboard. On the right wall are the baskets that hold the chalk, magnets and tic tac toe magnetic games. There's also a "bug" light you can't see to well. Under the leaf and on the back wall are pillows for snuggling in and reading. We read Nolan his bedtime stories almost every night in here.

This is the view from inside Cubby, looking into Nolan's room.

What it looks like when we peek in on the kids from their point of view: I really want the space to be creative/educational, but on occasion (like when I have a specialist coming to the house for Daniel), I know I can keep Nolan totally content by letting him watch a movie on the little DVD player in his cubby. Best thing ever!