Crafts For Less

We have a bathroom, a guest room, home theater and another big area in the basement. We use the big area for a TV/game system room as well as play room with all the kids toys and crafts. It’s currently painted a pale green colour with white carpeting. We want to keep the carpets, but re-paint the walls a friendlier colour. We’re also looking for storage ideas that are convenient. We currently have boxes labeled all over the basement and before bed all the toys have to go in the designated boxes. I was thinking of buying several of these “rope totes”

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and labeling the front with words and pictures and having the kids put everything in there. We also have a mini table set up in the corner of the play area with play doh, paints and crayons… and it usually gets all over the place and I’m wondering how we can minimize mess there. We want to get this done ASAP, because I’m expecting our fifth in November and I don’t want to be very pregnant while painting and shopping for furniture….

We’re also planning to sell all the old and broken toys (along with our “spring garage sale” and all the clothes that don’t fit).

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