Ikea book shelf changing table6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Sort of like the storage cubbies in the photo below from our last sunroom… It most likely needed to be wide (around 60″) to make sense on that long empty wall, while grounding the large bike prints that we planned to hang over it.It needed to have open storage mixed in with the possibility of adding a few bins or baskets to hide diapering stuff for a fleeting period of time.It needed a wide and flat surface to accommodate our changing pad (at least 15″ wide).So we scratched our heads for a little bit, and then we broke down our criteria: But after completing the built-ins we realized that the eight drawers of storage they afforded us were awesome, and it was probably overkill to add four more on the other side of the room – especially when some sort of open, easy-access toy & game storage would be more useful for us over there. It’s not a permanent closet solution for us (we’ll eventually add a built-in closet system), and we kinda liked the story of our son having his grandfather’s 50-year-old dresser. We offhandedly mentioned when we started the nursery that we were considering using my dad’s old dresser that’s currently in our closet, which could double as a changing table. Anything to make your I-have-a-newborn routine easier, right? So in this house we plan to keep some changing supplies downstairs for convenience. Stairs might be a diaper changing game changer, though. And that routine stuck with us even when we moved to our second house, which was twice as big (but still a one level ranch). If we were at home she got changed on that table. Maybe because our house was small or because it was all one level. Surprisingly enough, we used Clara’s changing table religiously. This was after we had already bought & refinished Clara’s changing table/dresser so the comment stuck with me, thinking I’d fallen into some first-time parent booby trap. I remember before Clara was born a co-worker told me that changing tables were unnecessary since you usually end up changing the kid wherever is most convenient – like on the floor or the nearest piece of furniture – rather than going through the formality of walking all the way to the nursery. ![]() One more thing can be crossed off the ol’ nursery to-do list! Changing table? Check! ![]()
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