Please give me some suggestions to install a temporary room divider in living room for newborn.Big living room?
I’ll explain what my apt looks like.Its about 800 sq feet of living room and kitchen.The bedroom will have the crib.
I need a little area for the baby in the living room.A little room.
When you enter to the left is the kitchen.Then the bar area with 2 stools(attached to the kitchen)Then the living room and french windows in the end..leading on the right to a balcony.
I want to know which area should be divided?
I would like to be able to relax,watch tv,cook etc without disturbing the baby.The baby will sleep in the bedroom but I want him to have his own little area where I can place his playgym,his swing,his toys,maybe a changing table etc.
I wish I could see pics,so if anyone has pics of something like that please post a link.
Thanks a lot in advance for helping.
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Babies sleep with all sorts of noise. If you normally keep things quiet when they are sleeping then they get used to the quiet and you will have to always do so.
A few suggestions
Get open backed book shelves to create your space for him. Preferably the kinds that have the cabinets on the bottom to store things. This one pictured is a bit rustic but to show you the idea http://www.reclaimedcreations.com/Bookca6.jpg
On the shelves you can decorate to keep the theme of your space but still peek in on him. This type of book casing by the french doors would allow light from them to still enter the room and little ones love to look outside besides sunshine is great for them! Baby stuff has a way of taking over your home you are defiantly thinking well with this idea.
You would be able to decorate his space with a rug and pictures without jeopardizing your decor. If you still wanted to close it off you could put curtains on the bookshelves on his side. That you can open and close at will.
You can divide with a simple folding screen, or you can do something a little more permanent by having a carpenter in to build you a little partitiion that is fixed to the wall and either folds out or pulls out (like an accordion).
Another thing you could do is run a curtain rod up by the ceiling along the area you want to separate, and use curtains to close off the area.
I would use the area on the right, away from the kitchen and people entering and leaving the room.
I think the bookcase is a great idea by (me) and you could take the screen idea and reduce it in size to sit on the book case that way you can see in when you want to or screen it off.
introducing your baby to strange sounds helps he/she to become accustomed and stops them jumping at every little noise so don’t be too quiet just be normal.
If you get fed up of the crib in your bedroom later on. I have seen a great use of the Bathroom and a Built over the bath bed. it drops down when the bath is not in use and is a good use of space hardly used during the day and night. children up to around the age of nine or ten can use it and they see it as a great way to sleep. and have there own space.in a tiny home.