"Sheep. Here Sheep"

Such a good skill to teach our sheep!

Parents Rooms

Parent's Rooms are like the holy grail of being a parent. A good one can make a shopping trip, a bad one can cause you to wish you never bothered.

I have seen a lot of both. The bad ones are poorly designed (a microwave in between two nappy changing stations anyone?), lacking in basic resources, or worse yet, are just a disabled toilet.

The good ones are well planned, have a designated play area for older children, good feeding facilities and are clean. Above all they must be clean.

I recently went to Melbourne Central and needed a parents room. Rather than look on the map I asked someone and they pointed me to one that wasn't on their mapping system. I felt like I was part of a secret club.

As soon as I walked in the door I was pleased. It smelt clean, was very large and catered to my every need.

If you are in Melbourne and need a change facility, I suggest the Melbourne Central one. It's on the 2nd floor, past the elevators that are near Calvin Kline The same elevators that exit at GAP on the first floor.

New House Inspiration: Shoe Cupboard

A lazy suzan for shoes. Genius!

Mud Rooms

I would love a mudroom in our next house. It doesn't have to be as grand as these, but just somewhere to collect shoes and coats during winter rather than them laying all over the house.

I love the little lockers in this one, it would be handy with school bags in the future too.

traditional laundry room design by chicago kitchen and bath Stonebreaker Builders & Remodelers

All that extra storage, its a dream come true!

traditional laundry room design by minneapolis architect Charlie Simmons - Charlie & Co. Design, Ltd.

I do love a bench window seat *sigh*

traditional laundry room design

But even a little nook like this one would do.

traditional closet design by salt lake city media and blogs The Shabby Nest

Eliza Wears

House Hunting #61

This house is massive, far to big for my liking, but well photographed.

Uh-oh