play space transformation

just before christmas, we made a pretty huge change to our living room - we took out a chimney that had occupied the dead center (more or less), thereby creating a completely open space. after living in it for a while, it became clear to me what we needed to to. we needed to get a big, honking couch. one that might juuuuust make it into the vehicle we bring to pick it up.
that was a story in and of itself.

but, long story short, we got it, as well as a few other odds and ends, home, and have been loving up on our new living space ever since.

one of the best parts about the transformation is the new toy/play area...there's TONS of storage, which means that things almost always look at least tidy, if not clean, and (in my opinion), it looks awesome! it's just this bookcase with a few of these...

finn loves it, i love it, guests and other kids love it...win, win, win, win, win.