Perimeter Shelves

In my post about centers I mentioned that we have shelves going around the perimeter of our playroom. I promised some pictures so here goes. You can take a look as long as you refrain from making fun of our gorgeous paneling. We are dragging this house- kicking and screaming- out of the 1970s. One. Room. At. A. Time. This room...not so high on the priority list. But it makes a great place to put stuff on the walls!

We just moved some of our games to this shelf. They are organized by category- preschool, word games, math, and geography/social studies.

This wall holds the centers- unlabeled boxes were put up backwards. Hmmm...makes me think I should have labeled both sides.

Here's the other back corner of the room. It all started when we put up the shelves from the floor up. Dan had some extra so he put up the extra length over top of the butcher roll. Then one day we decided we could just extend it all the way around. As you can see our dress up on the hooks is out. of. control. I've also been working on rotating toys and finding new places for things. It's a constant process when you have 6 people in 1400 sq ft.

You might have noticed some project items here and there...plain wood right above these words and some boards against the magnet board. Those are the pieces to the much talked about art center for R9. I think I'll share some in progress shots of that shortly.