Keeping Up With Poesy's Bedroom

I've been having this constant battle with Poesy's bedroom lately.  The room gets trashed, I clean everything up and tell her she needs to do a better job of picking up her toys, repeat.  The problem was mine, really.  I can't expect a 3 year old to magically pick up toys and put things in their places when they don't have places to begin with.  I've been too busy with going, going, going to put the hours into rearranging her bedroom, so I finally made the time this weekend.  Here's pretty much where I started (minus already moving the bed and a few other things.  I never remember those before pics right at the beginning.)

Hey, people always ask for the uglier side of blogging.  There you go.  ;)

The little sock doll was what Hope made Poesy for Valentine's Day.  So sweet.

This is the biggest (little) toy station.  These baskets hold tons of My Little Pony, Lala Loopsy, Kawaii Crush, etc.  I took the time to separate all of the teeny tiny guys and accessories she plays with constantly, and gave each its own place.  That way, when Poe is finished playing with something I can say, "Okay, clean up time" and she can easily do that.  (The Goldilocks & 3 Bears was needle felted by the very sweet Miss Zali.)

She's really into dress up right now, so a dress up basket and mirror were necessary!

Here, Hope is being Poesy's doctor (she's in the hospital with a broken leg) and Poe is nursing her cat back to health.  Her beautiful quilt was handmade by LWPH Sews.  Such a talent, she is.

I try to do a good job of rotating her toys so things stay exciting and new.  The cardboard playhouse left the bedroom this round (even though it was hard for me to see that go) and the baby dolls have come back upstairs.  She got the puppet theater for her birthday in January and I really wanted to put it in a place that daily shows would be encouraged.  She had been asking for her little table recently, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity to subtract the trampoline (which is a complete eyesore) and put up a little table station.  I tried to take the kitchenette out to stick a comfy chair in the corner, but both girls opposed.  That's fine by me.  I love that thing.

Poesy is elated with her room now and keeps saying, "I WILL pick up all my toys, Mama."  I believe it, because now she has a place to put things.  You can see her first bedroom tour right here.  We've acquired so many more play things since then.  Sheesh.  Also, she was still in a crib at that time.  *sniff*

I always want to keep this room filled with the things she enjoys.  Even though I may prefer a perfectly curated room with beautiful wooden toys over lots (and lots) of My Little Ponies, it's her space and I do my best to keep that in mind.  :)