CIRKUSTÄLT children's tent makeover | ikea hack | little free radical

When I went to IKEA last fall to get the LÄTT children's table & chairs and APA toybox for Sophie, I saw this awesome little CIRKUSTÄLT children's tent  on display for just $19.99!!!

of course for that price I wanted to buy it, even if I disliked the colors but loved the shape/style and the size of the tent!

Of course, when you offer a tent for under $20, everyone wants one, so IKEA in Stoughton was sold out. I went home and looked online to see if New Haven, CT had any... then looked IKEA to IKEA to see if I could have a friend of of state ship one to me. everyone was sold out. and I was bummed. I found it on eBay in UK, but international shipping would have meant I'd pay $65 for the $20 tent, so I stalked IKEAs product availability online for weeks waiting til they got the tent back in stock.

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But all the weeks of waiting gave me plenty of time to plot exactly what I did want to do with my tent!

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creating toy storage with IKEA products | d.i.y. organization | little free radical

Since I've spent the last week posting DIY projects I did in my daughters room, today, I'm going to show you how I put all these projects together using IKEA's Expedit Bookcase for toy storage!

Originally, I had started out using itso cubes from Target (which I had already owned) for toy storage. It worked great, but as a parent in a wheelchair, I had a hard time reaching bins that low on the floor to clean up & get toys.

I tried re-stacking them differently but felt it was too risky to stack the cubes too high in case my 1 year old decided they would be great to climb. Instead, I started from scratch with toy organization.

First, I went through all the toys & resold the ones my daughter had 'outgrown' or had no interest in. Then I had some $$$ to work with to buy something to organize with, and I could see what I had left for toys to work with!

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creative ways to hang art | d.i.y. | little free radical

For National Crafts Month DIY projects #9 & #10, I thought I'd show two easy ways to display art! I'm sure we've all been guilty of having random pieces of artwork left unframed for prolonged periods of time, right?

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making drawstring sacks for toy storage | inspired by pinterest | little free radical

I ♥ Pinterest.
There are plenty of fantastic tutorials on there that I likely wouldn't have otherwise stumbled upon.

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$20 LÄTT children's table & chairs makeover | d.i.y. IKEA hack | little free radical

I'm in the middle of turning Sophie's room from a "nursery" into a toddler room.  So I spent November sorting out "baby" stuff to make room for toddler-type activities & furniture. I spent weeks looking through various websites at kids table & chairs, trying to find the perfect set for Sophie for x-mas. Everywhere I looked, I'd be spending an easy $100-200 (sometimes more) for products I liked.

The Table & Chairs:
Just when I was about to give up on the idea of an activity table for Sophie's room, I noticed IKEA had this LÄTT children's table & chairs set for only $19.99.

It totally wasn't my style and the colors in her room were totally different then pine/white, but the size was perfect for her small apartment bedroom,  so I went ahead and spent the $20, unsure of exactly what I would be doing with it... but I knew I'd figure it out once I had it. :)

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how-to: make wall shelves for kids | d.i.y. | little free radical

Since today is March 2nd - which means it's Dr. Seuss birthday and National Read Across America Day, I thought I'd make today's DIY project Seuss/reading themed!

This is a DIY project I've been slowly working on for my daughter that I finally completed the other day!  CLICK HERE to Read More