So let’s rewind to that, which started with me dragging the Expedit back out to the garage. I thought it would help for you to see that before I dove into the How-To part of the post. That’s not Photoshop above (I wish I was that good!) – it’s the real after. This would also tie it into my homemade bike art frames, as well as the wood-topped built-ins across the room. To add some contrast, and sort of nod to Clara’s white-and-wood changing table, we decided to wrap the outside of the Expedit with stained wood. We leaned the bike art up to see if that helped, which it did, but we still felt like something needed to be done to make the Expedit a little more upgraded and not as blendy with the wall, rug, and doors. But it wasn’t a compelling case for the Expedit. Granted, it was very very empty and even the changing pad would eventually get a colorful cover. We put it in place on the wall opposite the built-ins and well, it was a bit underwhelming. And I say “drag” literally because I didn’t feel comfortable asking Miss Preggers to lift it. We unloaded everything (contributing more to the disaster that is our office) and I dragged it upstairs to see if the nursery should be its new home. And yes, this all happened right right as the news of the Expedit’s demise (or reincarnation?) hit the web – so it was sort of an all-signs-point-to-Expedit moment. It was literally looking at that photo above (we were checking to see how closely we had hung the prints together) that we had our A-HA! Why not the Expedit? It met all of our criteria and wasn’t serving a permanent function in its current home in our office (where we someday dream of adding an L-shaped file-storage area along with a floating desk/meeting table). Sort of like the storage cubbies in the photo below from our last sunroom… It most likely needed to be wide (around 60″) to make sense on that long empty wall, while grounding the large bike prints that we planned to hang over it. ![]() It needed to have open storage mixed in with the possibility of adding a few bins or baskets to hide diapering stuff for a fleeting period of time.It needed a wide and flat surface to accommodate our changing pad (at least 15″ wide).So we scratched our heads for a little bit, and then we broke down our criteria: But after completing the built-ins we realized that the eight drawers of storage they afforded us were awesome, and it was probably overkill to add four more on the other side of the room – especially when some sort of open, easy-access toy & game storage would be more useful for us over there. It’s not a permanent closet solution for us (we’ll eventually add a built-in closet system), and we kinda liked the story of our son having his grandfather’s 50-year-old dresser. We offhandedly mentioned when we started the nursery that we were considering using my dad’s old dresser that’s currently in our closet, which could double as a changing table. Anything to make your I-have-a-newborn routine easier, right? So in this house we plan to keep some changing supplies downstairs for convenience. Stairs might be a diaper changing game changer, though. And that routine stuck with us even when we moved to our second house, which was twice as big (but still a one level ranch). If we were at home she got changed on that table. ![]() Maybe because our house was small or because it was all one level. Surprisingly enough, we used Clara’s changing table religiously. ![]() This was after we had already bought & refinished Clara’s changing table/dresser so the comment stuck with me, thinking I’d fallen into some first-time parent booby trap. I remember before Clara was born a co-worker told me that changing tables were unnecessary since you usually end up changing the kid wherever is most convenient – like on the floor or the nearest piece of furniture – rather than going through the formality of walking all the way to the nursery. ![]() One more thing can be crossed off the ol’ nursery to-do list! Changing table? Check!
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