If you’re stuck inside with toddlers or newborns, this budget-friendly unfinished basement playroom might save your sanity. Here’s how I created a cozy, functional play space using simple storage, secondhand finds, and toys my kids actually use—all without finishing our basement.

When my blissful maternity leave (read: actually just FMLA, because maternity leave in the U.S. is a joke) came to a close in early March, I was honestly a little daunted by the thought of getting three kids under two out of the house every morning. I had completely forgotten how chaotic it is just to get a newborn to daycare. You’ve got the baby in the car seat, pumped milk (if you’re bringing that, like I do ), a work bag, a lunch bag, a pump bag—and in my case, a makeup ba

Although our house was built in 1908, it didn't come with all the beautiful built-ins that I see homes from this era typically have. Instead