Preparing the House for Arrival

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July 31st, 2009 |

We knew when we first started preparing to have our second child that we were going to have to do some rearranging of our current layout when the new-bebe became an impending reality. We have a four bedroom house and we have all four rooms accounted for: us, son, spare bedroom (for reinforcements) & my office/studio.

We know we cannot afford to get rid of the spare bedroom because those reinforcements I just mentioned will be grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends who we weasel into giving additional support while we adjust to having twins and the reality of three potentially crying babies in the house.

We had discussed moving my office/studio to the basement and making my former diggs the new baby’s nursery. My stash of guitars and equipment has some humidity and temperature necessities that would have to be addressed before any move would be considered.

Thinking that process over, we don’t have the cash right now to construct a basement office and basement playroom. We have to do some maneuvering of our living space above the frost line for the first few years before we can successfully put some money aside to build out the basement.

So we have come to the conclusion that we need me out of my office so the twins don’t have to sleep in the hallway, and that means, my office/studio will now reside in the front living room.

There are no doors to keep out sticky, cheese-filled hands.

In addition to all of the moving I will be doing of my equipment and instruments, I will be in the market for an 8 foot baby gate that can sustain the muscle-man I currently have ruling my life and the impending twin assault.

Here’s what I’ve found at Amazon that I like:

I don’t find it necessary to build anything ridiculous, because the basement will one day house my man-cave, but for the next 3 or 4 years, I need to safely store my equipment away from ze’ babies would could hurt themselves on a 2006 Butterscotch Blonde American Telecaster (my pride and joy).