A Cavern of Chaos and Vacuity When Mish Mash Meets Baby Mush

My living room has morphed into a baby playroom unlike any you've seen before. I kid you not. After moving into a new home during my pregnancy, the living room has gone from half-finished to a baby playroom of dichotomous vacuity and chaos. Now that our son is crawling and cruising, we've discovered that he has a creative ability to turn innocuous furnishings into hazardous playthings. We planned to put doors on the lower shelves of the bookcases in order to keep the baby from pulling off the books. Unfortunately when we went to purchase the matching doors, the blue and yellow big box store was out of stock. In fact, not a single store on this continent carries the shelf doors. As a result, we have moved the coffee table and side cubes in front of the shelves and fervently hope that the matching doors will be restocked soon. The drapes were a surprise hazard. Our son likes to reach up and hang off them. We took the media stand and the empty boxes from another baby-proofing purchase and placed them in front of the drapes. There is also a storage bench strategically placed in the corner to keep the baby from shaking the cat condo and soliciting the wrath of Furball. Around the time when you announce the winner of this contest, our baby will be able to climb over our makeshift safety gates. Our living room needs a modern makeover so that the baby can play safely, the adults can actually sit in the living room, and I can invite guests over without being embarrassed.

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