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We have policies in our house as we have five children (two now grown).
Bedroom doors are generally open, if open and someone is in the room, feel free to come on in.
If no one is in the room, you don't go in without permission and you never go through drawers, closets etc without express permission.
If the door is closed, knock.

I agree, that is a huge playroom!
As a mother of five I have learned a few things.

1. Organizing kids is nonsense, there is no such thing and if it is too complex they aren't going to do anything as it is too overwhelming.

2. Books, small things and big things is all the separation you need.
Books need to lay flat somewhere and not in too big of stacks, otherwise small hands have trouble getting them to stand up, or get all the pages into small wall slots etc.
Small things need a bin of their own or they all fall to the bottom and get lost under the big stuff.

3. No matter how big, beautiful or well organized the bedroom or playroom is, children want to be with people and want to play where the people are. Nothing will stay in a room where there are no people, so make room in the kitchen, dining room, family room or where ever the people are the most.

Believe she is a French Bulldog and a gorgeous one at that!

Love the space as well :)

Kind of lovely in it's way, but that must be one very very well trained toddler!
Tons of sharp corners, glass table tops, a leaning mirror, shelves and stools that be great for climbing/falling off off and stuff on top to fall over and down on a head (ie lamps) PLUS a balcony off a child's room???

We have darkish floors and northern light and are also lucky enough to be allowed to paint.
I went with a light sky blue on the walls and did throw pillows with the same blues in them, for on our brown leather couch and I painted much of our dark wood furniture in a creamy white.

Even my children had a plastic $100 playhouse out in the yard when they were young, nothing creepy nor immoral and she was a little girl.
Hell forget the little girl part, I want one!

I grew up downtown, in a huge city, on the 19th floor, so my Aunt's house in the country was a wonder, it had:
-a screened in back porch filled with stuff and nonsense
-an outhouse
-chickens!
-a trap door in the floor of the kitchen that lead down to a dirt root cellar
-a woodstove
-the bestest second bedroom/guest room ever; it was only big enough for a single bed tucked under the eaves, a double dresser with a mirror and a chair.

Google automatically translates for me, the gold orb thing is a lamp.

Books!
In small piles, large piles, neatly or not so neatly, on shelves, tables (or as tables) with things on top of them or bare.
I am suspicious of any home without at least a few books!

I was just going through the 2012 Small Cool entries and linked into this conversation, so I am very late.
Me, hubby, 3 kids, 5 cats, a dog and a turtle, are in a 1200 sq ft, four bedroom townhouse, with two levels, no garage, attic, basement or shed.
We are very comfortable thanks to organization and minimalism, but I think the Small Cool Contest needs a "4 bedroom" category :D