Inventing Space (at Your Party)

It's no secret that homes come in all shapes and sizes.  One of the big decisions we often face when hosting a party is whether to have it at home or not.  Logic says you have to weight up how many people are coming and how much space you have.  Sometimes however, a little creative use of space means you can sneak people in where you least expect it.
At Lotti's ballerina party we hosted in April this year we converted the space under the stairs into to a play-dressing-room.  The result meant that we were able to maximise our space in a practical way, but also we were able to create a whimsical space that the children loved.
The photo shows the "dressing room" under construction (there's more pictures on the ballet tab above), but you can see that simply by draping coloured cloth, pinning streamers and some paper bells we created a fun kid-only zone.  The girls got under there to try on tutus and had tu-tu much fun!
You can do the same thing at your party or simply for a weekend play-date; converting space under stairs, on a pile of cushions behind the couch, even by concealing space under the dining table, you can make a secret cubby, a pirate-cabin, a mermaid-rock, a jungle-cave, an alien-planet and so on.
So go on; get creative at your next do and invent space!
Linda. x