We have had the kid’s shared room “split” for about a year and half now. We used the Elvarli shelf from IKEA in our desire to make it look as much like a Vitsoe system as we could. I wanted to report in on how it has been working for us.

Beach House, shared kids roomAlison MazurekAugust 3, 2026ikea, room dividers

Narrow Wall Bookshelves Roundup (Ikea Flisat Alternatives 2025 Update)

I was asked recently about book shelves and small ledges for kids rooms and it reminded me of this POST. Products have changed over the years so thought it was time for an update!

shared kids room, small space furnitureAlison MazurekDecember 12, 2025book storage, shelfie, shelving Comments

Splitting the Kids Room with a Shelving System

When we found this gem of an apartment with the long dark, low ceiling’d “second bedroom” (in quotes because it is technically a den, not a second bedroom, or maybe our bedroom is considered the den, either way…); I immediately saw that this room could be split in two.

over 3 years later we finally did….