For a little added boost to a toddler’s room, an Ikea play kitchen is a good bet. The classic model recently got a refresh and now converts into a puppet show theater when you turn it around; it also sports a cute chalkboard for writing menu items and theater performance times.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.