How Cubby's Chief Content Officer Transformed a "Closet Office" into a "Closet Nursery" (It's Only 60 Square Feet!)

"The first time I walked into our apartment, I was pregnant with my first child and working from home full-time in the deep earlier Covid days. Everyone's homes were working harder than ever, and we were bursting out of our one-bedroom a few blocks away. The thing that sold me? A 60ish-square-foot nook off the primary bedroom. Walls and doors were just what we needed - even in a relatively small apartment. We set up the room as a home office that my husband and I shared."

"Fast forward a few years, though, and I was mostly back in the office here at Apartment Therapy and pregnant again. We figured we'd eventually need to move to a bigger space, but for now the nook was our saving grace. Our daughter was a fantastic sleeper in her own small bedroom (that didn't have enough room to fit an extra full-size crib anyway), so we decided it was time to convert the "closet office" into a "closet nursery.""

A 60ish-square-foot nook off the primary bedroom initially served as a shared home office during early Covid when both parents worked from home. As the family grew, the nook became a practical solution to avoid moving by converting the closet office into a closet nursery because the daughter’s small bedroom lacked space for another full-size crib. The couple sold and donated larger office pieces, set up a tiny IKEA desk beside the bed, and cleaned existing crib mattresses. They moved the Nestig Wave Crib into the nook and chose a loose New York City subway theme inspired by family city adventures.

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