I am self contained in my basement ... I have a bathroom and kitchenette with a micro, 2burner hot plate, toaster kettle ect... Kitchen table and chairs .... Then the play area ... I bought four pantries with doors from Canadian tire and I arranged my toys in them and I put child locks on the handles and I open a different one each day. The kids never get bored and it's a great way to do toy rotation. Also keeps down on the mess/chaos. I am lucky that I have a separate entrance from my garage right into the daycare so the parents are able to drop off and pick up right from the daycare and the only time the kids are upstairs is for nap time . I love it cause at the end of the day I can go "home" and I don't feel like I am always at work