I often look online at daycare layouts. One thing to do is to type in a different city to kijiji and then look under childcare and look at some of the pictures people have posted. Also interesting to compare how it varies from area to area.

Our childcare association has done tours in the past where several caregivers opened their homes and then small groups went from home to home checking out the layouts and the person got to show things and talk about how and why they did certain things or didn't do other things. They haven't done that for a long time. I think more and more caregivers have become recluse and protective of their daycare setups hoping to have some kind of an edge over someone else. That happens when there is a lot of competition for spaces.

I think it is really great to see catagories like diaper changing or housekeeping centre or storage of naptime supplies, front door cubbies, that sort of thing and often you can combine ideas to have something that really works for you.