hahaha! I have cracked up reading some of the reviews and even more so looking over the customer supplied photos! It is great to see that we are not the only family that goes to great lengths and comes up with clever ingenious designs to wrangle our little one! LOL!!! I got very tickled reading some of the reviews about this not coordinating with the living room decor, and some of the return comments about how no baby products are decor friendly. Well, they have made alot of advance in that area and some companies are offering more decor flattering products, but mostly, baby and toddler products are made to be kid friendly with bold colors and characters. I gave up that battle long ago. When having little ones, your home is never the same again! I have always been a fan of color, loving bold vibrant colors anyway, so I just decorate my home accordingly. With a whole home of bold colors, this play yard blends right in! More so then the colors, the space factor gets me. If you purchase one set of these, your little one will quickly outgrow the confined space and not want to be in it anymore. We have 2 of the 8 panel sets and 2 extension sets and have this in an L shaped pattern in our living area. I have found that if you give them a larger play area with room to roam and centrally locate it in a family friendly area where they don't feel alienated, they love their play yard, its there own personal toy land!! Please note that the manufacturer does not recommend putting this many panels together, but we chose to do so because our play yard is in constant view. We have found though that it is just as strong when adding this many panels and haven't had any problems with it coming apart. We were using the large foam square flooring tiles sold here on Amazon by We sell mats!, but have removed those as our little one takes them apart and pulls them up. It was turning into a constant battle of putting them back down several times a day. Since she is 17 months old and walking well now and we have bamboo flooring in the living room as appose to tile, stone etc. we have removed those to use for something else later, maybe her room when she out grows wanting to mess with them. But, if your tyke is younger and still crawling or you have one that doesn't mess with them, then they are a great product and I highly recommend adding them to your play yard. adding bumper rails around the sides is a great addition also when they are younger. When they get older however, I would remove those as they will use them to try and climb up the sides, yep, been there too! LOL!! We were first using the other type of play yard, Also sold on Amazon by Friendly toys, its the one with the toys built into the panels and a door that opens. I purchased this set because it is very similar to the play yard set up I used with my 3 older children. Not being able to find that exact product, I ordered that one, thinking it was pretty much the same. Not so much. If you are considering purchasing that type or perhaps comparing the two, this one is superior by far. You can read my review listed under that item. Overall, this is a great play yard. I feel it is far superior to the other types available on the market now. After having issues and being unhappy with the other play yard, I searched long and hard and did comparisons before purchasing this one. This one offers everything. It is sturdy, well made, easy to assemble or disassemble, we are business owners and our company does work in 5 States, we have offices in 3 of those States currently, so we travel a good bit checking on things and the whole family goes. This play yard is a breeze to take apart and is very portable to take with us. Its a great investment, even having purchased 2 of the 8 panel sets and 2 extension sets it still cost under $300, a great price for the huge play space it gives my baby girl and we will get many years of use out of it. After she outgrows this we can still use it for our large extended family and friends whom visit and have children and can even use this for our 2 little chihuahuas. We have 2 homes and are currently staying in our lake home full time while having some remodeling done to our country home. After receiving this and using it, I am now purchasing 2 more sets and 2 more extension sets for our other home. I highly recommend this for anyone with tykes, much better in my opinion then the others available. UPDATE: In my review I mentioned that my daughter pulls up the foam mats, so we no longer use them. For anyone having this same problem, I wanted to add a solution that I just found for this. I purchased some memory foam rugs from here on Amazon that work wonderful! They are by Sleep innovations, I purchased 3 of the 4'X 5' rugs and one 2'x 5' runner to fill our play yard area. We have 2 of the 8 panel play yards and 2 extensions kits creating a huge play yard, you would need to calculate how many you would need to cover your size and shape play yard area. The rugs are offered in different sizes as well. Now, about these wonderful rugs... They are memory foam, so they are like a thick nice plush pile carpet on top and stepping on them is like heaven, much softer and thicker then the foam mats. The back is a non slip rubber that actually works, this also solves another problem, if you have hard floors and your little one is sliding the play yard across the floor, the rugs stop this by grabbing the floor and the rug edge catches the play yard not allowing it to slide. If they pick the play yard up over the rug, they can still slide it, but it stops the ability to just push it across the floor. These rugs are machine washable and have an antimicrobial treatment that fights odors and bacteria and are mold and mildew resistant. They are absolutely perfect for the play yard. I love them and highly recommend purchasing them for your play yard. Oh yeah, and they are available in a range of colors. I purchased the mocha brown, which is rich and lovely, to blend with our hard wood flooring, but all of color options are very nice looking.
