Organization and storage space are key to keeping kids' rooms clean.
Organizing a kid's room takes more than just buying a set of shelves; it takes efficient use of every inch of space. Sustainable organization also requires storage areas that are easily accessible to children. Accessibility is vital because if the child cannot reach the storage area, the room will never stay organized. Does this Spark an idea?
Bed
Beds can waste tons of space if you don't know sneak storage areas into the design. Easy-to-open boxes, baskets or bins that are small enough to slide under the bed turn the empty space into a useful area. The bins can store seasonal clothes, books, artwork and anything else that lays flat. It's important that the containers be small and easy to move so that children can use them without issue.
Bed headboards are also useful for decoration and organization. A colorful headboard with a shelf across the top and/or down the sides can hold stuffed animals, framed pictures or storybooks. The headboard requires a blank area in the middle to lay the pillow against, but the remaining space can include as many shelves and/or cupboards as you need.
Bookcases
A basic bookcase is helpful for organizing any room, but only if you use it properly. Throwing piles of junk on a shelf is almost as bad as throwing it on the floor. Attractive baskets, boxes, bins or buckets help keep everything separated, organized, contained and looking neat. You can even use different colors and materials to signify what the container is supposed to hold.
Instead of heaping everything onto the shelves of a white bookcase, try organizing and color coding the space. For example, large toy-filled red buckets on the low shelf, craft supply-filled blue bins on the middle shelf and small toy-filled green baskets on the top shelf remind the child where everything goes.
Closet
Due to their short stature, children tend to have small clothes that do not need an entire tall closet. A bar across the top third of the closet and one across the middle creates twice to space to hang clothes. A small shelf across the bottom of the closet provides two levels for storing shoes. If extra clothing room is not required, a bookcase in the closet works for storing anything, from books to toys.
Walls
There are several different ways to create storage space on walls to help organize a kid's bedroom. Corkboards or corkboard wall covers provide a designated space for kids to display artwork, homework and other important papers. Hooks on doors or hook racks on the lower wall provide a place to hang coats, backpacks or purses.
Corner nets are triangular nets that hang in the upper corner of the room and hold a small amount of weight. The nets are ideal for storing and displaying old toys that the child will not give away but no longer plays with. Shelving along the top of the walls also provides storage/display space for unused sentimental items.
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