If you know me, one the biggest challenges that I have in my house is space. We really don't have large closets or large pantries. No crawl spaces or basements, we pretty much have a coat closet that holds maybe 10 coats and everyone's shoes, one storage closet and a very very sad pantry. Well since that is the case, I really need to research and see what others are doing to help organize our house. Since we have three children, all different ages, it can be tough to keep things in their place. Here are my organizing tips that I used for my daughters room.
1. Use your vertical space. We have a net posted up in the corner of the room that helps hold all of my daughter's stuffed animals. It keeps them out of the way but if she wants to play with them, we can get them down easily.
2. Use the "under the bed" space. Clear plastic containers are your friends. These long narrow bins are great for board games. The kids can take them out and put them back as they please.
3. Chalk board paint on the walls will all your children to express themselves, but will get rid of that big bulky easel in their room. Sell the easel at the next garage sale or donate it to another child in need!
4. Bins are great! Ikea has some really fun colorful storage bin organizers for kids and they hold plenty.
5. Ziplock bags are not only sandwiches. I buy the freezer bags in a variety of sizes to try to keep all of the pieces to each toy together. Freezer bags cost a little more, but are much stronger and will last alot longer. The zipper bags are great and easy for little fingers to open and close.
6. You can also use a six shelf organizer which hangs in the closet. The nice thing about these are that you can plan a weeks worth of outfits and not have to worry about what they need to wear until next week. Also this allows you time to get rid of any clothing that doesn't fit and get it donated.
7. Bookshelfs are a wonderful tool. Encourage reading by having one shelf dedicated only to books and use baskets to fill the second shelf for sock or underwear. Always remember to anchor these to the wall so that they don't fall over. Very Dangerous!
8. Use a closet doubler! Since children have smaller clothing, you can really expand our their closets and put all of their clothing hung up. Amazon has a great one here for only 11 bucks! You can't beat that.
9. A great way to organize all of those bows, hair things and costume jewelery is by hanging a jewelery organizer on the back of the door. Plenty of pouches with a clear lining will allow your daughter to see all of her fun clips without having to dig around looking for matches.
10. My last tip is to just constantly purge and donate. We have so much stuff in our home, that we have a donation bin going at all times. I also love knowing that I can help others in need as well.
Do you have any tips? Post em!
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