Organizing Kids Rooms
A Few easy organization strategies to clean clutter and bring order to kids' rooms: Take a child's eye view Get down to the child's eye level to get the room organized.
Try to have a look at child's space, storage, furniture and possessions from his or her point of view.
To organize a child's room, the solution must fit the child.
For younger children, remove closet door entirely.
Closet door handles lowered.
Child sized hangers arranged.
Floor level open containers are really great for storing kids toys.
Store underwear and socks in plastic baskets that are easily accessible to the child.
Bring the child into the process Instead of gritting your teeth or scolding the child.
It is advisable to view your role as that of an organizational consultant to the child.
As his or her guide, try to survey what is working well, what is important to the child, what is causing problems and explain why the child needs to be organized.
Be a partner to your child, and devise an organizational scheme or system that makes sense for him or her.
Children, once involved in the whole scheme of things, can better adopt or understand the organizational logic and maintain the new organized room.
Sort, store and simplify Sort clothing.
Store out of season or outgrown clothing elsewhere.
Simplify! Instead of crowding everything in one place, clear out the unnecessary items so the remainder may stay neat and orderly.
Contain, carrall and control Toy boxes and open shelves are not the place to store those toys which have tiny parts! Contain toys before actually storing them.
Plastic containers or even shoeboxes may be used for smaller toys.
For trucks, cars and blocks, larger lidded bins may be used.
For stuffed animals - light weight cardboard record boxes may be used.
Specialty organizers may be used for magazines, comic books , video games etc.
Some other salient points for kids' room organization are : it is easier to put away but harder to get out ; but for a child's stature - it is worth organizing from the bottom of the room and then work to the top.
Use the higher levels in the room to store items which are not frequently used.
Label storage areas to formally give items a 'home.
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Try to have a look at child's space, storage, furniture and possessions from his or her point of view.
To organize a child's room, the solution must fit the child.
For younger children, remove closet door entirely.
Closet door handles lowered.
Child sized hangers arranged.
Floor level open containers are really great for storing kids toys.
Store underwear and socks in plastic baskets that are easily accessible to the child.
Bring the child into the process Instead of gritting your teeth or scolding the child.
It is advisable to view your role as that of an organizational consultant to the child.
As his or her guide, try to survey what is working well, what is important to the child, what is causing problems and explain why the child needs to be organized.
Be a partner to your child, and devise an organizational scheme or system that makes sense for him or her.
Children, once involved in the whole scheme of things, can better adopt or understand the organizational logic and maintain the new organized room.
Sort, store and simplify Sort clothing.
Store out of season or outgrown clothing elsewhere.
Simplify! Instead of crowding everything in one place, clear out the unnecessary items so the remainder may stay neat and orderly.
Contain, carrall and control Toy boxes and open shelves are not the place to store those toys which have tiny parts! Contain toys before actually storing them.
Plastic containers or even shoeboxes may be used for smaller toys.
For trucks, cars and blocks, larger lidded bins may be used.
For stuffed animals - light weight cardboard record boxes may be used.
Specialty organizers may be used for magazines, comic books , video games etc.
Some other salient points for kids' room organization are : it is easier to put away but harder to get out ; but for a child's stature - it is worth organizing from the bottom of the room and then work to the top.
Use the higher levels in the room to store items which are not frequently used.
Label storage areas to formally give items a 'home.
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