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8 ESSENTIALS FOR ORGANIZING KIDS ROOMS

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by Robin Stephens

Are you struggling to get your kid’s room in order? Here are some useful guidelines that can help you and your family get organized — and teach your children some valuable SKILLS that they will use into adulthood.

TAKE A CHILD’S EYE VIEW

Get down to your child’s eye level to help him or her get organized. Look at your child’s space, storage, furniture and possessions from his or her VANTAGE point. Adult furniture and organizing systems don’t translate well to children’s needs. Folding closet doors pinch fingers and jump their rails when pushed from the bottom. Closet hanging rods are out of reach, while adult hangers don’t fit smaller clothing. To organize a child’s room, solutions must FIT the child. For younger children, remove closet doors entirely. Lower clothing rods and invest in child-sized hangers. Use floor-level open containers to hold toys, open plastic baskets to store socks and underwear.

GET YOUR CHILD INVOLVED

Look at the organization process as a LEARNING activity, and put the focus on the child. As his or her guide, survey what’s working, what’s not, what’s important to the child, what’s causing the problems, and why the child wants to get organized. If they’re involved in the effort, children are better able to understand the organizational LOGIC and maintain the new, organized room.

SORT, STORE, AND SIMPLIFY

Children’s rooms are usually small, often shared, and generally LACK built-in storage. Yet these rooms are host to out-of-season and outgrown clothing, surplus toys, and even household overflow from other rooms. Kids can’t stay organized when the closet is crammed, the drawers are stuffed, and playthings cover each square inch of carpet. The solution: sort, store and simplify. Begin with clothing: sort it out! Store out-of-season or outgrown clothing elsewhere. Finally, simplify! Does your son really wear all 27 T-shirts crowding his drawer? Remove the EXTRAS so the remainder can stay neat and orderly in the available space.

DEALING WITH TOYS

For younger children, a toy LIBRARY is the answer to over-abundant toys. Using a large lidded plastic storage container, large box or even plastic garbage bag, entrust a selection of toys to the “toy library.” Store the container in an out-of-the way place for several months. Some rainy day, bring out the toy library, SWAPPING the stored toys for other playthings that have lost their savor. The stored toys will have regained their interest and freshness — and they won’t have been underfoot in the child’s room. Older kids can utilize higher closet shelves to “store” some of their belongings. Clear plastic shoebox storage containers hold little pieces and identify the contents.

CONTAIN, CORRAL, AND CONTROL

Contain toys and other belongings BEFORE you store. Use plastic shoebox containers for smaller toys, larger lidded bins for blocks, trucks and cars, light-weight cardboard records boxes for stuffed animals. Use specialty organizers to corral magazines and comic books, video games, or compact discs and cassette tapes.

MAKE IT EASIER TO PUT AWAY, HARDER TO GET OUT

For example, store picture books as a flip-file, standing upright in a plastic dishpan. The child flips through the books, makes his selection, and tosses the book in the front of the dishpan when he’s done. Compare a traditional bookcase, where little fingers can pull down a whole shelf faster than they can replace one book. Build the EFFORT into the getting out, not the putting away.

ORGANIZE BOTTOM TO TOP

Befitting a child’s shorter stature, start organizing from the bottom of the room, and work to the top. Most used toys and belongings should live on LOWER shelves, in lower drawers, or on the floor. Higher levels are designated for less-frequently-used possessions. Working bottom to top, the best-loved teddy bear sits in a small rocker on the floor, while the extensive Grandma-driven bear collection is displayed on a shelf built 6 feet up the wall.

LABEL

Labels save the day! Use a computer printer to make simple GRAPHIC labels for young children. Pictures of socks, shirts, dolls or blocks help remind the child where these items belong. Enhance READING skills for older children by using large-type word labels. Slap labels everywhere: inside and outside of drawers, on shelf edges and on the plastic shoebox storage containers that belong there, on boxes and bookcases and filing cubes. Playing “match the label” can be fun–and turns toy pickup into a game.

BUILD A MAINTENANCE ROUTINE

The usual peaks and valleys approach to room cleaning can vex and frustrate children. Their room is clean, they play, and suddenly, their room is back to messy normal. Help children stop the CYCLE by building maintenance routines into the family’s day. “Morning Pickup” straightens the comforter, returns the pillow to the bed, and gets yesterday’s clothing to the laundry hamper. “Evening Pickup” precedes dressing for bed, and involves putting away the day’s toys.


Robin Stephens is an organizing consultant and lifestyle management coach. Her company is dedicated to helping individuals and small business get their personal and professional lives in order so they can focus on what’s really important. And her e-book “Just Start Somewhere” is available directly through OnlineOrganizing.com. You may visit her website at www.yourlifeinorder.com.

HOW TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM IN 10 MINUTES

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Many people have problems with cleaning their room. To get the job done quickly, follow the steps below.
Start in one corner of the room, and move in a circle around the room, picking up any items on the floor, or on the back of chairs as you walk along, including little knick knacks and anything out of place. Put things away as you move around the room. Put things you have picked up along the way into their right place, and place things into small piles, one for each room where they belong…

How to Clean Your Room in 10 Minutes

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Many people have problems with cleaning their room. To get the job done quickly, follow the steps below.

Steps

  1. Start in one corner of the room, and move in a circle around the room, picking up any items on the floor, or on the back of chairs as you walk along, including little knick knacks and anything out of place.
  2. Put things away as you move around the room. Put things you have picked up along the way into their right place, and place things into small piles, one for each room where they belong.
  3. Pick up each little pile in order, once you have picked up everything scattered in the room, and take it to its room.
  4. Put things away in their right place as you pick them up if it’s in the same room. There is no point making a pile, unless you have to walk to a different room. Look at it this way, do you want to pick it up twice, once to pick it up and once to carry it to a different room, or do you want to fall victim of the greatest time waster of walking from one end of your house to the other time and time again just to put something away when you can take the whole pile with you.
  5. Get into a routine. Make a plan. As you walk around the room pick up items as you go along, then dust, vacuum, and then organize.
  6. Start with the main rooms. If you’re having guests over and you’re trying to clean before they arrive, concentrate on the rooms they are most likely to see up and close, such as the living room, the kitchen and the bathroom. Leave bedrooms and other rooms until the end and clean them only if time allows.
  7. Vacuum after you dust, otherwise the dust will settle and you’ll have to do it again. Nothing will give a better impression of a clean room than freshly-vacuumed rugs. Buy a perfumed vacuum powder to improve the overall air smell of the room as you clean. This will save you time in the long run. Don’t bother vacuuming the curtains or the upholstery. It will take too much time and it will pull you away from other, more important tasks.
  8. Dust the furniture, starting with anything that is dark wood, as dust shows more clearly on dark surfaces. Don’t use a dry rag; instead, buy wood cleaners or simply use a wet rag in warm water and a mild soap. Cleaning this way will prevent dust from flying around the room as you clean.
  9. Buy, or make, cleaning solutions that can be sprayed on and require no scrubbing. This way, you can spray them on and move on to clean somewhere else while you wait for the chemicals to work on a particular surface. Come around later and simply mop the dirt away.
  10. If you want to, spray some air freshener around the room.
  11. You could also play a game that I call vacume cleaner. All you have to do is stand in a corner of the room and pick up everything that’s basically in the “square” and put it away so that one spot’s spick and span. Then move on to the next little “square” and do the same. It’s quite fun because you can see your progress behind you.

Tips

  • To make cleaning your room fun, make it into a game. If a friend is over, then do this:
  • Set a timer for two minutes.
  • Start the timer, and make sure that your friend has a pen/pencil, and a pad of paper.
  • Pick up (and put away) as many things as you can, while your friend tallies them.
  • When the time is up, switch. Then compare how much you two did.
  • Play your favorite song, that way time will go by much faster.
  • Make a beat for example: (pick up one thing and then pick up another thing on the next beat.)
  • Mix up a solution of 1 part White Vinegar to 5 parts water. Spray that on carpets and upholstery to kill odors.
  • Place a saucer containing 2 tablespoons of coffee grounds behind book cases and cabinets.
  • Put used dryer sheets in your dresser drawers to keep that fresh washed smell. You can hang them in closets, too.

Warnings

  • Don’t let children handle the cleaning and dusting products. You spray, then let them dust.
  • If you vacuum, make sure that there isn’t anything in its way. Don’t run over wires or cables. It will damage the wires and will yank items off tables.
  • Help small kids with putting things away in high places.
  • Don’t use the method of shoving everything into a closet, under a bed, or into a drawer. It might not take long but later when you can’t find anything you need, you’ll regret it. Organizer boxes that slide under the bed are cheap and easy, because you don’t have to do a lot of lifting to get to them.
  • Don’t put heavy objects above chest-height. Reaching and lifting results in numerous serious injuries.
  • Don’t try to move things that are too heavy for you. Ask someone else to help you or don’t do it at all.
  • When bending over, don’t use your back to lift the object.Instead use the strength of your legs to lift.

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HOW TO INSTALL CLOSET ORGANIZERS

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Did you ever see one of those ads with immaculate closets and wish yours could be a bit tidier? You may never need to store exactly five identical shirts on a closet rod, but a closet organizer can help you make the most of the space you have and keep your stuff in order. Many companies now offer modular closet systems you can install for yourself at moderate cost. If you do the job yourself, you can create a closet that’s truly customized to your belongings and lifestyle. Here’s how…

How to Install Closet Organizers

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Did you ever see one of those ads with immaculate closets and wish yours could be a bit tidier? You may never need to store exactly five identical shirts on a closet rod, but a closet organizer can help you make the most of the space you have and keep your stuff in order.

Many companies now offer modular closet systems you can install for yourself at moderate cost. If you do the job yourself, you can create a closet that’s truly customized to your belongings and lifestyle. Here’s how.

Steps

  1. Notice how you use the closet and the room. Is it a bedroom where you will store mostly clothes, or does the room have some other purpose, like a craft room, play room, or computer room?
  • Notice which side of the closet you naturally approach or open first, especially if it has two doors. Your preference may be because of the room layout or your tendency to be right- or left-handed. Plan to put the most frequently-used items where they’re easiest to reach.
  • Notice anything that ends up in piles or hanging on doorknobs in or around the closet.
  • If you just moved in, try using the room and the closet as-is for awhile. It’s not that much trouble to empty a closet when the time comes to work on it, and you’ll learn about your usage patterns.

 

  • Measure your closetand determine how much space you have to work with. Measure height and depth in addition to width.
    • Check where the studs are because this will also help determine your plan. The mounting screws must go into studs and not just drywall.
    • Also, measure how much the frame of the closet and how much it overhangs the space inside.
  • Look around at available closet systems, to get ideas and to have in mind the elements that are available to you. Give some consideration to the choice of materials.
    • Compare materials. Metal wire shelves are inexpensive and reasonably strong, but they may not have the aesthetics of finished melamine. Melamine and manufactured wood products can be finished to resemble wood, but they are generally costlier and heavier than wire.
    • Decide whether appearance is important. It may be important for a large, walk-in closet in a master bedroom or for any exposed storage that is acting as a closet. In a broom closet, on the other hand, it may not matter.
    • Compare costs of different systems and stores. Home improvement and hardware stores often carry closet organization systems. So do container and organization stores, not to mention IKEA. Shop around.
    • Note what parts are in stock at your local store(s) and what other pieces can be ordered.
    • Pick up a brochure or catalog showing what parts are available, so that you can decide which parts will fit your closet. While you’re in the store, get a price list or write down prices of the parts you think you will use.
    • Understand what’s involved in assembling the different systems and make sure you’re up to the task. Most of them are fairly straightforward, aimed at do-it-yourselfers.
    • Ask which pieces (shelves, rods, and even support rails) can easily be cut to a custom length if the standard length doesn’t quite fit your closet. Many of the stores selling closet systems can even cut the pieces for you, so ask if cutting is available and how much it costs.
  • Plan your closet, making sketches, and eventually scale drawings, as you go.
    • For your final plan, draw to scale. In general, you will draw an elevation of the closet, the view you will have when you open both doors, but you should also check the depth to make sure that hanging items and shelves fit.
  • Determine how much hanging space you will need. In a clothing closet, hanging storage will probably occupy most of the space and cost relatively little, so plan it first and give it an ample share of the space.
    • Measure your existing rods and how much clothing you have, in rod length occupied by hangers, adding enough space to slide hangers apart for easy hanging and selection.
    • Arrange hanging storage so that it hangs well back from the door. Remember that rods for hanging clothing need clearance both in front of and behind them.
    • Plan in terms of upper and lower rods, with rods for longer hanging items like dresses and bathrobes. Many closet systems will allow double hanging for shorter items such as pants and shirts. Measure how long your longest garments hang.
    • If this is a shared closet, consider how you can use the closet system to divide the space, giving each user their own rods, shelves, and so on. Try to divide the space equitably, but consider who will store more belongings there.
  • Decide whether to include drawers or sliding baskets in your closet. This depends on whether you will be storing clothing or other small objects in the closet. Drawers and baskets are among the more costly items you can install in most closet systems.
    • If you have a dresser, captain’s bed, or other storage elsewhere, you may not need drawers in the closet.
    • Placing bins or baskets on shelving may be a cheaper, more flexible option for storing and organizing small objects in a closet. Choose drawers if you need frequent access; shelving if you don’t mind a bin-and-basket approach, or if you need flexibility.
  • Figure out how much shelving you can include and what will go on it. Measure the height of the tallest objects that will go on shelves to help determine the spacing.
  • Plan storage for larger items. Do you keep a clothes hamper in the closet? Do you want it to be built in or loose?
  • Plan any special-purpose storage. Will you make space for sports equipment? Will you put your DVD player out of sight, in the closet?
  • Plan any work areas that will go in the closet. Will this closet house a sewing machine or computer? Be sure to leave space for the user of these items to access them comfortably.
  • Check the space above the rod. If this space is also near the top of the door to the closet, make sure that the shelf up there is shallow enough that objects can pass through the space between the door and the shelf.
  • Plan shoe storage for clothing closets.
  • Decide which parts you will need of the system you have chosen.
    • Incorporate starter kits, if they are available, with a few basic accessories. Often, buying several items as a kit costs less than buying them individually, so compare prices. For a larger closet, you may be able to combine multiple kits with a few connecting pieces.
    • Shelves can usually be shortened if the standard lengths don’t quite fit. Often, the store selling the shelving can help you to cut it down, particularly for metal wire shelving.
    • Consider the height of the user. Kids may not be able to reach upper shelves and rods until they grow. Shorter people and people in wheelchairs may want certain rods and shelves lower, too.
  • Make a list of the parts and kits that you will need, based on the sketch. Include any hardware (screws, etc.) that is not in the kits. Take this list to the store.
  • Purchase your closet parts. Take a vehicle large enough for the widest and longest parts.
  • Empty the closet and clear the area around it for working. You’ll also need some floor space away from the project to assemble things like drawers if you’re using them.
    • Now is the time to paint the closet, if you want to.
    • Lift sliding doors off their tracks for better access.
  • Locate the studs in the wall and mark them. It is very important that your mounting screws go into studs and not just drywall.
  • Locate the support rails. Depending on the closet system you choose, these will generally be horizontal or vertical metal rails. In any case, make sure that the holes where you will put the screws line up with studs.
  • Use a level and a tape measure to get the support rails vertical or horizontal (whichever yours require) and aligned with one another.
  • When you have the supports where they should be, mark the hole locations on the wall with a pencil. You may be able to mark right through the mounting holes. Mark the bracket edge location, if you want.
    • Mark holes so that you can find both the horizontal and vertical location after you remove the bracket.
  • Drill pilot holes in the wall where you have marked. Make them about the same size or a little smaller than the minor diameter (smaller diameter) of the screw thread.
  • Install the support rails. Line them up again and drive long screws through the brackets and into the walls.
  • Assemble drawers, modular shelves, cabinets, and any other pieces that require assembly before they are hung up. Most closet systems will come with instructions specific to the design.
  • Attach the closet pieces to the support rails. Read the manufacturer’s instructions for specific details.
  • Secure the shelves, rods, etc. to the support rails or to the walls as required. Here again, secure into the wall studs or, if necessary, use bolts designed for use in drywall.
  • Add any finishing touches, such as drawer pulls, hooks, etc.
  • Arrange adjustable shelves. For laminate shelves on adjustable pegs, make sure each shelf has four pegs and that all four are pushed in all the way and have the flat side up, supporting the shelf. Screw them in if the peg design requires it.
  • Wipe or vacuum up dust and debris from the project.
  • Line shelves or drawers, if desired. Shelf liners can keep wooden and laminate shelves looking nicer longer, block moisture and spills, keep things from sliding around or, in the case of metal shelves, take up the space between wires so that smaller objects don’t fall through.
  • Move into your new closet.
    • This would be a great time to organize the contents of your closet or storage space and throw out what you don’t need.

Tips

  • The detail of your planning should correspond to the complexity of your project. If all you need is a couple rods and some shelves, a quick sketch should do it.
  • Keep your budget in mind throughout the planning process. When you have a basic plan, total up the costs before you head for the store. This is especially important for larger closets: all those little pieces can add up fast!
  • If you have a flat expanse of concrete or asphalt at hand, you can use it to help you plan. Take the measurements of the closet walls, and using kid’s sidewalk chalk, draw the wall on the surface, marking the studs and anything relevant. Now you can do a trial layout of the closet components, laying them against the surface as though it were the wall. This will let you see potential problems and likely give you better ideas. You can simply the move the pieces around rather than having to draw them to scale again each time.
  • Have another person nearby to hold things while you adjust, mark, and screw things in, and to help with long and heavy items.
  • Some closets have access hatches for attics, crawl spaces, or pipes. There’s no reason you can’t put loose objects in front of these (hanging garments, laundry hampers, or shoe racks), but plan permanent fixtures, like built-in shelves, around these openings.
  • Not all closet systems need to go in closets. They can also help to create laundry areas, garage, and pantry storage, and they can be combined with cabinets or other enclosed storage.

Warnings

  • Always work safely with tools.
  • Make sure that closet systems are designed to take the load and make sure that the support brackets are securely installed into a stud with the recommended number of fasteners and spacing. Then, make sure that shelves and other units are correctly installed on the supports.
  • A closet organizer can only do so much. If you have way too much stuff, you’ll need to sort through it and remove items to get the most of your organization system.

Things You’ll Need

  • Stud finder
  • Screwdriver
  • Pencil
  • Drill and drill bits
  • Tape measure
  • Level, plumb bob, square
  • Safety glasses
  • Closet organizer system brackets or rails
  • Shelves, rods, and other closet organizer components
  • Handles, hooks, and door or drawer pulls, as necessary
  • Bins, shelf liners, hangers, etc. (optional)
  • A hacksaw (for cutting rods and metal shelving) and circular saw (for cutting wood or laminate shelves), if you need to cut any pieces yourself.
  • Mounting screws, if they are not included with your closet system. Choose long wood screws if you are mounting the closet system into studs and drywall screws with anchors if there are places you cannot screw into studs.


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HOW TO CLEAN A KIDS BEDROOM

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Cleaning a child’s bedroom is important. They need to get orginized to know where stuff like their homework is so they won’t be rushing to look for all of their things. If little, kids have the parents do most of the work. When you have all of your materials ready, start to pick up any items on the furniture and floor. Dust, dust the leftover dust or bugs that might be on the ceiling, and dust the curtains and wooden surfuces. On the floor, first sweep it with a broom. Then empty the carpets on the floor, after that you mop. Give at least a few minutes to dry…

How to Clean a Kid’s Bedroom

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Cleaning a child’s bedroom is important. They need to get orginized to know where stuff like their homework is so they won’t be rushing to look for all of their things.If it little kids have the parents do most of the work.

Steps

  1. When you have all of your materials ready, start to pick up any items on the furniture and floor.
  2. Dust, dust the leftover dust or bugs that might be on the ceiling, and dust the curtains and wooden surfuces.
  3. On the floor, first sweep it with a broom. Then empty the carpets on the floor, after that you mop. Give at least a few minutes to dry.
  4. You can hang up the curtains and clean your window with glass cleaner.
  5. Now it’s time to make the bed, get new clean sheets and smooth them out on the bed. Before you smooth them out, you can fold the top to have room for pillows. Then put new pillowcases and add the pillows.
  6. Store all of the childrens toys and items in storage boxes and put them in the closet or under the bed. Have someone help you make a shelf/orginization system in the closet.
  7. Clean all surfaces and orginize books and papers, etc in order.
  8. Spray airfreshner for a fresh scent!

Tips

  • It’s a good idea to have an adult help to clean your room.
  • Orginize by size and dust old cd’s and books.
  • If there is a man in the family or a woman doesn’t really matter, maybe build some shelfs.
  • A fun way for kids is to pick every thing up by color. Name a color fo instance red and then they have to pick up every tihing in the room that is red. You can even time yourself so you can be motivated to do it quicker each color.

Warnings

  • Do not spray air freshner or cleaning sprays into eyes.
  • Do not stuff everything under the bed because everything gets lost and messy and you’re panicking because you’re homework is possibly down there, buried under everything.

Things You’ll Need

  • Duster
  • Wipes
  • Glass spray
  • Mop and broom
  • Air freshner
  • Sheets and pillows
  • Storage boxes
  • an apron

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ORGANIZING KID ROOMS

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Organizing Kids’ Rooms – Eight Quick Tips for Moms

By Jamie Jefferson

I always know that it’s time to reorganize my home when I spend more than 20 minutes each day helping my kids to look for puzzle pieces or some other small object just so that they can continue their play. This morning, my son and I combed the carpet in the playroom and searched the toybox for the tiny helmet of his Lego policeman.

When you have small children, it can be difficult to keep their things organized and to keep the clutter at bay. But an organized, clutter-free home helps everyone to feel more peaceful and relaxed. And it means you have to spend a lot less time searching for lost toys, too. Here are eight quick tips to help you to help your kids organize their stuff.

1. Get a sense of the big picture, and figure out what needs to be done first. Do a quick walk through of your home and determine where you need to start. And know at the start that this project isn’t going to get done in a single day. It’s best to get an overall view of the job as a whole and then choose the most pressing task first.

2. Don’t go nuts buying containers and bins before you start. Before your job is done, you will likely need shelving and more than a few containers of various sizes, which you can find very inexpensively at discount stores. But don’t purchase these things before you know what you’ll need. I have wasted money in the past on needless storage bins – buying two or three, when one would do – or purchasing containers that were too big to be truly functional. Be patient and discover what you truly need. Then make a list and go to the store for these items just once.

3. Make sure your kids have the proper tools to keep their rooms tidy. If their laundry is all over the place, get them a nice clothes hamper that matches the décor of their room. Or put a golden star on their chore chart for taking their dirty clothes straight to the laundry room.

4. Put things away in logical containers. If there are too many of one item, break it down into yet another box. If you’re really organized, you can create a color coding system to make things easier. Or tape a photograph of the bin’s contents on the front. We have bins for Star Wars action figures and for Playmobil pirates, as well as separate bins for Playmobil knights and then another for cars and trucks.

5. As you go, you’ll want to have two large plastic bags: one for charity and one for trash. I bag things right away because I find that, if I ask my kids whether they want to keep an item or give it away, they can make a decision right away, but if they continue to see that item, they are likely to change their minds. Once the decision is made, it’s a lot easier for everyone if it goes out of sight.

6. Don’t ask too much of yourself in a single day. For me, tackling my son’s toys was one day’s project – and tackling my daughter’s closet was another. If I try to do too much in a single day, I’m very likely to get in a hurry halfway through the second or third project, and I end up not being as thorough as I would like.

7. Explain to your kids the value of keeping their room organized. Children don’t like to spend a lot of time looking for lost toys either. After you have organized things, make sure to emphasize the benefits of the tidy room each time they are able to successfully find their toys on the first try. You are teaching your children habits that will serve them well for their entire lives.

8. Know that this job is never truly finished. My son and I organized his room recently, meaning that we dumped out everything from his toy box to his storage shelves as well as all of the once-organized bins and started from scratch. No matter how organized you keep things, you’ll probably need to do this from time to time.

Now use the time you would have spent looking for lost toys in a different way: put your feet up and relax with a hot cup of tea.

Jamie Jefferson writes for Susies-Coupons.com, where she shares discount store coupons including WalMart coupons.

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KIDS STORAGE CONTAINERS

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Simple and Efficient Ways to Organize Your Kids’ Room

By Cody Scholberg

Children are known to be mess-makers, and cleaning their room seems to be a never-ending process. However, there is still hope. All you need to do is structure an effective organizing plan involving the kids. In addition, the integration of functional storage containers can also help you successfully accomplish your goal.

If you are looking for excellent storage solutions for your kids’ rooms, you have to take into account major considerations including functionality, ease of use, safety and overall appeal. It will be helpful if you try scouring for viable options in the internet. The World Wide Web is an excellent place to find good storage options for your kids’ rooms. Check different sites, and try to be more specific on your searches.

It would be better if you bring the kids to the store with you, and let them choose the type of storage boxes they want to place in their room. Doing so will help them realize the importance of keeping their things organized. Buying plain boxes can also be a good option since you can personalize them together with the kids. Allowing your kids to take on responsibility is a perfect way of teaching them the value of organization.

Consider investing on multifunctional storage bins. Today, there are a wide range of storage containers available. They come in various shapes, sizes, types, and designs. Storage boxes with different compartments can be a perfect addition to your kids’ rooms. This will allow them to sort out their items, and place them right all in one place. Choose those with attractive designs, and vibrant colors. Kids love diversity, and you would definitely want to buy something that will reflect their personality. It will be a good idea to let them choose the design, which can help entice them to use the storage units.

Of course, the most important thing that you want to ensure is your children’s safety. Storage containers that have smooth and rounded edges are excellent for your kids’ room since they are more child-friendly. Small storage boxes that can be placed inside their cabinet or under their beds are also good options.

Another major concern is that you should consider is the available space in your kids’ room. Storage containers are available in varying sizes, and dimensions. For those with limited space, the use of storage bins and plastic storage containers will be more ideal. Just make sure that they will perfectly fit inside your children’s closet, above their cabinets or under their beds.

Lastly, teach your children how to properly use them. It may take a while before they get the hang of it, but with proper guidance they will surely learn how to put back things in their proper places in no time!

Cody Scholberg, an expert on storage boxes, writes about organizing with storage boxes. Learn how to choose the right storage box for you.

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