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Creative Storage Solution And Clutter Control Ideas For Kid Stuff

By Sherrie Le Masurier

Are you overwhelmed by clothes, books and toys everywhere? If you answered yes, just imagine how your child feels. With so much kid stuff everywhere room cleaning is anything but fun.

Clutter control doesn’t have to be a chore. With a solid organizing plan, some creative storage solution ideas and a little patience you can turn a messy child’s room into an organized space in a matter of hours.

By using color as an essential part of your child’s organizing system you make the clean up and clutter control process fun. And by knowing that each toy has a home your child can then learn how to return items after play. Even very young children can benefit from color coordination and having a storage solution that works.

Preschoolers in particular learn their colors faster when they routinely put colored items in matching bins.

A creative storage solution would be to use a color system that incorporates large cubes, bins or baskets. You don’t have to stick with primary colors either. The toys and storage containers of today come in all colors and shapes.

For more creative storage tips for children’s room visit Kid Room Storage Ideas.

And if you’re having trouble coming up with enough containers in the color(s) of your choice consider spray painting baskets or covering boxes with matching wallpaper.

Unfinished wood furniture is also ideal for rooms you’ll be implementing such a colorful storage solution in. This kind of furniture is the ideal canvas for all kinds of decorative touches. You may even wish to give each drawer a different color.

Organizing kid stuff by size is also a good storage solution idea. Storing small and large things together can result in lost or broken items. Where possible small items should be contained in smaller bins. That said, there is wisdom in storing items together that will be used together. In that case it’s a matter of packaging small items up separately within a bigger bin or container.

A creative and colorful storage solution doesn’t end with visual storage around the room. Consider adding a little color to your child’s closet by using brightly colored hangers and hooks.

More closet design and closet organization tips can be found by visiting Closet Design, Closet Organization And Closet Storage Tips For Kid Rooms.

There is no end to how you can use color as a creative storage solution to store kid stuff. As long as you can imagine it, you can make it happen.

And finally, one of the best ways to clutter control your kid’s room is to routinely pass along outgrown toys and clothing to younger children you know. That way, all the creative storage solution ideas I’ve given you will be used only for the kid stuff your child needs and uses on a regular basis.

Written by Sherrie Le Masurier, Lifestyle Columnist and Co-Owner of
Family Sanity Savers.com. Copyright 2006.