Whether or not your are waging a constant battle to get your children to clean up their rooms or they are pretty good about keeping it tidy for the most part, you still feel that there is just too much stuff lying around. Finding a way to organize your child’s room that is good for both of you is important to keeping your house in good order. Especially now before heading into holiday season when you know they’ll be getting even more stuff, it might be a good time to do a little purging and add more storage solutions to help them stay organized and keep the room neat.

 Sorting and Purging

Since they can quickly accumulate a lot of stuff, get them to help you sort through everything. There are probably items they no longer use or like. And they are most certainly harboring treasures that they can’t part with but have been broken and are beyond repair. Separate toys, books, etc. from clothes. Put everything in piles: stuff that needs to be thrown out; things that are no longer used and can be given away; and items that just don’t belong in the room, including seasonal items like outerwear, sports equipment etc.

Storage Solutions

Once everything that is not staying, such as items to be put in the trash, is removed from the bedroom, you’re ready to get organized. Now that you have a better idea of what’s staying and what’s going, decide if you will need more storage options or if everything will go back into the shelves, cupboards and storage bins that are already in the room. This is also a good time to wipe everything down and sanitize surfaces while shelves, cubbies and cupboards are empty.

Like with Like

Sort the pile of things your child wants to keep into piles of similar items, for example all of the toy cars in one pile, books in another, stuffed toys in another. Decide where everything will go. Put everything back into their assigned bins or shelves. If storage bins aren’t see-through, add labels to make finding things and putting things away more convenient.

Afterwards

Encourage them to use what they have. If they have a toy chest or clothes hamper they never use, perhaps they are simply in the wrong place. Try finding a more central location that will motivate them to put dirty clothes straight into the hamper rather than dumping them on the floor or toys back in the toy box once they have finished playing. Make sure that storage bins are easy to use and that bookshelves and storage units are accessible and not blocked by other pieces of furniture.

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