Children and their toys, clothes and just stuff in general can take over your home. You may feel that it’s a battle you will never win and you don’t plan on seeing your living room floor until they leave for college.

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Don’t despair – there are some easy and simple ways to organize your child’s room that will help keep them on track and the rest of your home neat and uncluttered. 

A mix of closed storage and open storage will provide your and your child with options – closed storage lets you hide items from view, giving the room a tidy feel; open storage allows children to see at a glance what is stored where.

Whatever you choose for your child, storage containers should be age appropriate, fun and easy to use and made of non-toxic materials. Toy organizers and storage bins should also be very accessible; if they are not, you know what will happen – everything will land on the floor or be stuffed out of sight in the closet.

Children, like adults, are tactile and love to experience different textures, colors and shapes. Choose storage bins and toy boxes that are bright and bold. There is a wide variety of storage solutions for kids to choose from – toy chests and toy boxes, toy caddies, toy organizers and storage bins.

A toy caddy is very handy, especially for younger children, for transporting toys and other miscellaneous items to and from their room to other areas of the house. Storage bins range from utilitarian and multi-purpose to fun and funky and they can have a particular theme like animals, princesses and automobiles.

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Make the most of baskets – they can help you wage war on clutter. They look stylish and trendy (a bonus for you) and are user-friendly (a bonus for your kids). Adding a row of baskets or individual see-through bins to a couple of bookcase shelves creates a convenient space where kids can “stuff” things out of the way. Baskets and stackable bins can be a great way to tame an unmanageable closet and keep it organized. 

A toy chest like the Teamson Design Under the Sea Hand Painted Kids Toy Chest/Box can an a whimsical element to a child's room

Under the bed isn’t reserved just for monsters. Transform the space under the bed into useful storage with under-bed drawers. If your child’s bed won’t accommodate under-bed drawers, this would also be a good place for baskets or a set of storage trays for items like shoes or sports equipment.

It’s easy to forget the storage potential of the walls in your child’s room. Put hooks on the backs of doors so that they can hang up clothes, backpacks, etc. without too much effort. Hanging racks are also handy to have. Shelving units, floating shelves and shadow boxes are ideal for displaying mementoes, collectibles and other highly valued treasures. While not strictly storage related, placing a cork board or some kind of message board will give them a place to display pictures, etc. while keeping their desk or activity table free of bits of paper.

These straightforward and simple storage solutions for kids will help you to organize your child’s room easily and conveniently. Storage solutions for your child’s bedroom are good for the rest of you home, too. A wall organizer in the family room or a set of storage cubes in the hallway (one for each child) just might inspire them to put things away rather than “store” them on the floor.