Organizing My Child's Room

What are the special challenges of organizing a child's room?

The biggest challenge of organizing a child's room is remembering that it is for a child, and children are smaller than adults. It is keeping things low and keeping it at a certain level so that kids can have access to the things that they need to have access to and they are not having to climb up on things or they can't see things.It is a tough challenge because there's really a limited amount of space down there, whether it is on the floor or within the first two or three feet. That's always a big challenge, too, with children's closets because children more and more like to dress themselves, and we want to make everything reallyeasily accessible to them.So, when I am organizing children's rooms I tend to try to utilize the floor space as much as I can. I use baskets and fun containers that I can put things in there for them so that they can reach in and grab them, but they are also easy they can put things back They are not complicated, hard to open, dangerous. You don't want things that have parts that come off. But, really, that's the challenge is to keep it at a height that the kids can work with.

What kinds of storage containers or tools are best for children?

You want to get a storage container, first of all, that, you know, doesn't have any piece they're going to be able to swallow or that are going to break off. I would prefer also that you're not getting a storage container that they can lock themselves into for any reason. You really want to be safe with that. You can certainly get more open bins and baskets, which are really great for kids. They're made of softer materials. There are lots of fabric baskets you can buy or very soft woven baskets. There are also some really amazing brightly-colored plastic-woven baskets you can buy that are fun and functional, and you can wipe them if anything spills. So you really don't want to be spending a ton of money on something that your kids are going to spill something on and stain and you're going to think, like, oh my god. You want them to be functional and decorative and fun and safe. So that's what you're really looking for.