The day finally started winding down to a close and it was time to put Lil Roo to bed. We started doing our nightly, before bed, cleanup routine. Incidentally, that was also the moment I got an impulse to rearrange his room. It started with just picking up the toys, then I figured I’d go ahead and do a quick vacuum. Then… well, next thing I know I’m moving just about everything around. The only things that didn’t get moved was the bed and the dresser, and trust me, I was considering that also. I have a variety of small / medium containers I use to corral the toys, in addition to the closet shelves, and there are also large toy vehicles and ride-ons that just sit out.
I have been trying different methods of organizing his toys, books, and misc stuff, but I haven’t found a system that works exactly like I want it to. I’ve had my eye on a large bookshelf type deal, with cubes instead of straight across shelves. I saw something like this on an old episode of Jon & Kate quite awhile ago and have been thinking about it since. I found this at IKEA, which is basically what I have in mind:
Keep in mind, that I removed unearthly amounts of toys leading up to Christmas, in the hopes that I would be able to have better control over the toys. Uh, wrong.
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We use the Ikea Expedit for toys, too. It’s only two squares high, though, and four long. We put in canvas bins from Target ($5 each or so) to hold the toys. It’s working out really well. The bins allow for a bit of sorting that shelves don’t. Plus they HIDE the TOYS! Which is good, because it’s in our living room.
OH I like that shelf and the comment from Angie above! Wow. Some of our toys are in our living room too. Hmmmmm. I wonder if dh can build something. hmmm.
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we bought one of these in the expresso color awhile ago and have since moved it into our babys room. i love it. it’s great for storage and highlighting decorative peices as well.
Thanks for the feedback. We have what seems like a zillion projects & purchases planned for the house, but I’m almost 100% certain now this is going on the list, too. The more I look at it and think about it, the more I like it.
Anyone know what the individual cubes measurements are?
I have that in my finished basement for my kids toys and LOVE it! I use plastic bins I found at IKEA in the cubes. It works great to get the toys off the floor.
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