Children are absolutely not bothered if there is a mess in their children's room. So that parents don't lose their nerve when visiting their child's room, you can use a few little tricks to keep things tidy almost automatically.
Table of contents
- 1. Homemade shelves or tables
- Build children's shelves yourself: instructions
- 2. Cool pen collection
- 3. Practical table with storage
- 4. Picture books as wall decoration
- 5. Barbie's new apartment
- 6. Clever storage baskets
“It looks like Hempels under the sofa here” was one of my mother’s favorite sayings when I was little. With the following clever storage hacks, my children's room would definitely have been tidier.
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Well, maybe not. But: To ensure that the children's room does not sink into total chaos, two things are extremely important. First: Everything needs its own place. And secondly: it should look pretty. If you then ensure that everything is put away in its place every evening, nothing will stand in the way of a tidy children's room.
1. Homemade shelves or tables
Simple shelves are pretty boring. Instead, stack a few wooden boxes on top of each other and build your own shelf out of them. Paint them different colors and turn tidying up into a game: books go in the white box, CDs in the brown box and toys in the red box.
Build children's shelves yourself: instructions
Here's how:
First of all, you obviously need wooden boxes of the same size. Wine boxes are particularly suitable for further processing into a table or shelf. Depending on how high you want the shelf to be, get between 3 - 4 boxes - for a child's height table you only need 2. Make sure that they are stable enough so that you can screw them together - safety is always important in the children's room before.
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Sand the boxes first before painting or varnishing so that there are no sharp spots and the paint holds well. Then paint them in your child's favorite colors. By the way, it's welcome to help.
Once the paint has dried, glue the boxes together with glue or screw them together and you have a colorful, beautiful shelf. Don't forget to always screw shelves to the wall to ensure that they don't fall over or injure anyone.
2. Cool pen collection
Colored pencils, felt-tip pens, chalk: Some children love drawing and have a huge mountain of crayons. So that they don't fly everywhere, you can, for example, attach a nice ready-made storage system (e.g. for the kitchen) to the wall. Small baskets or cups can be hung up quickly and conveniently using a small hole.
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Alternative:You create your very own system. To do this, attach a rod to the wall, get hooks and small metal buckets - done.
3. Practical table with storage
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Looks good and is extremely practical: the combination of table and boxes. Get a small table with storage underneath. Make sure that you choose a table that is particularly stable.
After all, children come up with strange ideas. The coating should also be as scratch-resistant as possible, after all you want to push boxes in and on top of that you want to play hard.
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The table can be used as a play area, and on the shelf below you can put boxes in which the toys can be stored. This means the child can easily get to it and store everything directly in the boxes after playing.
It is practical if the boxes are transparent, for example made of plastic. Older children can also use opaque boxes that can be labeled from the outside. Also make sure that the boxes are easy to open so that the little ones can actually play on their own.
4. Picture books as wall decoration
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Most children have endless picture books. Sure, you can just put them in a box, but you won't find them again so quickly. It's much nicer if you put shelves on the wall and put the picture books on them.
If you have a lot of books, you can store the rest in boxes and replace the books presented on the boards once a week.
5. Barbie's new apartment
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It's best to get a narrow rolling drawer system for Barbie's shoes, clothes, combs and other accessories. Here, too, you can label each drawer or add a picture so that it is clear what belongs in it. The drawers are also great as a garage for toy cars or Lego bricks.
6. Clever storage baskets
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If you have pretty baskets or boxes, you can hang them on the wall as a storage system. All you need is large hooks that you drill into the wall. Attach a sturdy rope to the back of the basket and hang it on the hook. Cars, books, coloring blocks and anything else that flies around the room goes into the baskets.
We hope we were able to help you with our tips to bring a little more order to your children's room. For even more hacks for the children's room or household tips, check out gofeminin.de regularly!
