Girls Room
Typical project length: To add bins to an existing shelf is a done-in-a-weekend project. To construct a built-in unit might take up to six weeks.Permit needed: None.Best time of year to do this project: Containing toys knows no season. I love the cleanliness of this look with white closed cabinets and grey walls to make colors pop
In New York City, where Hershman usually works, finding space for boxlike bins can be tricky. Her solution: softer, narrower storage units. “I had tote bags embroidered with the name of the item they store and then hung them from hooks on the back of a door,” she says. “The parent would have to help bring the tote down and hang it up, but it’s a great solution.”
4. Group collections. Legos are one thing, but what can you do with the rocks, seashells and plastic trinkets your kids gather? Aaron Christensen, owner of Embellishments Kids, suggests putting similar things together in see-through containers to keep things visually organized and make the collections more powerful. This child had an abundant nature collection. Christensen built shelving over the desk to store some of the boy’s belongings. He fastened Mason jars under the bottom shelf to act as an accessible and visual place for knickknacks, which can be categorized by type.
Photo by Plumlily Photography3. Tailor the space to the interest. Parents everywhere have stared down a tower of Legos or an intricately built model and asked: Where am I going to put this? The answer: in a place set aside for kids to display and create, says Simplified Bee designer Cristin Bisbee Priest, who emphasizes the importance of including your child’s interests in a room’s design. This ledge runs along the room’s perimeter and is the perfect spot for this child’s enormous collection of Lego models.
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