Get Your Child's Bedroom Organized

In a family with generous grandparents, overflowing craft projects and very merry holidays, a few little steps can make a big difference. Make room for the kids, make room for your sanity.

take baby steps

When it’s time to de-clutter and clean, approach the child’s room like any other. Take baby steps and do one thing at a time. First, skim away trash. Then, hamper dirty laundry. Move on to big stuff and fill in with parts and pieces. You don’t have to be the cleaning fairy, magically whisking it all away. With your child in the room, walk through the baby steps out loud to demystify the process and invite junior to get involved.

lower the bar

Try a walk around the room on your knees (or better yet, enlist your 12-year old). From this perspective, you’ll soon find out what’s hard to reach. Make it easy for your kids to pick up after playtime or hang up a sweater by lowering hooks, bars and shelves. Stepstools can help, but for safety and ease, lower is better. Consider doubling up on clothing bars-one low and within your child’s reach, the other higher for

special clothes requiring your help

A well-organized space saves you time, money and stress. It can also provide the perfect opportunity to teach about giving and sharing. As you organize, invite your child to think about which toys are favorites-and which could be given away to become the favorites of a little boy or girl who has less.

keep it safe

Children (and sleep-deprived adults) are prone to bumping into things and grabbing onto anything nearby for balance or support. Stabilize structures toddlers may topple. Remove their temptation to reach higher than they should by keeping off-limit items child-locked or out of sight. Choose ouch-free organizers with rounded edges.

eliminate monster hiding places

Do monsters lurk beneath the beds? You can scare them away permanently by packing their habitat with baskets or bins containing seldom-used toys, or off-season outfits. If your floors are hardwood or laminate, consider storage on casters for easy sliding. No more room for monsters-or clutter.

label and teach

Show your kids where things are supposed to go with picture and word labels. Books. Blocks. Pants. Pajamas. While you build good habits, you can help kids make meaningful connections between words, illustrations and actual objects.

express without mess

Designate shelves, tack boards or other special areas for artistic display-giving your child an outlet for personal expression and a sense of responsibility for the room. As she gets older, your child may use these spaces to display trophies, aced report cards, or other items of inspiration.

ORG offers a complete line of home organization solutions for closets, pantries, basements, laundry rooms, garages, home offices and more. Fully trained and authorized ORG dealers provide design services, organization advice and professional installation. Visit www.HomeORG.com for more information. © 2008 ORG

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ORG and Easy Track home organization solutions maximize space and add appeal to closets, pantries, craft rooms, basements, laundry rooms, garages and more. ORG professional dealers offer full-service design and installation to meet your specialized needs while Easy Track DIY storage systems are easy-to-design online and simple-to-install using our unique track. With a wide variety of styles and finishes, hardware options, and architectural detail, our custom solutions compliment all homes.

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