Arranging Childs Bedroom

Updated on April 15, 2011
J.J. asks from Milwaukee, WI
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Ok so I am spending the morning cleaning my five year olds room and wondering what to do with things I know he would want to save but I would like to put new things up. Like his red fire hat he got from the fireman at school last year(it's plastic so it can break), his lion mask from the zoo. If I put it out of reach he won't play with it yet I'm ready to put the new things up. I just went through his closet and brought out a bunch of things he hasn't played with in awhile such as magnetic books, lacing cards, alphabet puzzles and coloring books. I want him to have different things to play with over spring break. After my oldest moves out next year he will go into a bigger room and I won't have this problem (I hope)! I put all his stuffed animals in a big hamper and he has a shoe rack, toy box, cabinet,dresser and bed in a small room but it works. In the family room he has a table & chair set and a shelf to hold his crayons and supplies. Where do I go with the old important stuff without over loading my basement with totes? I will have him put the smaller things he really likes to play with in a shoe box. That can be for his special things. He can bring it out into the other rooms when he wants to play with his special stuff. He will like that idea. I have special memory boxes as well. It's the bigger things that I still want out for him to play with. Come on mommys can you give me some good ideas????

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So What Happened?

I want these things out so he can still play with them. Just don't know where to put them until he out grows them. The basement is not an option since his double basketball hoop takes up his play area. I have these items on the hooks on the wall right now but thought I could hang some sweatshirts instead.He had a kids coat rack with pegs but it came apart so I just threw it out. That really helped but took up space in his room. I guess I'll just hang them in the closet. I will check Ikea also. I was making great progress until he came home and starting playing with all the new things in his room that suddenly appeared!

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V.W.

answers from Jacksonville on

Can you put some of the bulkier items in a laundry basket on the top shelf of his closet? In a year or so, he won't care about the fire hat anymore. Well...he might.. but you won't. And he won't want to take it with him when he moves out for college, right? So don't end up storing it for 20 years and then giving it to him expecting he's still going to want it.

He's young still, but it's a different perspective to consider when you are filling those totes for the basement.

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S.B.

answers from Chicago on

Why don't you get a coat rack, with pegs, that can be hung on the wall. Then you can put his fireman hat and lion mask on the pegs and they will be up out of the way, but still able to be reached to play with when he wants.

In small spaces it is important to use the vertical space you have as well. Check out www.ikea.com for some ideas on how to utilize the space you have effectively. I live in a 2 br condo, but it's small, and I find a lot of inspiration from IKEA.

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N.W.

answers from Eugene on

We used to live in a small house with 4 kids so I would rotate my kids' toys. They had a ton of stuff. About 1/3 of it was out and easy to play with. The other 2/3 were in large totes and stored out of the way. Every couple of months, we'd switch totes and voila, it was like having all new toys. My kids kept their favorite toys and stuffed animals in a separate box that never got rotated out. I organized the totes so that they always had some art supplies, books, building toys, puzzles and active toys in each rotation.

Each of my children has one large underbed tote for memorabilia. In it is a newpaper from the day they were born, favorite outfits over the years, special letter from grandparents, a few awards and photos and favorite (small) toys from childhood.

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T.H.

answers from Kansas City on

Important stuff like what? Art projects, toys, ?? My kids are still pretty young (3, 1) but I take pictures of their art projects and keep them on my computer. Then I'm going to make a photo book of their art so they can see it but it won't clutter my basement up. I have kept a few really adorable things, but seriously only a few. If you're talking toys and clothes, I say purge. If he's not playing with them and you don't NEED to keep them for any reason, get them out of the house. I fear a bigger room with only keep more stuff around, not that you shouldn't move him, but just be prepared for even more stuff! ;)

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