| Often times, your kids bedroom is the most | | | | a second rod will double the amount of space you |
| disorganized and cluttered room in the house. Of | | | | have to hang clothes. Most closet organizers come |
| course, children are a bit messy by nature but if you | | | | with this type of system, but if you don't have a |
| have inadequate storage or a disorganized storage | | | | closet organizer, you can buy a simple hanging rod |
| plan, this can make things even harder. Here's some | | | | that hangs from the top rod to double the space. |
| tips on creating more storage in your kids closet | | | | Help your kid to get his dirty clothes up off the |
| which can help declutter the whole room. | | | | bedroom floor by using a tall garbage can or tall cloth |
| The first thing you should do before you even start | | | | laundry bin inside the closet. Children are more apt to |
| organizing the closet is to go through everything in | | | | use a hamper if it is near where they are taking off |
| the room and throw out anything that is not used. | | | | their clothes and putting it in the closet will create |
| To accomplish this effectively, you should sort | | | | more room in the bedroom and keep the dirty |
| everything into 2 piles - the "keep" pile and the "toss" | | | | laundry out of site. |
| pile. You can further break down the toss pile into | | | | A wicker basket can be placed inside the closet on |
| items that can be donated and items that should just | | | | the floor or on one of the shelves of a closet |
| be thrown out. | | | | organizer in which to store stuffed animals and dolls. |
| Using a closet organizer in your kids bedroom closet | | | | You can also use a hanging shoe bag for small toys |
| can really help to add extra storage space to the | | | | and stuffed animals. |
| room. You can use one of the simple wire organizers | | | | Use another basket or shallow container to store |
| that have some shelves and two tiered racks or go | | | | shoes - this will help keep them together instead of |
| hog wild with one of the nice wooden ones with all | | | | all jumbled up all over the room. |
| kinds of drawers and other storage areas. | | | | If you have small children, you can organize their |
| No matter what type of closet organizer you have | | | | clothing for the week by choosing several outfits and |
| (or even if you just have a pole with a top shelf) | | | | then placing each outfit inside a hanging accessory |
| you want to make the most use of your closet | | | | bag. That way your child can simply go to the bag |
| space. Since the very top shelf is not easily | | | | and take out everything he need to dress himself! |
| accessible for your child you want to store off | | | | In addition to the closet, you can organize shelves |
| season clothes and other items up there. Buy some | | | | and use the space under the bed by storing toys and |
| plastic containers and put the clothes inside - label the | | | | mementos in plastic storage bins and wicker baskets. |
| outside of the box and you will be able to easily see | | | | The wicker baskets can look nice on shelves or in |
| what is in what box. You can also store clothing from | | | | open areas and can even add to the décor |
| an older relative that might be too big this year but | | | | while the plastic ones can go under the bed and in |
| will fit next year in boxes up on the top shelf. | | | | other "hidden" areas. |
| Another way that you can double the closet space is | | | | While organizing your kids bedroom closet in this way |
| to use hanging racks or double up on the rods. Since | | | | can't guarantee that he or she will always be neat |
| your childs clothing is not very long, it is not | | | | and put stuff away, it surely can't hurt! |
| necessary for a full length from rod to floor - adding | | | | |