Finding the Right Tool for Organizing Toys
September 26, 2008 by Maricar
Filed under Organizing and Clutter Control
Ever since I saw this video on organizing kid’s rooms and toys, I’ve been planning to re-do my own system for my kids’ toys. Originally, I wanted to start with this:
and pair it with several of these:
But then I found this baby on clearance:
It’s $60 originally, but was on sale for 50% off. The cashier then accidentally peeled off a bit of the finish way down at the bottom, so she gave me an additional 10% off. So it’s $27 for the entire thing, and it was already assembled.
All the colors got my kids excited (and I hope they’ll be as excited about putting their toys away in this). I like the open bins and that there are 2 different sizes. I’ll share more of the before and after of my toy organizing system in a while.
images from Sauder, Sterilite and my personal collection 2008
I don’t have little ones at home anymore but do know some families with young children and I’m going to refer them to this entry. By the way, how tall and wide is the bin system and where did you get it? I know I could find a use for it somehow.
We have a similar bin system and it works pretty well for us. We also labelled the bins for easier clean-up. (My plan was to do so with photos but I only got as far as masking tape). And to reduce the speed at which the bins evolve into a useless jumble of mismatched clutter, we keep the smaller toys sorted within the bins using zippered see-through mesh bags (KidsKlutterKatchers.com) Happy organizing!