Operation "Playroom organisation"

If you follow me on Facebook, you will know that we are in the process of organising our playroom. 

To be honest... I've been on this operation since we moved in but have never managed to finish it off.

So here is what we have going on to keep chaos to a minimum and easy fun playing to a maximum!

When designing our floor plan for this house, storage in our playroom was really up there on my priority list.

We decided on two shelved cupboards on the TV wall which meant it didn't eat up any wall space, and also added to the bulkhead effect around the TV feature wall.

You could also organise similar to this with Ikea Expedit unit's, bookcases, shelving units.

We have used this system for quite some time now, the "homing similar items in a box" system.

I have found that it is easy to manage as at the end of the day, we just lay which ever box is needed on the floor, and usually its 6+ boxes. Sometimes its all of them. Not all the time.  Then everything gets put in the appropriate box, and put away.

I now have each box labelled with not only the word of the items that are in the box, but also a picture to help with recognition.

The containers I ended up settling on were from Target.

 

After doing the rounds, I found these to be sturdy, cost effective,  they had clear windows to help see what's in them, and they came in a variety of sizes.

 

The cupboard to the left I decided to dedicate it to all of the containers.

 

 

 

The cupboard to the right homes Boo's dress up's down the bottom. This was just achieved with a hanging rail below one of the shelves.

It is also is home to all our art and craft supplies.

Then above we keep our kinder and swimming bags which are always repacked and placed back in their home at the end of the day.

 

 

 

Oh and the top shelf. The special top shelf.

 

It is reserved for toys that have driven Mummy insane, the ones that need a "rest".

 

We also keep our Easter egg hunt baskets up there. Better dust them off soon for when the fluffy bunny visits!

 

So that is our major storage covered...

 

We also have a 4 x 4 cube Expedit unit to house all our every day toys, ones that don't require storing.

 

And also a kids desk that is home to all drawing and colouring in things.

 

  

I hope that has given you some insight in to how we try to keep our playroom organised and maybe given you some ideas?

 

Maybe you already have a fab system that you find works well?

 

 

Share it! Find me on FB and pop some pics up! Would love everyone to get sharing.

 

Until next time...