Do you get chills whenever you walk into your child’s room? If you dread seeing laundry piled up on the armchair and toys scattered haphazardly on the rug, it might be time to declutter. Decluttering a child’s room is hard work, but we’ve compiled four storage tips for keeping your kids’ bedroom clutter-free to help you do it successfully.
Try to include your child in the cleaning process as much as possible. It’s their bedroom, after all, and their stuff. It doesn’t feel great to have someone redecorate your entire room or throw away your favorite things without asking first.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you should leave their room a mess just because they “like it that way.” But if your child throws a fit when you try to move a piece of furniture or throw something out, that’s your cue to ask them why they’re upset and work with them to find a solution.
An adult’s first instinct is usually to start cleaning the shelves and other tall places. That’s because these items are closest to eye level and the most easily accessible. But your child can’t see that high up, and if you start by cleaning the places they can’t see and don’t care about, they may grow bored and disengage from the cleaning process. Instead, work from the ground up and find places for your child’s clothes and toys before you tinker with decor and other small details. This will keep them engaged with the task at hand.
The next storage tip for keeping your kids’ bedroom clutter-free is to start with the stuff you and your child don’t need or want. Most children won’t resist you tossing or donating their old baby clothes and the toys they don’t use anymore, so this should be a fairly painless process. As a rule, if your child hasn’t used an item in more than six months or if the item is visibly damaged or worn, you should donate it or toss it.
Storage cubes are lifesavers! They don’t just make it easy for you to tidy up; they also help kids stay organized. Place storage cubes in a place your child can reach and label each cube. One cube can be for books, one for building blocks, and so on. Also, the labels make it easy for your child to remember where things go.
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