Introduction
It is so important that children have a safe place that they can grow, a space that they can call their own and one that is simple and easy to navigate. Even if they are sharing their room, there can still be separate zones that they can call their own. It is essential they have a space to be themselves and a place where they can develop their personality. Having an organised room allows this space to be their sanctuary, and by having a clutter free room it allows both parents and children to be able to navigate the room with ease.
Here are a few tips on how to organise your child’s room so that they are able to grow and enjoy their room.
Below is the article ‘The 9 Best Ways to Help Set up Your Child’s Room So That it Becomes An Organisational Dream’
1. Storage for clothes
It is so essential that you have a space for your children’s clothes. When clothes have a home, it becomes much easier for both parent and child (especially as they get older), to know where everything is. Knowing where everything is means that fewer things go missing, and there is less panic in the morning or prior to leaving the house.
When hanging clothes, they can be organised in a few ways, for example, for the streamlined look, matching hangers are great, clothes could be organised by age (works well with baby clothes), colour is another great way to categorise clothing, or they could be arranged according to item – for example jumpers together or dresses together.
When folding clothes, they can be stored in a chest of drawers or any container with sufficient space for clothes. If you are using a chest of drawers, these can be organised to put even more order in place. For example, draw dividers are very inexpensive and help to provide zones within a drawer.
2. Laundry Basket
Every bedroom in your home should have a laundry basket, especially your child’s room. This allows them to know where to place their dirty clothes and allows order to be maintained. As they grow it will become ingrained in them that they need to put dirty clothes in this section and will continue to do this as a habit. And if your children are sharing a room, ideally it would be nice for them to have their own laundry basket so that they learn to be responsible for their own clothes. Furthermore, when the basket is full, they will know that it is time for the clothes to be washed. Even a child as young as 3 will be able to understand this simple concept and can start to learn to take responsibility for themselves. Although the concept of a laundry basket might seem simple, however, it is highly effective as it keeps clothes off the floor and keeps dirty clothes from mixing with clean clothes, and allows them to be contained into a zone in the room.
3. Desk Area
A desk starts to become more of an essential for school aged children. It is important that they have a dedicated space to study. It may be the case that this is not found in their room (due to not having enough space), however, it is still essential that it is located somewhere in the home. School is extremely important, and for your child to have the best chance of success it is vital that they have a dedicated place to complete their homework where they will have little distractions. Their desk does not need to be expensive, luckily in this day and age there are many reasonably priced shops such as ikea where you can buy reasonably priced desks. Other options include second hand stores or online where you can find inexpensive second-hand options.
4. Display Area
At Mamo & Mono, we feel that having a display area in a child’s room gives them a sense of identity and ownership over their room. They could use this area to display medals or trophies, certificates or achievements, posters of their favourite shows or photos of friends and family members.
It is a place for them to be reminded of their achievements or a place to see the people who they love.
It might be the case that they are having a hard day at school, then they come home to their room and would be instantly boosted by their own achievements or photos/memories shared with loved ones. We want them to truly enjoy their childhood and the space that they are surrounded in.
5. Toy Storage
Toys, toys, toys! You look around and they are everywhere! It is a must that these are organised and have a home. And the best way to keep toys organised is by containing them. There are now a million ways to organise toys, however, if they do not have many toys in their room (and toys are spread throughout the house), then often a toy basket is enough, however, if all their toys are located in their room, then they will likely need to be categorised into sub-categories. Some of these sub-categories could include cars, dolls, lego, action figures, play food, soft toys and so on. A way of keeping toy clutter at bay is to declutter toys which are no longer useful, and it is best this is completed before big events such as birthdays or Christmas. This is because it is highly likely there will be new toys will be coming into the home. Also, by having a robust toy storage system, it allows your child to also clean up themselves, therefore, taking responsibility for themselves, and it is more likely that their room will remain organised in the future.
6. Labels Everywhere
When setting up your child’s room, as much as possible label things within their room. You will definitely thank yourself later. This is because as they grow they will also know where things are found, in addition to this, if anyone is ever babysitting them, then they will be able to easily navigate their room. This will also have the added benefit of helping them learn to read. Furthermore, as they grow and become more independent, you could simply ask them to go and dress themselves knowing that they will know where everything is in their room.
7. Clear spaces on the floor
Having a room with a floor that is clutter free is more calming and inviting, and this is even more necessary if your child has a smaller room. In addition, if your child wanted to use the floor as a space to place or draw, then they would have the opportunity to do so. Maintaining a clear space on the floor becomes easier to achieve when the rest of the room is organised. Also, as the children grow they will be accustomed to this, and hopefully will carry these habits over into adult life.
8. Hidden Storage
One of the keys to having and keeping your child’s room organised is good storage. The type of storage that you purchase depends on how large the room is and its set up. Storage containers are so important as they allow everything in your child’s room to have a home. And if everything has a home then it is less likely to develop into clutter. Storage containers these days are extremely cheaply priced and can be found in many discount stores. Also, now, there are lots of new and innovative storage ideas, such as having extra hanging storage on the back of a bedroom door, or adhesive hooks which can be used throughout the home. Now there are multiple ways to make use of all spaces, not just in the bedroom, but the home.
9. Uniform Section
When you have a child of school age, it is vital that they have a dedicated space just for their uniform. This will make life easier, especially when there is chaos in the morning. For example, if the uniform section is in the wardrobe, you will be able to hang all the uniform in the same place, which will allow you to see what needs to be washed by being able to identify which items of the uniform are missing. Some items of uniform which would be included in this section are (if we take a male uniform as an example):
- Jumpers
- Shirts (long and short)
- Trousers
- Shorts
- Summer uniform
- P.E. kit
- Summer cap
- Blazer (certain schools or as they get older)
- Trainers
- Plimsolls
- Socks
This could be further organised so that uniform is grouped into days, so that as the parent, in the morning you will not need to think in the morning, and you could simply grab a pre organised hanger with all the pieces of the uniform for that day.
Alternatively, you could simply group the uniform according to items, for example shirts together, jumpers and trousers together.
Other things that could be stored in this uniform section could include ties, summer caps and their book bag, and to utilise all the space in a wardrobe adhesive hangers could be added inside wardrobes so that these could be hung.
Conclusion
The more organisational things that you bring into your child’s room, the easier it will be for them to keep it tidy. Once you have a tidy room (or one which can be tidied easily), then it makes it much easier to keep order in the home and reduce stress levels.
Thank you for reading this article ‘The 9 Best Ways To Help Set up Your Child’s Room So That it Becomes An Organisational Dream’. We hope that it has helped to make life a bit easier!
Mamo & Mono xoxo
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