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KIDS CLOSETS
Make your child organized and instill in him/her the sense of cleanliness. For an infant, choose small hanging areas and lots of shelves for storing diapers and blankets. Make the closet as colorful as possible. Put toy bins near the ground where the child can easily reach and put nice clothes out of reach. Let the closet grow with your child by adjusting, adding or removing some parts .
If your child keeps things messy, try to change the kids' tendency toward untidiness, and instill positive lifelong habits, with an appealing, kid-size storage.
Hanging Stuff
Employ a two-rod system. The lower rod should allow small hands to reach shirts or jackets; the upper one should hold next season's clothes or less used clothes. The closet mostly requires short rods only. Use colorful plastic hangers to brighten up the closet.
Peg Board
Use a peg board to hang belts and skate-boarding helmets, where they'll be in clear sight. There should be lots of hooks and a few well-chosen containers to keep some stuff. Paint the peg board in a bright color. Affix it to the back wall of the closet with mounting hardware. Set the bookshelves in front of it and anchor to the wall.
Step
A two-drawer cube provides good storage for socks and under garments.
Mirror
Mount a lightweight plastic mirror of any size. Attach the mirror securely with heavy-duty double-sided mounting tape.
Sock Drawer
Place a small basket to keep socks in tidy rows.
Tomorrow's Outfit
Install a hook on the inside of the closet door and reserve it for the next day's clothes.
To organize hair stuff
Buy a good-sized plastic box with an extra snap lid on top. Put all small ponytail holders, bobby pins, hair clips, brushes and hair bands into it. Your girl will not have to search for pony bands here and there.
Steps to a Neater Kid's Closet
Children's closets can easily become cluttered and disorganized, but you make the most of even a very small closet in your child's room by following a few simple steps.
- Install a closet organizer. There are many types available in the market, shop around to find the right one.
- Invest in some hanging cubes, shoe racks and other hanging storage systems as they make it easy for kids to put things in their proper places.
- Go through your child's clothes once in every few days and get rid of anything he/she doesn't wear or isn't likely to use. Give these items away to the poor.
- Buy some large clear containers with colored lids to store folded clothes and toys.
- When your child is old enough, show your child how to hang and fold clothes properly.
- Install a dresser or chest of drawers if it is not there in the closet. This canl store socks, underwear, T-shirts and other folded clothes, and will give extra closet space.
- Install a laundry bag in your child's closet, this will encourage your child to put dirty clothes where they belong.
- Make sure your child has a wastebasket in his/her room. This will mean that there will be less garbage thrown into the closet or dropped on the floor.