There are many organization solutions in the marketplace today that can help keep closet clutter under control without spending a fortune on high-end custom closets.  Outfitting your child’s closet with a custom solution may not always be the best idea when they still  have a lot of growing to do.  It might make more sense to use less expensive organization products that can be changed and adjusted as the child grows.

Here are a few ideas that can be incorporated into your child’s existing closet, assuming you do not already have built-in shelving installed:

Hanging organizer shelves for clothing
Storage cubes to corral small toys
Hanging shoe organizer to keep shoes off the floor
Shoe stands, also to keep shoes off the floor
Quality hangers to take better care of clothing

Closet hanging shelf organizer

Magic toy pop-up cube

Closet hanging shoe organizer shelves

Stackable shoe shelf organizer

Childrens' wood hangers

Folding canvas bins

Rolling bins or carts to hold folded clothing or toys can also be helpful.  Find more closet organizers at Home Storage Warehouse.

Jacquie Ross is a Maryland based Professional Organizer, writer, speaker and owner of CastAway the Clutter! Jacquie has been writing for Home Storage USA since 2007. A member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), NAPO-Baltimore Chapter, and Maryland Association of Professional Organizers, she shows homeowners how to reclaim their time and space, and offers organizing and time management workshops and group presentations. Jacquie is also the author of Take Control of Your Clutter Before it Takes Control of You: 101 Tips to Success.  Visit CastAway the Clutter to get a free organizing goals worksheet when you sign up for her organizing tips at www.castawaytheclutter.com

Dealing with children who are a little unorganized can be a challenge and sometimes quite stressful.  Teaching your children to be more organized is much easier when you start early.  By assigning them small organizing tasks from a young age, it helps to teach them responsibility and the basic skills of organization.

Begin by setting up systems in their rooms and finding a place for everything.  If they keep toys in their room, there should be an area specifically set-up to store those items.  When it begins to get overcrowded it’s time to do some purging.  Although it’s difficult for very young children to part with their toys, it’s an important part of maintaining order.  Explain to them that they cannot have new toys if there’s no place to put them.  It may also help if you donate items to charitable organizations and an opportunity to explain that less fortunate children would love to be able to play with their old or outgrown toys.

Make organizing fun by using brightly colored containers as storage.   Also, use bright coordinating colors for labeling or use cut-out pictures found on the internet or in magazines.

Primary toy bin organizer

Pastel toy bin organizer

Hanging toy organizer