Children's Bedrooms

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Toddlers and Toys

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My children were away at camp last week and I decided to take the opportunity to organize my son's bedroom while he was away.

Please don't make the assumption that I can just go into my son's room and reorganize it without any input from him. It is usually best to organize the bedroom together so you can work with his preferences and habits.

I also realize that my son doesn't have the patience to spend hours cleaning and organizing. In her book Organizing from the Inside Out Julie Morgenstern gives a 19 hour average to organize a child's bedroom. This includes the steps of Sorting, Purging, Assigning a home, and putting items in appropriate Containers.

This may sound like an awful long time but I wouldn't be surprised if you have never tried to organize the room before.

I have created 7 areas that are typically located in a bedroom. Here is the list of these 7 areas and some typical items that would be found in each:

Before you begin you should determine whether you have appropriate storage for each area. I'm not talking about containers but whether or not there is enough shelving, dressers and closet space to accomodate each area's items.

Be sure to give yourself enough time to complete the area you are working on. For example, you can work on the clothing one day and then go back and work on the study area another day.

I found it helpful to do quite a bit of sorting on my own and then go through the purging, assigning, and putting in containers with my son at my side. This way my son takes ownership to the decisions we make and we know that we are creating an environment that he can keep up.

The last step is very important to the success of whether or not the room is going to stay organized. The last step in every organizing process is to create a routine to keep the bedroom picked up. One suggestion might be to pick up the bedroom as a part of the nightly bedtime routine.

An organized bedroom will do wonders for your child's peace of mind and contribute toward his success as a student.

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Stuffed Animals can be stored any number of ways. They can be displayed on a high shelf if they aren't being used daily. Consider this from stacksandstacks.com in the corner as another option.