Creative Storage Solutions Best of 2009

Kids have stuff. Lots of stuff. And with the holidays behind us, they probably now have more stuff than ever. Our job as parents is to not just live with all this stuff but also teach our children how to respect and care for it. This is where smart, attractive storage comes in. From built-ins to book storage, crates to closets, here's a roundup of our favorite storage solutions from the past year.

Top row:

Roundup: Hooks

Organizing Baby Clothes

Inspiration: Corner Library

Storage Crates from Rose and Grey

No Closet? Create Your Own!

Second row:

IKEA Expedit: A Workhorse in Kids' Rooms

The Oscar Rack

Another Front-Facing Book Display

Storage Tip: Use a CD Rack

Rain Gutter Bookshelves

Comments (3)

I absolutely love these designs! The big hooks are fantastic and useful looking and the shoe shelf is perfect! Nice work!

Ben Gebo

love the colors in the first picture.

I don't like the one where the books are up to the ceiling so that most of them are out of a child's reach, and are organized by COLOR. Clearly someone put an adult's aesthetic idea ahead of, say, putting the kid's favorite books within reach. (Unless of course this kid prefers blue/purple books and hates red/orange ones.)