Children’s book storage ideas to inspire you

Looking for children’s book storage ideas that help keep your home tidy and help your kids develop a love for reading? Read on! From bookcases to bedside tables, for book beginners and experienced readers, you’ll find lots of useful tips here.

Making books more accessible

When books are kept at a low height in storage that makes it easy to see and get at them, even younger kids can enjoy a story whenever they want. With the storage box on wheels, they can also take books to their favourite reading spots by themselves.

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A FLISAT toy storage with wheels stands beside a POÄNG children’s armchair near a FLISAT wall storage on a wall.

A pine FLISAT book display containing some children’s books stands on the floor in a room with yellow and orange walls.

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Bookcase and wardrobe in one

Discover the children’s storage solution that combines wardrobes, drawers and shelves to store clothes and books at the perfect height for little ones. Part of the SMÅSTAD family, this system grows with your children: you can replace handles, accessories and doors as their tastes and needs evolve. Order and functionality that evolves with them!

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A SMÅSTAD/PLATSA storage combination with three drawers, with red drawer fronts and striped doors, stands against a wall.

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Bookshelf or bookcase? You decide!

Here’s a shelf unit that you can put on the wall as a bookshelf or stand on the floor as a bookcase. Your child can use it for a long time, as today’s picture books and toys become tomorrow’s schoolbooks and sporting trophies.

A child puts a book into a white SMÅGÖRA shelf unit holding many books which is mounted horizontally on a wall.

A panda KRAMIG soft toy sits on top of a turtle soft toy near a white SMÅGÖRA shelf unit next to a child’s bed.

A treasure chest of stories

You can use this fun box to store smaller books – even cloth ones – and just dip in and pull one out. It’s easy for you to carry, too. There are lots of children’s boxes in our range in different sizes and styles, so you’re sure to find what you want.

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A BARNDRÖM box stands on a green PLUFSIG folding gym mat on the floor beside a cushion in a red GURLI cushion cover.

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A bedside table that grows with your child

This bedside table grows with your child: its height can be adapted to different beds and it can also be used as a shelf unit alongside the desk. Perfect for always having a book or school supplies to hand, it’ll be with them for years!

A child lies on the lower bunk of a MYDAL bunk bed next to two white SMUSSLA bedside tables/shelf units.

Unique to your teen’s room

When kids grow into teenagers, they often want to have a room that’s distinctive and expresses their personality more. These cabinets come in different colours and shapes and can be arranged in whatever pattern your teen likes. Always more things to store? Simply add another cabinet.

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A teenager sits on a white LOBERGET/MALSKÄR swivel chair at a PÅHL desk under three EKET cabinets on the wall.

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Moving books and more to wherever they’re needed

This trolley is great for storing books, pens, a calculator and all those other homework things. It’s easy for your child to roll it over to where it’s needed and to roll it out of the way when it’s not.

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