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How to organise your children's room

Children’s rooms are worlds of their own, full of ideas, creativity, toys and... chaos? No, it doesn’t have to be chaotic at all! Smart storage solutions make tidying up and organising the room part of the playing. In a child’s mind the soft toys go home to their house, while the parent simply watches them go without necessarily saying “time to tidy up in here”.

Girl playing with soft toys, sitting behind VITBJÖRN storage unit with drawer full of toys. BUSUNGE extendable bed in back.
Girl playing with soft toys, sitting behind VITBJÖRN storage unit with drawer full of toys. BUSUNGE extendable bed in back.

Consult an expert: Your child!

When planning to organise a children’s room, don’t overlook the little ones who actually live in there. The children know what they need space for, how they prefer to both wake up, play all day and last but not least; comfortably fall asleep at night. Make planning their room your mutual project, and why not use SKÅDIS pegboard as a canvas for all the different ideas? With a pegboard and creative minds, nothing is impossible.

Girl sitting in on the floor facing SKÅDIS pegboard, adding green leaves, drawings and things to the board.

Room for it all? Check!

The best way to plan your children's room is to first list all the activities there needs to be room for, and then create different zones for them. Usually you’ll find that every zone has its own centerpiece, such as the bed in the sleeping zone or the wardrobe in the getting dressed zone. By dedicating each space to one main activity, you will create a well organised room where it’s easy to both find stuff and keep everything in order. Let’s go: What does there have to be room for in your room?

 

  • sleeping 
  • playing
  • getting dressed
  • studying
  • relaxing
  • hobbies
  • friends
  • you name it!

View of children’s room from above, with zones for different activities and functions marked out on the floor.

Let the planning of storage solutions be childishly simple

Planning the clothes storage together is the easiest way to make sure that a certain little one can get dressed in no time. Even if the child’s logic is, well... different to yours, the important thing is that everyone knows where everything goes. Smart storage solutions like SMÅSTAD easily adapt to fit growing needs.

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SMÅSTAD storage combination full of children’s clothes and things both hanging in the wardrobe and folded in drawers.
SMÅSTAD storage combination with the doors and drawers closed, some bags and soft toys placed on top of it.
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Secure your furniture to the wall

Make sure you properly fasten all large and tall furniture with the included wall-attachment devices. This is to prevent it from tipping over. Find out more about possible risk factors in the home and how you can avoid accidents.

How to make storage part of the playing

Knock knock, anybody home? VITBJÖRN storage unit with drawer is just one example of a storage solution that is a colourful piece of furniture, but also part of the fun! When the storage is on the floor where the playing takes place, the children automatically and happily take charge of the tidying up and organising the room!

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Close-up of VITBJÖRN storage unit with drawer, full of soft toys and a with a girl looking into it through the open top.
VITBJÖRN storage unit with drawer on top of bright green SKOSGDUVA rug and with toys scattered all around.
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Sleep is where dreams come alive

Children’s beds should be places they long to curl into, and having their own favourite bedding makes it easy to come to rest at night. As they grow the snuff blanket might be traded for a dinosaur or book, but if you choose an extendable bed and adaptable storage solution, the furniture last for many years to come!

Children’s bed shot from above with SKOGSDUVA duvet cover and pillowcase, plus cushions and soft toys around.
A children’s room with wall mounted TROFAST storage combination with boxes and SMÅSKRAKE multi-functional child chair/table.

Make the walls a place for creativity and personality!

What does the world look like through the eyes of your child?

Instead of complaining about toys on the floor, lay down for a while and take a look at the room from your child’s point of view. Perhaps that ball you stumbled over also is an unknown planet of our solar system? Or the lucky football they set that last crucial goal and won the World Cup with? Let the children’s room be their universe, where only their imagination set the rules. Regard your every visit to it as a blessing.

Shot taken from within blue DVÄRGMÅS play tunnel, with a child crawling out of the back end of it.

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A children’s room with a long storage combination along the wall and a little girl looking for something in a drawer.