The Trick to Taming the Kid’s Closet Once and For All

We all know that one of the many difficult things to do is to teach your kids to not only clean their rooms, but to keep it that way from now into the future. If this is your experience, you’re not alone and there are definitely solutions.

There are a few factors when it comes to helping your kids keep their closets organized: parental influence, establishing good habits, and having proper organizers. In addition to finding creative ways to encourage your kids to clean their rooms, the necessary tools must be there to make what you’d like your children to do hassle-free.

That’s where closet organizers come in. Without organizers all of your items will be on the floor. If you only have 1 type of organizer such as only hanging rods or only drawers for instance, it will be difficult to know which items go where. The solution? Having unique closet organizer accessories for different categories of items.

At All About Closets, we specialize in designing complete closet systems that are both functional and intuitive to make organization a seamless and hassle-free endeavor. Here are some organizers to help ease your kid’s closetorganization.

The traditional hanging rods are not only ineffective as it takes up too much space, they may be too high for your kid to reach. A solution could be to have double or triple hanging rods and keeping the more frequently used clothing items towards the bottom and using a child high-rise step ladder to reach the upper areas of the closet.

One of the more common closet organizers are drawers but having too many drawers can also pose another challenge - knowing which drawers hold which items. To counter this challenge, using other organizers will help as well as labeling the drawers. A fun option can be to have your child create the labels themselves so they can bond with their organizers! (Yes, a bit ‘tricky’ but you’ll be amazed how well it can work!)

Most kids have countless toys and their rooms are usually spread out all over the place. The best place to place all the toys are in a clear or labelled bin and placed in a cubby. Help them establish a habit of doing it by helping and encouraging them every day until it becomes habit. Keeping these bins to a limit, you can teach your kid to let go of older toys before getting new ones. The Art of Letting Go is an important life lesson to learn.

Often, there are commonly used item such as jackets, coats, scarves or even hats, and because it’s too much of a hassle to go into the closet and put it back every single time, the path of least resistance becomes tossing it somewhere else in the room after a long day of school. The solution? Install hooks for an easy-peasy hanging solution!

If your child is into extra-curricular activities or sports, then they’re probably accumulating quite the collection of shoes, not to mention, their ever-growing fashion collection. Instead of having them piled up all over the floor, use shoe racks in the closet to keep it all together in one place, leaving the rest of the room shoeless.

It’s a good idea to have open cabinets and shelves for several reasons. One is that open organizers makes seeing your inventory easier at a glance, and they can store just about anything. For the treasures and memorabilia, have a taller cabinet section for your kid to self-express and be creative. Letting them decorate their closet will help them respect it more and maybe even… stay organized more! (Yes… a bit tricky, yet effective )

There was once a wise man who said, “If you don’t want your child to play with fire, don’t give them matches”. Well, if you want your child to be organized, give them organizers.

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