| With the end of summer approaching, many people | | | | the outside of that drawer. |
| are beginning to plan for back to school time. While this | | | | To keep shoes in one place, and thus avoid the |
| means different things to different people, for many it | | | | morning scramble for missing shoes, buy a large |
| means things like buying school supplies, getting fall and | | | | basket, and either keep it in the closet, or right outside. |
| winter clothes out of storage closets, cleaning the | | | | Then, teach your child to put his or her shoes in the |
| garage and organizing home storage areas. | | | | basket as soon as they walk in the door. This idea can |
| If your back to school to-do list includes organizing the | | | | be used for shelving systems as well. Buy sets of |
| storage areas of your home, then you're probably | | | | baskets or totes that are all different colors, and then |
| looking for ideas for your storage needs. Different | | | | store different things in each one. |
| areas require different systems, not only because of | | | | For example, you can install shelving systems in larger |
| what will be placed there, but because of space | | | | closets, right next to the dresser. Then you can |
| restrictions as well. So let's take a look at good ideas | | | | store hats and gloves in one basket, hair brushes |
| for one of the most messy storage areas in any | | | | and ribbons in another, belts in the third, etc. This idea |
| parent's home - the children's closets. | | | | can also be used to organize your child's toys, with |
| During the rush that is so common on school day | | | | solid wood shelving systems along one wall rather than |
| mornings, one area that needs to be well organized is | | | | in the closet. Then, cars go in one basket, legos go in |
| children's closets. A great way to organize even the | | | | another basket, musical toys go in a third basket, etc. |
| smallest of closets is by arranging it so that your child | | | | Keeping your child's room and closet well organized |
| can take care of his or her clothes on their own. A | | | | can reduce the stress of school day morning. And |
| short, freestanding dresser that they can reach can | | | | teaching your kids to keep their closets and rooms |
| be used to organize clothes. To make organizing | | | | organized by themselves can greatly reduce your |
| easier, help your child cut pictures out of magazines | | | | stress year round! |
| of what goes in each drawer, and then tape them to | | | | |