storage ideas

[vernacular_life]

I know these are technically recycling bags, but these will be perfect Toy Storage in areas like the family/living room that could require a quick 'de-toying' for visitors and cleaning.  And they're color coded!  Red = Duplo!  Blue = Cars!  Green = puzzles! 

Ben likes to 'put his toys away', so the open top is quite condusive to that.

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[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

I use some baskets from Ikea for just that purpose!

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

we've got a good ikea toychest, but the problem is that we put stuff on the lid, ergo, Ben can't put his toys away!

I need to do an Ikea run to check out their storage before I hit 'buy'

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

they've got a couple different styles of baskets...one of the ones I got is fairly large and holds all the big things, and the other is not as tall and fits in the stand under the TV. They make cleaning up SUPER easy, because we just throw everything into the baskets, put the books back on the shelf, and we're done. Lyle likes to help, too...it's part of his bedtime routine to pick stuff up. Now he's even gotten to where, after we read his bedtime story, he takes the book from me, hops down from the chair, and puts the book back on the shelf. He doesn't do that any other time of day! Anyway...blah blah blah...Ikea baskets. Cheap. Nice looking. Cheap. :)

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

Ben's in the "I love to clean up" stage, too (heh..if only this could last until he's 18!)

Yesterday, he was on the reciving end of an "incident" (aka bite) at daycare where he took another kid's toy and put it away before the other kid was done playing. He's doled his fair share out on others, so I had to laugh when I read the write up saying he was "cleaning up before lunch"

Our current 'storage' is an ikea tent - but its temporary relocated for the Christmas tree.

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

hehehe...cleaning up before lunch...what a good kid! too bad he got bit for it, though, that really sucks.

[banshee.livejournal.com]

Our grocery store has reusable, sturdy bags much like those (but in black). We use them for de-toy-ifying, thrift shopping, everything. Good stuff!

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

are you talking about the black Wegman's bags?

[tinksdust.livejournal.com]

Those bags are cool looking! I like the idea. We have an open container for dog toys. The dogs are good at taking them out but good about putting them back. :P

[tray85.livejournal.com]

ooh - I love those bags!! Right now, we have recycle bins under the island, but they get filled up in a day or so (how, I don't know). So, I'm always searching for paper bags. This would work perfectly.

We have two storage things from Ikea - the bench with the three big bins and the taller one that holds bins. Tip - instead of getting all little plastic bins, get the next size up and put them sideways. My friend did that and it was genius. The smallest size bins only hold small toys.