Playroom Organization Before & After + Playroom Organizing Tips

This blog post about playroom organization has been sitting in my drafts for folder for YEARS! I am not sure why I never posted this, but here you go. I helped organize this client's house on several occasions. We went through almost every space in their house. This playroom was fun to organize because it is so colorful. Every product that was used the client already had. The playroom was basically separated into various zones like art, kitchen, reading, etc.

Here are some basic playroom organizing tips:

Edit - get rid of toys that are broken, no longer work or that your child has outgrown, etc.

Sort - sort like toys together. 

Toss - get rid of any trash or toys with missing pieces. 

Contain - contain the toys in some type of system, whether that is bins, shelves, drawers, etc.

Enjoy!

Popular playroom products:

• Storage wall system
• Bookshelf
• Cute playroom baskets
• Art cart
• Toy storage system
• Coloring table
• Rainbow drawer storage unit
• Craft Cabinet
• Cubby system with plastic bins
• Puzzle rack

ecomodernconcierge.com

A Houston Professional Organizer's Playroom Organization Tips

Anyone else struggle with keeping their playroom clean and organized? Here are a few tips to help you stay organized with the playroom. Still struggling after watching the video? Eco Modern Concierge would love to help or visit napo.net to find a professional organizer in Houston or whatever city you may be in . What are some tips you have? 

ecomodernconcierge.com

Client Bad Ass Mama: Living Room / Playroom Organization Before + After

Here is another post from a client where we were organizing the whole house. This room was full of toys, clothes, etc. The boys help me go through all of the toys and we folded and put away all of the clothes. This was a HUGE difference. 

Here are various carts that are useful in playrooms or for keeping art supplies organized. Here, here and here

Before:

After:

ecomodernconcierge.com

Client Big Family: Office / Playroom Before & After + Tips

I met Christine from Samsill at the National Association of Professional Organizers conference this past April. She had reached out to me about providing me products for an office organization project and I was happy to accept. I was sent 5 Pop n Store boxes and was able to use them on 2 different office projects. If you know me or have been reading for a while on here, you have heard me say over and over again to use what you have. Not everyone has the perfect organization system with the perfect lighting etc., etc. 

This project I did in particular was an "express organization project" as I like to call it. It was literally done in less than 2 hours and we only touched the service of things. The problem from the client is that the office is also used as a playroom for their daughter. A ton of clutter was just piling up everywhere. It is by no means perfect and there are still things that will be tweaked like downsizing toys, getting the file system in order, etc., but overall we got a majority of the desk clear like my client wanted and kept the things on there that they needed quick access too. 

We used the Samsill Pop n Store boxes, which are amazing. One holds important documents like insurance cards, kid info, etc., one holds printer paper and the other has various trinkets the little one can't get into. 

Then we did a quick rearranging of the toys and made sure the toys were out of the office area. My client wanted a chair in from of the desk, so many toys got switched around. We put stuffed animals in bins and then you will notice a pile of backpacks that will later be hung up on the walls. This area was especially super quick, but hopefully the little knows which is her section and the adult section :).

Here are a few tips to contain desk clutter real quick. 

1. Clear everything off
2. Clean surfaces
3. Put back only what you know you will need/ use
4. Put items where they go if they don't belong in the office or put them in the correct drawers, etc. 
5. Add / take away containers, etc.
6. Bask in your happy organized area

Before:

After:

ecomodernconcierge.com

Client Busy Mama: Playroom Closet Organization

I am not sure if you remember this, this and this post (where the switching of the closets began) from a while ago, but I got called back to switch rooms. The playroom was now becoming the baby's room and they had to switch closets. The playroom closet held toys, unused items, extra toys, etc. It was migrating into the baby's old closet that had several items that needed to stay in there. 

Here is what I did:

• Take all the baby's clothes, shoes, etc. out of the closet and put into the other closet.
• Switch everything from the one closet to another.
• Organized in both closets.
• Several things needed to stay in the closet like boxed up clothes, blankets, etc so I reorganized those items.
• Some items from the top shelf of the closet got put onto the shelves on the right of the closet like books.
• It may not look as organized as there were several large toys that needed to stay in the closet, but that is part of having kids ;). The larger toys needed to be on the ground to properly fit in the closet.
• Larger, rectangular items were placed on the back wall because they were relatively flat.

Here are some fun organization items for kids:

• Kids storage shelves here and here.
• Kids activity table and storage here. 
• Compartment storage for small items here.

ecomodernconcierge.com