This week, I’m joining 10 talented bloggers to help you get ready for the new school year. I’m sharing all the details about my art cart on wheels, and they will each be sharing their fabulous back to school organizing projects throughout the week, as well. I’ll continue adding links at the bottom of this blog post!

At this time last year, like many families, we were prepping for a semester of school from home. I shared our remote learning cart and showed you how we organized our school supplies, Chromebooks, headphones, and much more. I was blown away by how much you all loved our rolling school cart, and it reminded me that I should share the details of our rolling art cart.

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Both of my boys have always loved to color, draw, and create. It all happens at the kitchen table, so I needed to find a way to keep their art supplies close at hand without letting them take over the kitchen! I turned to one of my favorite organizing tools… a rolling cart!

I own quite a few rolling carts, and they all look and function just about the same. The Container Store rolling cart I used is nearly identical in size and style to the popular IKEA Raskog carts, but it was a bit easier to assemble by myself.

Whether you’re creating a Container Store art cart, an IKEA art cart, or a Michaels art cart, the most important thing is to organize kids’ art supplies in a way that will be easy for them to find what they need and to clean up after themselves!

This plastic caddy makes a perfect crayon and marker organizer! It provides eight sections to sort out lots of different art supplies, and the handle makes it so easy for kids to carry it to the table and put to back when they’re done. It even stacks (as I’ll show you below).

One of my favorite features of this crayon organizer caddy is the removable dividers. I removed the back center divider to make room for my boys favorite stencils – the ones they use most often.

After initially starting with just one art supply caddy on the top shelf of our kids’ art cart, I realized I could double our storage and create room for additional, smaller art supplies and accessories by purchasing a second, stacking caddy. In order to stack them together, the lower caddy can’t have anything talk in it, but it’s perfect for erasers, pencil sharpeners, tape, scissors, and more!

I bought these aqua art supply caddies from The Container Store, but unfortunately they’ve since been discontinued. I did, however, find a very similar stacking caddy that’s sold in sets of two.

These aqua file boxes make the perfect coloring book organizers. I could have definitely selected cheaper file boxes (these were a bit of a splurge), but since I knew from the start that this art supply cart would be on display in our kitchen for years to come, I decided it was worth it to select organizing supplies that fit my aesthetic.

Not only does the aqua color look good with our decor, I also like that these file boxes are very durable, and not translucent. Many of the alternatives I looked at were transparent or semi-transparent, but I didn’t want to feel like all of the coloring books were on display in the kitchen. Additionally, most of the non-transparent file box options were made of cardboard, and I knew that wouldn’t end up holding up over years of use from my boys. The investment paid off, because we’ve now had these file boxes for several years, and they look as good as new.

I use these same aqua file boxes to store drawing paper on the art cart as well. I used my Cricut machine to cut vinyl adhesive labels, which I added to the front and sides of each file box, making it easy for the kids to find exactly what they need. Labels are also a really effective way of making sure the kids put things away in the right place as well.

To save space on our art storage cart, I used zippered pouches, rather than file boxes to contain the boys stencils and stickers. If we had more stencils or stickers, the file boxes would have worked well, but for the size of our collection, the pouches easily held what we needed without taking up extra space. Of course, I also loved that the aqua zippers matched the file boxes. They no longer sell these in aqua, but the version with the black zippers is the same in every other way.

Purchased individually, the best deal I’ve found on these pouches is at The Container Store, but if you want to buy them in a larger quantity, you can get a great deal on sets of 16 or sets of 24 with a variety of rainbow colored zippers Amazon.

When it came to art cart organization, the one thing I didn’t label was the crayon organizer caddy. I knew that the art supplies in this caddy would change and evolve over time, and I didn’t want to have to change and update the labels. You’ll notice that the crayons, markers, and colored pencils in this photo (taken a few years ago) are different from the art supplies currently in our art supply caddies in the more recent photos. Now that the boys are older, for example, I give them access to more markers (although the Sharpies I still keep out of reach and only allow them to use with supervision, because… permanent!).

When the boys do use Sharpies, we always put a mat underneath to ensure that we don’t end up with their drawings bleeding through onto our white kitchen table. I simply cut two pieces of thick, plastic shelf liner for the boys to use under their drawings. When not in use, I store these shelf liner drawing mats in the drawer with all of our placemats. {Check out this post for lots more tips on creative uses for shelf liner.}

Our rolling art supply cart lives in our kitchen year round, throughout the school year and the summer alike. Of course, I do love that this art caddy on wheels can be rolled away into our pantry or coat closet if I want it out of sight for a party {remember the days when we used to actually entertain?!}, but since the cart is organized and looks nice, it stays on display in the kitchen nearly 365 days a year.

Our kitchen chalkboard wall gets lots of use throughout the year as well. We create large countdown calendars for Christmas and birthdays on this chalkboard, and of course the boys also have free reign to draw on it to their hearts’ content. Since we used magnetic primer under the chalkboard paint, this wall is also a fun place to display the art work that the boys bring home from school.

In all, our cart holds: 2 stacking art supply caddies, 5 file boxes, and multiple zippered pouches. I love having everything the boys need to get creative all in one place.

I hope our rolling art cart helps you with how to organize kids art supplies. If you’re also looking for tips on organizing additional school supplies, like laptops and iPads, headphones, school assignments, and more – check out organized rolling homework cart (which also lives in our kitchen throughout the school year).

GET MORE BACK TO SCHOOL ORGANIZING IDEAS

The Organized Mama :: SKG Designs and Style :: Kate Decorates :: Global Mindful Journey :: Small Stuff Counts
Simple Joy with Ann :: The Modern Minimalist :: Practically Perfect :: The Tidy Dad

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The start of a new school year is always a good time to get organized and create new systems to keep things running smoothly, and this year that’s more important than ever. I’ve joined with 15 talented bloggers to bring you lots of tips and tricks for back to school organization and decorating ideas for your school HQ. You’ll find all the links to all of their fabulous back to school projects at the bottom of this blog post!

As of now our boys will be doing school online at least through mid-October, and then it will likely be a hybrid of in school and distance learning after that. Creating an organized remote learning set up is one of the few things I feel like I can control right now, so this weekend I got busy and put together a cart to keep all of our virtual learning necessities in one place.

How to Set Up a Learning Space at Home

Organizing a virtual learning environment at home starts with the questions of where your students will do their work. At the kitchen table, at a desk in their room, in your home office, or in the living room perhaps.

Back in the spring, my boys worked at the kitchen table, but for fall I debated on getting them each their own small desk. It turns out that kid’s desks are pretty hard to come by right now, but I was able to find some small, affordable in-stock desk options, and I shared them in a post last week.

After weighing the pros and cons, I decided that we’re going to stick with the school-in-the-kitchen set up once again. Since they boys are both young enough that they still need quite a bit of support with both the technology and the school work, and since I also work from home, it just makes sense for all three of us to work in the same space. It will also allow me to support them while fixing lunch or prepping dinner.

The downside of making our kitchen table home base for online learning is that at the end of the day, the table is covered in computers, papers, and school supplies that need to be cleaned up before dinner. To make this as quick and easy as possible, I decided to create an organized, rolling homeschool cart.

This cart will allow us to keep all of the boys’ school supplies right in the kitchen without taking up every surface, and we can easily roll it away into the hall closet anytime.

Of course, a cart like this would work just as well next to a desk in a kid’s bedroom or home office!

How to Organize a Rolling Cart for Remote Learning

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I looked at a lot of homeschool organization ideas on Pinterest, but I found many of the photos overwhelming because it’s hard to see everything that is included. Rather than just showing your our cart all put together, I thought it might be more helpful to show you how I filled up and organized our cart, step by step.

I own so many IKEA Raskog carts that I’ve lost count, but I’ve recently become an even bigger fan of this 3-tier rolling cart because it’s much easier to assemble {seriously – I assembled my new cart in under 5 minutes.}

As an added bonus, this particular cart has some great accessories that make organizing a breeze. I chose a white cart to match our kitchen, but this cart also comes in six other colors.

After assembling the cart, I added a pegboard to one side. This pegboard is designed specifically for this cart, and it simply slides into place.

I started by adding hooks to the pegboard for the boys’ headphones, then added three cups for pencils, dry erase markers, scissors, and glue. Other available pegboard accessories include shelves and long shallow bins.

Once I had our basic school supplies organized on the pegboard, I moved on to organizing the top tier of the cart. To make the best use of the space, I purchased the same clear file-sorter that I use on our kitchen counter to organize mail and papers.

The boys’ online curriculum will be provided by their school, but {just like me as a kid} they both love workbooks, so we always buy them a Brain Quest workbook at their grade level to provide extra practice.

While the boys will be doing much of their work online, based we’ll be printing some of their worksheets and they’ll be writing as well, so we’ll use a few folders to organize their papers by subject.

My boys have always used small dry erase boards in their classrooms to practice spelling words and math problems while following along with their teachers, and in the spring, we found dry erase boards ideal for practicing along with online instruction as well. These boards fit perfectly in the clear file sorter, and I’ve also ordered some primary ruled writing paper that I’ll store in this section as well.

Last, but certainly not least, the front two sections of this clear file sorter are perfect for holding the boys’ Chromebooks. Their laptops have 14″ screens (referring to the diagonal measurement), but they are just under 13″ wide, which fits just right in the 13″ openings of this filer. IPads would also fit well in this set up.

One of the challenges we ran into in the spring is that both boys’ computers look identical, so they had to turn them on to figure out whose is whose. To solve the problem for this fall, the boys each chose a design, and I used my Cricut Joy to cut vinyl labels for their laptops. {I’ll share the full tutorial soon.}

Moving on to the middle tier of the rolling cart, I started by adding a narrow, clear bin (4″ w x 10″ d) to hold the boys’ computer chargers.

Since the boys love workbooks, we have a variety of other workbooks {many purchased from the Target Dollar Spot} on topics such as outer space, state capitals, flags of the world, and more. Since these workbooks don’t directly align with their school curriculum, I’m storing this on the center of the middle shelf, rather than with their schoolwork in the file sorter above.

This spring, I also introduced the boys to one of my favorite childhood activities – learning wrap-ups {yes, the nerdy genes run strong in our family}. They loved my old math wrap-ups so much, that I ordered them more in other subject areas, and I’m storing all of them in a wide, clear bin (8″x 10″) on the right side of the middle shelf.

Another of the boys’ favorite learning activities is their OSMO. Since they ask to play so often, I decided to store the OSMO base and their various game pieces on the bottom shelf of their at home learning cart in two clear bins (each 6″x10″). Also on the bottom shelf are sight word flashcards and Brain Quest flashcards.

Once I had everything organized in the cart, I added a black bin clip to each tier of the cart and printed some quick labels.

I am so thrilled with how this cart turned out, and I can already tell that it’s going to make school at home run much smoother around our house this fall!

This cart does a terrific job of corralling everything we need. The pegboard on the side adds tons of extra storage space, but I think the Chromebooks stored in the clear file organizer is my very favorite part!

While I was tempted by some of the fun colors that this cart comes in, the white cart blends in very nicely with the white storage cabinets in the dining area of our kitchen.

My sons were so excited when I showed them their new school cart. It’s a proud mom moment when my boys love an organized space as much as I do. But kids really do love order, and the independence that comes with being able to find things on their own.

MORE BACK TO SCHOOL (AT HOME) ORGANIZING & DECORATING TIPS

TUESDAY
Small Space Homework Station – Kate Decorates
How to Set Up a Homeschool Space for Three Kids – The Organized Mama
Organized Rolling School Cart – Blue i Style {you are here}
Back to School Playroom Makeover – The Goat Abode
8 Tips for Back to School (At Home) – Sweet Digs
WEDNESDAY
Create a Kid Friendly Work Space – Home on Poplar Creek
Tips for Making the Best of School at Home – Cassie Bustamante
Built-In Desk – Love and Renovations
Portable Homework Bin – Small Stuff Counts
SKG Designs and Style
THURSDAY
Organizing Tips for Arm Chair Classrooms – Natural Born Organizers
Home Classroom Setup – Organize Design Create
Organizing for School in the Kitchen – Making Home Base
Another Rolling Cart Option – Practically Perfect
Virtual School Parent Planner – Casa Watkins Blog
Organized Home School Area – Two Twenty One

A COMPLETE LIST OF ORGANIZING SUPPLIES & EVERYTHING INCLUDED ON OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING CART:

3-Tier Rolling Cart
Black Clip Labels
PEGBOARD & SUPPLIES:
Rolling Cart Pegboard
Pegboard Hooks
Headphones
Pegboard Cups
Dry Erase Markers
Pencils
Scissors
Glue Sticks
TOP TIER:
Clear File Sorter
Brain Quest Workbooks
Folders
Dry Erase Boards
Primary Ruled Writing Paper
Chromebooks
MIDDLE TIER:
Computer Chargers
Narrow, Clear Bin (4″ w x 10″ d)
Workbooks
Learning Wrap-Ups
Wide, Clear Bin (8″x 10″)
BOTTOM TIER:
Two Clear Bins (each 6″x10″)
Osmo Genius Kit
Osmo Creative Kit
Osmo Detective
Osmo Pizza Shop Math Game
Sight Word Flashcards
Brian Quest Flashcards

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Just about everyone I know has made IKEA their first stop, which makes sense because you can’t beat the price, but from what I’m hearing, desks at IKEA are almost completely out of stock. In fact, it seems that small desks are the new toilet paper, because they are sold out just about everywhere. A quick Google search yields frustrating results, because most of the inexpensive desks that pop up at the top of the search are also out of stock.

Since I know this is a challenge facing a lot of families right now, I decided to dig a little deeper, and I’ve come up with more than a dozen options for kids’ desks to fit various space, style, and price needs. In the list below, you’ll find student desk options broken down by price category, including under $100, under $150, and under $200, and I’ve included basic size details. Each of these desks are in stock and available as of the publishing of this post, but obviously desks are going fast!

Struggling With How to Fit a Desk Into Your Kid’s Room?

If you are struggling to figure out how you’ll fit a desk into your kid’s room, or even how to create a dedicated work from home space for yourself, consider using a small writing desk in place of a night stand.

In this post about home office ideas for small spaces, I show you how I created a compact but efficient work space for myself in the corner of our guest room, including tips on organizing the desktop to make the most of the small space.

Affordable Small Desk Options for Remote Learning and Homework

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SMALL DESKS UNDER $100

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Hair Pin Writing Desk

The open storage on this 40" wide desk provides a convenient space to tuck away laptops, iPads, and school books. It's currently out of stock online, but available in stock in many Target store locations.

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Moyle Two-Drawer Desk

At just under 36" wide, this compact desk still offers two drawers for school supplies, and plenty of desktop space for school work.

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L-Shaped Bookshelf Desk

This L-shaped desk features a built in bookshelf that is perfect for small spaces. At just 36" x 23", this desk is great for a corner and provides students with a lot of storage in a small space.

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Parsons Desk In Multiple Colors

This simple, Parsons style writing desk is 39" wide with one drawer, and it is currently in stock and available in 4 different color options - white, black, oak, and black oak.

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Wood & Metal Writing Desk

This 40" wide desk has a very spacious drawer with plenty of space for school supplies, and the back panel helps hide cords. This desk is not available online, but is currently in stock at numerous Target store locations.

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Small Desks Under $150

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Dean Vanity Desk

At only 28" wide, this two drawer vanity desk is as mini as they come. If you're extra tight on space, this desk could be a great option!

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Turville Writing Desk

This 43" inch wide desk has two large drawers for organizing school supplies. It also comes in two other colors, but at present, only this color is in stock and ready to ship.

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White Washed Writing Desk

This 42" wide writing desk comes in 6 colors, but currently only the white wash finish is available for shipping. However, other colors may still be available for pick up at your local Target store. If you need additional storage, the matching bookshelf is also available for under $100.

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Sonoma Mocha Oak Desk

This 45" wide desk has a deep storage drawer, as well as open storage spaces ideal for a laptop and books.

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Cassiopeia Writing Desk

This 39" wide desk is currently available in both white and a fun bright blue color. The X-shaped base adds a little style, and the unique open storage on the end provides a spot to tuck away laptops and books at the end of the day.

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Oldcastle Desk With Center Drawer

This desk is larger than some of the others on the list, at 47" wide, but it boasts both a large drawer as well as open storage compartments ideal for books and laptops.

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Small Desks Under $200

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Wall Mounted Folding Desk

This wall mounted, folding desk is perfect for anyone who is very limited on space. This desk is just under 24" wide, and only 6" deep when folded up, making it the perfect compact solution in a bedroom, or even in a corner of the living room. The shallow drawer and shelves add additional storage to this very compact work space. The only downside is that the reviews indicate the assembly is a bit more challenging.

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Blue Opalhouse Writing Desk

The detailed legs and gold pulls give this desk a little extra style, white the two drawers provide plenty of storage space in this 44" wide writing desk.

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Two-Toned Leaning Desk

At under 34" wide, this two-toned leaning desk with built in bookshelves above provides lots of storage in a small amount of space!

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Search Tips If None of These Small Desks Fit Your Needs

If none of the desks listed above fit your needs, try using the search terms “writing desk,” “laptop desk,” and “mini desk” as you shop online. Also keep in mind that many websites will allow you to filter your search results to just those desks that are currently in stock, as well as filtering by those under a certain price or size requirement. Using these tools can speed up your search for the perfect home schooling desk and let you get back to the business of enjoying your summer!

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My kids have aged into more challenging puzzles, so we donated most of their “little kid” puzzles. They recently got quite a few new puzzles for Christmas and birthdays, so I decided it was the perfect time for me to show you my favorite storage solution for kids’ puzzles.

This is the stack of puzzles that I started with. That black box actually had five separate puzzles in it, and I knew it was going to be a mess with the pieces all mixed up if I didn’t do something about it soon!

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Years ago, I saw someone suggest storing puzzles in gallon-sized Ziploc bags and it sounded like a great idea, until I tried it. I liked that I could see easily see the puzzle pieces inside, but the bags were floppy and slippery, making it really hard to efficiently store them in a basket or bin without them just ending up in a pile.

Additionally my kids had a hard time securely closing the bags, so puzzle pieces would end up spilling out and I’d find myself reorganizing them over and over again.

After this experience, I went on the hunt for a similar – but better – way to organize my kids’ puzzles. I purchased and returned a few different options before I finally found these pouches that work perfectly because you can still see through them, but they are stiff enough to hold their shape, making them much easier to store and organize!

Purchased individually, the best deal I’ve found on these pouches is at The Container Store, but if you want to buy them in a larger quantity, you can get a great deal on sets of 16 or sets of 24 with a variety of rainbow colored zippers Amazon.

I’ve found that the Letter Size pouches are perfect for storing all of our jigsaw puzzles. The ones I’ve shown here are between 100 and 500 piece puzzles, but 1000 piece puzzles fit in these puzzles just as well because the pieces are smaller.

The larger legal size pouches work great for storing wooden kids’ puzzles and some larger preschool puzzles.

This is a quick and easy organizing project. Start by cutting the picture off of the front of the boxes.

Place the puzzle photo in the front of the pouch so that you can see which puzzle is inside at a glance, and then store the puzzle pieces behind the photo.

It’s easy to see how much space it saves to store jigsaw puzzles in these pouches. So much thinner than in the box!

Once you’ve transferred all of your puzzles from their boxes to the zippered pouches, you can file them into a basket or bin.

I love a good before and after, so here’s a side by side comparison to prove why this is the best way to store kids’ puzzles!

The puzzles fit perfectly in a basket, but let me show you where we are actually storing ours. The kids have a play table in the basement with a storage space built in under the table that’s the perfect size for our bags of puzzles. We’ve had this table for ages, and it’s no longer available where we bought it, but here’s a similar table.

Even though the sides of the storage bin under the table aren’t very high, you can see that the bags stay upright on their own – no flopping over like you’d have with Ziploc storage bags. This makes it so easy for my kids to flip through the puzzles to find the one they want to work on. And the zippers make it easy for them to put the puzzle away when they are done.

Here’s another fun side by side, space saving comparison…

This is a really quick and easy organizing project. It only takes about five minutes to transfer a stack of puzzles into the zippered pouches.

Looking for more tips to organize kids’ stuff? Check out these posts!

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An entire shelf in our cupboard is dedicated to Beckett’s plastic cups, plates and bowls, and an entire shelf in the pantry is dedicated just to his food.  Now, with another baby in the house, we are using bottles again, but we don’t have enough space in the cupboard or the pantry to store all of Cooper’s bottles in addition to Beckett’s stuff.  Since we will only be using bottles for about another 10 months, rather than rearranging the cupboard to try to make space, I decided it would be easier to keep the bottles on the counter top where they are easily accessible.

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Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution, so I picked up two plastic baskets from Target to corral all of our bottle-feeding necessities.

The larger of the two baskets holds our bottles of various sizes and shapes.  Empty bottles are so lightweight that they are very tipsy, so corralling all of the bottles into the basket makes life much easier.  Now I can quickly grab out a bottle without knocking over all of the others.

The smaller of the baskets is the perfect size for a container of formula, and also stores the medicines that we use frequently for the kiddos.

Because our island has two different levels, the baskets of bottles and bottle parts sit low enough that they are barely visible when you enter the kitchen.

And the baskets can easily be stashed away if I want to clear the counter tops when we are having company over.

Baskets are a girl’s best friend!  There is really no simpler way to make organizing quick and manageable. Even if you don’t want to keep bottles in plain sight on your counter top, consider using a basket to organize them on a cupboard shelf to prevent bottles from tipping over and falling out.

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When we were preparing for the arrival of baby number one a year and half ago, we spent most of our time decorating the nursery and getting it organized with all the baby essentials.  Beckett’s nursery provided plenty of storage for everything we needed – diapers in the top drawer of the changing table, blankets in the next drawer down, tiny clothes, hats and sock organized neatly in the closet.  But while all of the baby gear had a nice and organized home in the nursery, it was more than six months before Beckett moved in to the nursery.  For the first months of his life, Beckett slept in a cradle in our bedroom, which is a floor above all of the other bedrooms.  It was nice having Beckett just a few feet away for middle of the night feedings, rather than having to go up and down the stairs to and from the nursery all night long.  However, since all of Beckett’s stuff was in the nursery, we still found ourselves going up and down the stairs all too frequently.

This time around, we needed to find a new solution.  Cooper will be sleeping in the cradle in our room for 6 months or so, and Beckett will continue to stay in the nursery throughout that time.  Since the nursery closet is already full of Beckett’s clothes, and to minimize the need to run up and down the stairs to get Cooper changed and dressed, we wanted to make space in the master bedroom for all of Cooper’s stuff.  The answer was to convert our under-utilized armoire into “baby central.” 

When we lived in our loft downtown, the armoire housed the television in our bedroom and provided much needed storage to supplement our small-ish closet.  But since moving into our current house, the armoire, which sits in the corner of our bedroom, has just been holding an assortment of miscellaneous items – all of which could be better stored elsewhere.

Two small baskets next to the changing pad hold diapers, wipes and other diaper changing essentials, such as Desitin.

The clothing rod across the top of the armoire is an obvious place for hanging all of Cooper’s itty bitty clothes.

The two drawers work perfectly for holding all of Cooper’s swaddlers and sleep sacks (one drawer for cotton, the other for fleece). 

In order to make good use of the remaining open shelving, I picked up two packs of Skubb storage bins from Ikea. The smaller bins contain all of the tiny things, like socks and hats.  And the larger bins hold blankets, extra cradle sheets, and the like. 

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Check out these links for all of the posts about the nursery…

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Bath time with a toddler is so much fun!  At almost 15 months old, Beckett is now really starting to enjoy playing with toys in the tub, but with that comes the challenge of storing all those toys.  There is a small bathroom right off of Beckett’s nursery, but it only has a shower. That means that bath time occurs down the hall in the bathroom attached to our guest room.

We have plenty of storage space in the bathroom cabinet, but the problem was that by the time the tub toys finally dried, and I got around to putting them away in the cabinet, it was time for another bath.  As a result, the toys ended up living on the edge of the tub most of the time.

I had been searching for a new tub toy storage solution – one that would allow the toys to be quickly picked up and put away after bath time, even when still wet.  While shopping at Ikea a while back, it occurred to me that the Grundtal rail system could be just the answer.  I liked the coordinating white plastic Grundtal containers that are made to hang from the rail – but at $10-$16 each they were more than I wanted to spend.  After a bit more searching around the store, I discovered that the Rationell Recycling Bins also fit onto the Grundtal rail, and at only $3.99 each they are a much better deal (these bins are no longer showing up on the Ikea website, but the Colorado store had a large inventory just a month ago).  Update:  These white bins are showing up on the Ikea website once again, but are now being called the Rationell Waste Sorting Bins.

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