Decluttering Your Child’s Room
Over the last few years, there has been a huge push for decluttering and, in fact, there have been many articles on it and on the benefits to your health, your budget and your peace of mind that decluttering can bring.
Because of this push, more and more of us have made the leap to declutter if not all, at least most of our house. We have had garage sales, given stuff to good will and found proper places for everything else. We have worked hard to get everything done and we are usually very happy with the outcome.
That is, until we walk into our children’s bedrooms. At that point, we realized that all that energy spent decluttering was lost because the biggest clutter was safely tucked behind closed doors. Toys are strewn everywhere, there is very little space to put anything new and nothing seems to have a proper place. Even clothes that could easily go into a Wonder Pets – Storage Hamper have missed their destination and are now on the floor instead of where they should be.
Thankfully, there is a way to make order in all this chaos and it can be done within a day or, if it is really bad, over a weekend. All you need to do is follow these tips.
Tip Number One: Assign a number
Okay, I have probably lost you here but before you start putting things away, you will need to assign a number to everything. This should be the following:
One: The Must Haves. These are all the toys that will need to go somewhere, like in a Disney Princess Horizontal Storage Bin.
Two: The Unsures. These are things that your child is on the fence about. Does she want to pack them up, give them away or keep them out to display.
Three: The Giveaways. These are all the toys and clothes that your child has outgrown and you won’t be handing down to your other children.
Four: The throwaways. As much as your child will protest, there are just some things that can’t be salvaged. Throw them away and don’t look back.
Five: The Storeables. Any clothes or toys that can be packed up and brought out later. This can be for younger children or for any seasonal toys you have.
Tip Number Two: Have a variety of storage
When you have all the toys sorted, it is time to start storing everything you are keeping. There will be a number of items that you can place on shelves or on the top of dressers as a decoration but most things you will want in a toy box.
While I am not a huge fan of toy boxes, I do find bins and hampers to be the ideal. These can be tucked onto shelves or placed into closets and you can really add a bit of a theme to your storage bins.
Also, you can use them to keep toys separated. For instance, a Disney Princess Horizontal Storage Bin can be a perfect place for a girl’s dolls and all the accessories that go with them, while a Disney Pixar Cars Storage Bin can be the perfect storage bin for all of the car tracks that your son has.
Tip Number Three: Be creative
The last tip that I am going to mention about decluttering is be creative. Many times we create clutter by using conventional shelving and storage options, which take up much more room than we really need.
To cut down on the bulk, use hanging bins, such as the Disney Tinker Bell Hanging Mesh Storage. This can be an excellent way to get those smaller items up and out of the way or you can use one to store an assortment of art materials that your child uses.
Remember, in the end, the best option is to have a space for everything while making the decluttered space kid friendly.
How to Design a Hannah Montana Themed Bedroom
To design a room with a theme can be a simple task if one is able to locate and purchase the necessary components to bring the room’s decor together. Fortunately if one is seeking to decorate a little girl’s bedroom in to a Hannah Montana Shrine, the possibilities are endless.
Even before entering the bedroom, a silver heart shaped door hanger stating “Back Stage pass required” announces a rock star may exist waiting beyond the door. Make your way in to the room, and a myriad of options await. Turn on the light switch with the Miley Cyrus and friends light switch cover, and a Hannah Montana Acrylic lamp on the bedside table lights up. Additional Hannah Montana electrical outlet and light switch covers are located around the room showing many options for designs on the cover faces. Focus on the bed as the center point, and two popular comforter sets make matching window treatments a no-brainer. Pick the dark blue and pink dotted bed spread (with matching sheet set) and the record shaped throw pillows will accent the motif. Pick the turquoise blue and purple bed set and the matching furniture will follow. Six different throw pillows and a fleece blanket add versatility in additional bedding comfort.
The furniture is designed for a tween’- someone defined as a preteen, between the ages of eight to twelve years old. The soft, cloth covered headboard is created for a twin bed, as are the bedding sets. The headboard design will match the turquoise and purple bedspread and skirt, with the ever present guitar and Hannah Montana’ logo ensuring a visitor will know the young girl’s passion for Hannah Montana. A matching side table with light blue flowers and guitar, bentwood tween’ chair and a bentwood directors chair add the finishing touches to the furniture. Place one of the chairs in front of the fully functioning 15” LCD TV created to imitate Hannah Montana’s live stage setup and the tween will never want to leave her room!
On the walls hang Hannah Montana signing posters- press the button on each and one will play ” If We Were A Movie” , the other “Pumpin’ Up the Party” by the one and only Hannah Montana. A life size bright blue guitar offers hanging space on the wall with four sturdy hooks. A three-piece picture ensemble hanging by a tiny guitar offers the tween a place to display 4” x 6” pictures of her pals surrounded by gold-tone art and rhinestones. Dozens of different stick on wall appliqués allow for the tween to create her own style with Hannah Montana, flowers, friends, and guitars. A clock on the wall in the shape of a guitar reminds the tween to keep her eye on the time. A black denim door organizer with Hannah Montana logo hangs on the back of the door with multiple pockets for the tweens many activities and busy life. Leave the Hannah Montana diary with Marabou Pen on the bedside table for the tween to write down her hearts secrets and the room will be complete.
