8 Fun Ways to Organize Your Kid's Room

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Fun ways to organize your kid's bedroom...

It's all well and good to organize the whole house … but there are (tiny to adolescent) forces of chaos and entropy conspiring to overturn your carefully-crafted order. You can give them an organizational makeover too. Get started with these 8 great ideas to get kids' rooms organized. Keeping them organized … well, that's a different story.

Build a Storage Wall

1. Build a Storage Wall
Tear your eyes from the awesome chalkboard wall ... and look at that attractive and functional storage wall. It's the DIY project to bring clutter under control.

Create a Desk in a Kid's Closet

2. Create a Desk in a Kid's Closet
Short on space in the kids' rooms? Build their desks in the closet. Don't miss this inspirational idea.

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Hold Books in Old Plate Rack

3. Hold Books in Old Plate Rack
Put a vintage plate rack to use (and I bet you could create your own DIY one) to store and display your kids' favorite books.
Make this book rack

Hang Crates on the Wall for Added Storage

4. Hang Crates on the Wall for Added Storage
Add some storage with wall-mounted crates. Note the cool asymmetrical layout on this wall.

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Paint Buckets and Use Them to Store Toys

5. Paint Buckets and Use Them to Store Toys
Apply the classic look of paint buckets to your playroom to store toys. Don't forget the bright color paint!
Make these toy storage buckets

Store Toys in Flower Baskets

6. Store Toys in Flower Baskets
Get toys off the floor and use wall-hung flower baskets. Plus, this idea adds some visual charm to the room's decor.

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Make Your Own Clothing Ladder

7. Make Your Own Clothing Ladder
Don't have a closet for your baby's room? Store clothes on a DIY ladder.
Make this clothing ladder

Create a Fold-Down Art Desk

8. Create a Fold-Down Art Desk
What child doesn't love art? And who wouldn't love a custom-made art desk in the playroom or kitchen?
Make this fold-down art desk

- By Jennifer Hadfield

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8 Space-Saving Ways to Organize Your Garage

Chalkboard Cabinets

I remember having a two-car garage and filling it full of junk. Even now, I have a one-car garage at my apartment, and it's piled full of tools, decorations, and lots of things I don't ever use. I don't know what the deal is with me and garages, but I definitely want to get mine organized this year. So in honor of National Organization Month, I compiled these 8 space-saving ways to organize your garage:

1. Chalkboard Cabinets
This chalkboard cabinetry is the perfect way to organize a two-car garage. I love the custom color chalkboard paint that allows you to write what's in each cabinet.
Make custom color chalkboard paint

Tool Outlines

2. Tool Outlines
By outlining your tools, everyone in your house will know where they should go so there's no excuse for putting them back in the wrong spot! And it's easy to do ... just hang them up and outline them with a black paint pen.

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Hanging Bins

3. Hanging Bins
Get those recycling bins off the floor with these easy-to-make hangers.
Make these bin hangers

Cool Crates

4. Cool Crates
These are vintage wine crates, but you could use something similar to make handy shelves.
Make a crate shelving unit

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Under the Shelf

5. Under the Shelf Storage
Glue container lids under a shelf for little items such as screws, nuts, and bolts.

Wall of Shelves

6. Wall of Shelves
Pegboard and shelves are a great way to get your gardening items up off of the floor.
Make a pegboard wall of shelves

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Compact Pegboards

7. Compact Pegboards
For those who don't have a ton of space, these compact pegboards are the perfect solution.
Make compact pegboards

Convenient Rods

8. Convenient Rods
Bamboo rods are used here to hang items - you could also use dowels or even a shower rod.
Make a storage unit using rods

- By Amy Anderson

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