Toy Storage in My Boys' Room~

After my post on the Boys' Room Reveal, I had a few of my readers asking about toy storage.  Isn't storing toys ALWAYS a dilemma? 

Luckily, we have a small loft where we keep the majority of the toys for the younger boys (as well as the Wii, and other kid-friendly entertainment that I'd rather not have in the main living space).  That said, we do have some toy storage in the boys' room.

Boy #1 is a bit of a Lego fanatic.  Okay, that might be an understatement.  He is completely Lego-crazy.  Combine that with a love of Harry Potter and Star Wars, and isn't hard to guess that we are overrun with Lego sets.  So, in the room design I added a couple of shelves for displaying his favorite-at-the-moment Lego creations. 

And, in all honesty, the top of this green dresser occasionally gets used as display space as well (although not in this pic - ha).

 

As does the top of the bookshelf.

And there is even more space out in the garage "man cave" where the Hubby helped Boy #1 construct a makeshift Lego table.  That's where you'll currently find Lego Hogwarts, as well as a Quidditch match.

Of course, if you have Legos at your house, I'm sure you know that the sets don't always stay put together, and those little bricks find their way ALL OVER YOUR HOUSE (and under your feet - OUCH!).  But we've found that inexpensive buckets from IKEA do a great job corralling them.

And for the littler guys who still play with other building toys, these closet bins from Tar-jay do a great job. 

And they all fit nicely in the Expedit bookcase from IKEA.  Love that thing.

So, there you have it.  A bit (just a bit) of toy storage solution for you....that is if you have Lego-hoarders like I do. ;-)

Have a great day~

Found storage~

I love nothing more than finding something for free and making it work in my home.


I was lucky enough to find this dresser on the curb...in tact...and in pretty decent shape to boot. When I first got it home, I painted it black. It sat like this for some time before I decided I just didn't like the black. (Well, truth be told...in this photo the black paint had really taken a beating as well...it had to be redone one way or another.)



So I decided to give my free little dresser a makeover. I painted it a lovely robin's egg blue and added one of my favorite details...numbers...to each drawer. You can read all about how I revived this little dresser here.

A little while later, I was lucky enough to happen upon another dresser on the curb. This dresser was in pretty sad shape, but it had a couple of drawers that looked pretty good, and the detailing was lovely, so I rescued the two drawers and brought them home.

I painted one with a single coat of white paint. I purposely didn't give the drawer more than one coat because I wanted it to look aged. I painted over the lock as well but then sanded it down to emphasize the pretty details. You can read all about how I repurposed the drawer here. It's sister sat in the "before" state until I finally got my act together this last week, and refinished it in the same way as the first.

Since the pulls on the drawers were a little worse for the wear, I added some fun ribbon in a brown polka dot.

With an open closet like this one, the storage has to not only be functional...it has to be attractive. Adding the sweet numbered dresser and the two rehabbed drawers, creates storage with personality befitting my fun boys' sock monkey bedroom. Thank heavens for found dressers!!

I've got lots of fun decorating projects coming up in the near future...so STAY TUNED!!

Have a great day~