10 DIY organization ideas for small spaces:
We live in a small house with 4 kids. Having less space makes it a little more challenging to stay organized, but certainly not impossible.
Here are 10 ideas of small spaces that we’ve organized, and that you can organize in your own home, too!
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1. Outdoor toys
We decided that the best place for us to store outdoor toys was on a shelf in the garage.
We had a strange little nook next to the steps that wasn’t being used, so we fit a shelf right into it.
Then I used baskets from Walmart and labels from Amazon (along with my Circut) to organize all our outdoor toys. We also used a bungee cord to keep all the balls contained on the bottom shelf.
2. Pantry
When you’re dealing with small spaces, sometimes you have to think outside the box.
We have a very small kitchen, with one tiny pantry cabinet.
With such a big family, we definitely needed a little more space to store overflow and bulk food orders.
So we turned half of our laundry room, in the basement, into a pantry. We used IKEA bookcases and IKEA bins to pull this one off.
3. Organized kids’ books
We store most of our kids’ books in this bookshelf. I love it because the bottom half has cabinet doors that close, making the entire shelf feel much less cluttered.
I also labeled these book bins from Amazon to keep picture book serieses (like Curious George) all together.
4. Kids’ art supplies
We actually tore out the bar in our basement in order to create a big art space for our kids.
However, if you only have a small space to store art supplies, my advice to you is the same as what we did:
Store art supplies in tall, shallow, drawers, like these from IKEA.
Kids (or my kids, anyway!) will always get messy with art supplies. So I don’t try to store supplies out in plain sight, or in clear containers. When these drawers get messy, you can just close them, and your space will still look neat and clean.
The shallow drawers are perfect for storing just a few types of supplies in each drawer, so it’s harder for them to all get mixed up.
You can also use smaller containers within each drawer to further organize. (I used old baby wipe containers.)
5. Toy rotation
This picture is from my 4 year old’s bedroom. These are all the toys that he has at any given time.
But we do rotate his toys, or get some out of storage and switch them with these.
This is a great solution for small playrooms or kids’ bedrooms, where there’s not a lot of space for toys.
Plus, it’s easier to clean up when there are less toys all over the floor, and kids get super excited about their “new” toys when you switch them!
6. Food storage
Here’s another solution for how to organize a small kitchen.
If you don’t have enough food storage in your actual kitchen, get creative about where else you can store food.
We put up a little shelf right around the corner in our dining room, and we use that space to store pasta and other kitchen staples like rice and breadcrumbs.
7. Dress up clothes
We don’t have a playroom, so we set up this cute little dress-up station right inside of the closet in our girls’ bedroom.
8. Nursery nook
Our kids didn’t have an entire bedroom for their nurseries when they were babies.
Instead, we used a sitting area/wide hallway right outside of our bedroom to create a nursery nook with everything that they needed.
9. Legos
Legos are one of those things that will take over your entire house if you don’t have a system to keep them somewhat organized.
And depending on how your child plays with legos, you might need a different system than the one we use. But our lego area might at least get you started thinking about some new ideas for yourself.
10. Kids’ art and schoolwork
Papers are another thing that can quickly get out-of-control if you don’t have a system to keep them contained.
We use school bins (or memory boxes) to save a few special papers for each of our kids each year.
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