Toy Storage Solutions

I spent 4.5 hours today spring cleaning our house, I threw a sh*te load of stuff out and while doing that I de-baby'd Coopers toys. DH did Nyahs at the same time.

Currently we have their toys in those plastic bins that you can get from the Plastic Box or The Warehouse.      I've hidden Coopers ones in the lounge and I've put all of his books in the TV Cabinet. (He is still in with us so doesnt' have his own space).

Nyah has pretty pink sparkly ones and they are in her wardrobe which doesn't leave alot of room for her shoes etc. She also has those pink plastic draws you can get from The Warehouse which hold all of her MLP's and dolls clothes etc. She has one of the big bins FULL of her Bratz and Barbies plus their clothes etc.

BUT I hate them, they are so bulky and ugly.

What do you girls use to store your kids toys in? Where abouts did you get them, how much? Any pros and cons about them?

Any suggestions?

TIA

Oh and if you've got photos, could you please post??? Pretty please??

J can you take a photo, I'm having trouble knowing what you mean about the cube thingees

They sound cool I am also on the hunt for storage things.

Lilfatty here (on SDs computer)

Couldnt find the camera .. so have snapped a shot of the couple that we have near the couch with my phone (they double as a coffee table lol)



The ones in Isabelles room are three high and are four long. Issy can reach to the second level, but she is not yet tall enough to open the drawers. The top row we use to store blankets etc in.

We also have another row in the lounge on another wall which is the same configuration as in Issys room, but you can get the gist from the couple we have by the couch.

Hope that helps

Our toys are in the big plastic bins but they fit under the bed so are out of sight so it doesn't worry me. The good thing is that you can pull out just one box (say polly pockets) when kids come over to play.

Oh J I like those! They would be perfect for our lounge!! Where did you get them from?

The cubes came from Payless Plastics (yep strange I know) and the coloured inserts come from the Plastic Box.

The cubes are flatpacked but REALLY easy to put together.

I think that the plastic box also do the cubes now too, but we have had our cubes for eons and they didnt when we bought them.

I've just been looking at the seagrass baskets, where can you get them for a reasonable price, I looked at the storage box and they were so expensive!

I'm also decluttering the kids toys.   There are some toys that they haven't played with for a while so I'm goingto put them a way for a couple of months to give them some more space. Did it with DS who is 5 but it would be so much quicker if I did it myself!

Those cubes are a great idea... and the drawers are not to hard to open by little fingers

I'm going to get some cause Keziah's toys are EVERYWHERE Don't know how she accumulated so many in such a short time LOL