The other night we both walked in and Chuck made a comment that Sean should pick up some of his stuff and put it away, and for some reason I suddenly realized he had nowhere to put it.
I don't know why it took us this long to figure out that the poor kid really had no place to put it all. In our last house we had a spare bedroom that housed all of his toys and drum set, and it was the toy room. He was required to keep it clean and tidy, and my mantra for he and his friends who entered that room was, "If I find it on the floor, it's going out the door--to the GOODWILL!"
We don't have a play room here. Sean has some special toys that have been given to him over the years, and some of them are large. Probably the largest is one of the Star Wars ships. It was on the floor the other night when Chuck and I were standing there surveying the mess.
In that moment we started to plan a way to get more storage for his stuff. I started looking for a bunk bed with drawers underneath, and Chuck planned for a few shelves that could be installed on his walls to house the larger trucks and bins of Legos.
We got a bunk bed from Craigslist today, but it doesn't have drawers. I found a place that sells the drawers separately and I hope we can make it work. Bunk beds like the one I wanted for him are really expensive.
The day after Christmas we hit the sales on storage bins and got a bunch for his smaller stuff and a couple of large ones as well. New Year's Eve day we went to get lumber for the shelving, and Chuck worked on measuring, trimming, sanding and staining them. They were installed in no time at all.
What a difference already! Sean walked into his room after his bath and was so happy to have a clean floor.
From the Internet
Target has some inexpensive and pretty cool shelves.
I like this unit from Pottery Barn, but we needed something on the wall.
The Land of Nod has these cute shelves.
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