Playrooms for Kids: Decorating and Organizing Ideas

Playrooms for kids should be made just for kids and encourage activity and imagination while also being an enjoyable space for parents to spend time watching or playing with their kids. The key to having a playroom that allows kids to find and use their toys is using a variety of organizational tools. Instead of throwing everything into one big toy chest, toys need to be easy to see, grab and put away – and at a child’s eye level.

Set up open cubicles or shelves to store large toys. This makes toys easy to see and find, yet up and out of the way when not being played with.

Use bins to separate and store sets and miscellaneous toys. Bins work best for toys sets such as trains, blocks and all those small random toys that your child seems to easily collect.

Set up a small children’s table and chair set. This makes a nice place to color and do artwork and can be used as the children’s eating table during big family gatherings.

Use small tubs and decorative boxes to store art supplies and smaller toy sets. You can even have your child decorate old shoe boxes to store small items.

Use closet organizers if the room has a closet. Closet organizers give you more usable space and with the variety of combinations available can be created to meet your individual needs.

Make room for playing. Set up the storage furniture along the walls to leave the center floor space clear.

Set up a reading corner with a bookcase and large pillows or small couch.

Decorate the walls with your child’s artwork and photos. Frame you child’s drawings and paintings, hang photos of your kids and use a wire or clothes line to hang more artwork. Add some shelves to the walls to display their bigger art pieces.

Measure the playroom for kids and make a list of what types of storage you want to put into the room. This will help you choose useful playroom furniture that will fit into the room.

Save money by shopping at garage sales. Kids items are often sold at garage and yard sales. Since it’s a playroom for the kids, mismatched colorful furniture will be perfect.

Attach large pieces of furniture to the wall so the furniture does not fall on your child. This is especially important if you have a young child that thinks he is part monkey and tends to climb the furniture.