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Floors
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It is important to have plenty of floor space for games and projects. If your kids are anything like mine, a cardboard box provides hours of entertainment. Make sure you don’t clutter their room to the point that a cardboard box no longer fits!
Ceilings
Don’t forget kids bedrooms have six surfaces, and ceilings are just as important as the others. It is usual to keep the ceiling a light colour because this gives the feeling of space, but there is nothing stopping you hanging all manner of things to add excitement. Plastic ivy can help create a jungle theme, mobiles add dimension to baby’s rooms and luminescent stars help tweens get over their fear of the dark.
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Storage
Kristy Clayton
Perhaps the most important thing to remember when it comes to floors is ease of cleaning. To avoid wear and tear in the most trafficked areas, buy a colourful and inexpensive rug to add colour and protect the more expensive carpet. Or for little children, why not buy rubber jigsaw mats available at most discount stores, to carpet their nursery. Not only are these mats, colourful, but they provide a soft cushioned fall when learning to walk.
Kids are messy things, and hooks, placed on the wall at their eye level are a great way to clear the clutter. Pockets too can be a godsend. Why not buy a hanging shoe pocket and paint the days of the week on each pocket? Then put those things needed each day at school (like running shoes, library book, homework, musical instrument) in the right daily spot. Colour-coded tubs are good for little fingers and if you want to organise the contents, tape a picture on the front. Storage is important in the bathroom too, where kids’ toys can take over. Simple suction string bags keep bath toys together, or a storage stool can keep toys out of sight, and double up as a knee-saviour at bath time! Make cleaning up fun too, with colourful laundry baskets. I especially like the ones with basketball hoops above because they have reduced the number of times I pick up dirty clothes!
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