In week 3 of Project Simplify I worked on organizing the toy area of our basement. In the before shot, you can see the havoc a two year can cause with kitchen accessories and blocks.
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We don’t have a great system for all the many play things, as seen in this shot.
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The space is shared with our office area so it’s distracting when the toy area gets so messy.
After a thorough clean up, there is now space to play, including room for the baby to stretch out for a cat nap!
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I am using containers we already had in the house to contain the toys. I sorted through the kitchen stuff and limited it to the nice wooden food and the Green Toys accessories.
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If anyone has a favorite way to organize books, I would love to hear it.
Can’t wait to see next week’s hot spot! Stay tuned for next week’s results.