Smart storage ideas for your kid’s toys

Anyone with a kid (or three) at home knows that the amount of stuff you can accumulate can be shocking—your once pristine, stylish abode becomes a veritable playground with every available surface littered with toys, tricks and tons of clutter.

Even if space isn’t at a premium, it can be hard to contain the chaos.

A few smart storage solutions can help you reclaim your space and bring order (and style) back to your home.

Now getting them to help clean up? That’s another story altogether…

Repeat after us:

Baskets, baskets, baskets.

The quickest way to go from kiddiepalooza to clean slate is to have a roomy (but chic) container to cast away the toys from grown-up spaces after bedtime. 

A genius coffee table-cum-hiding spot, this pouf hides a roomy belly for stashing toys that didn’t make it back to the bedroom, and features a lacquered top that’s spill-friendly.

Sleek and colorful, this console is roomy enough to contain large toys like trucks and oversize books.

The best part?

You can find consoles that feature shelves that can hold baskets for smaller toys and trinkets.

Okay, yes, these are cartoony and whimsical, but we kind of love their cheeriness.

While they’re an obvious kid’s room choice, we also see them in an entryway to add a touch of humor, and a lot of space to stash kiddie (and, let’s face it, grown-up) stuff.

Colorful and perfectly sized for blocks, books and other kiddie bits and bobs, these powder coated bins look smart grouped together in a rainbow of shades.