Setting Up a Kid’s Room

Here are some things to consider when setting up a child’s room.

• Design the room around the activities that go on in the room. Use the child’s private space to teach the basics of stewardship, cleanliness, keeping a schedule, and organizing paperwork.
• Storage should be flexible or multi-purpose to accommodate the changing needs of the child.
• Getting your kids to keep things tidy and organized will be a lot easier if you use visual storage solutions for them.
• Be aware that visual storage solutions can create problems when guests are in the room, whether siblings or friends.
• If the child spends a lot of time in his or her room, make it as functional and aesthetically pleasing as possible.

This is an excerpt from The Whole House Support Program emails I send out weekly. If you like this kind of practical advice, consider joining the program.