Teaching your children to be organized now will help them to continue to be so in the future. A child that has space in their closet for each and everything will be able to keep their room cleaned and have the ability to do it themselves.
Choosing the right materials for this type of closet organizer is important as well. It can be a difficult choice with so many different types of materials out there. The things you should keep in mind are that children grow and you will want to create a system that can grow with your child.
Some good choices in materials are:
- Wire baskets
- Wire shelves
- Adjustable shelf systems
- Canvas baskets
- Canvas hanging shelves
Creating a system that conforms to your child’s needs will help you to teach your child to be organized. The age as well as height of the child should be considered. Having plenty of low hanging bars will encourage them to hang clothes up because they will be able to reach. A few low lying selves and cubby holes are good to have as well. Saving the high space for nice dress clothes and items that your child should not have out daily maximizes their use of closet space while keeping some items safe. A system that is fully adjustable and comes with brackets that mount to the wall and allow you to change the height of the shelves will allow you to change the closet as often as needed to meet the growing needs of your child.
You will find adjustable cheap closet organizers at many of your local home improvement stores, as well as some of your local chain stores. The adjustable wire shelf system is by far the least expensive. It offers a very industrial look and can be dressed up by using baskets or canvas boxes. You can often find characters on canvas bags to make your young child’s closet fun, and tailor made for them. Wire shelving is inexpensive but not always the sturdiest. The wire can bend or break away from the supporting piece of wire causing the whole shelf to be unstable.
At your local home improvement store you will also find adjustable wooden shelf systems. These systems are more stable then the wire shelves and they look nicer. Most often the wooden shelves are not real hard wood but are pressed board, or laminate wood that allows for you to have the look of wood at a very low cost. Often an adjustable system like this cost slightly more then wire systems do and are significantly less then solid wood construction. They offer you a high flexibility and life span while maximizing your dollar spent.
Remember that choosing a system that can grow with your child as well as one that will last for more then just a few years, will allow you to maximize the life of the product while teaching your child to become a more organized person.
