3 Ways to Maximize your Child’s Room

If you’ve ever lived in a small space, you know how easily they can become cluttered. A big part of keeping a small space neat and tidy is making sure every thing as a place — quite the challenge when so much appears to be “required” when you have a child. It’s truly amazing how many things children “need”. Not only that, but the explosion of colors that are children’s toys make it a challenge to maintain a cohesive design aesthetic in your home.

1. Maximize Design Aesthetic — Choose a color palette that grows with your child. I tend to be partial to a neutral color palette mainly because of the flexibility it allows. Don’t get me wrong, I fully support color within a child’s space and understand the value of bold colors in a child’s life, but that doesn’t mean that it has to look like Fisher-Price threw up in your home, I promise!

Choosing a neutral palette not only makes it easier on the eyes when there are so many varied colors of toys, but also lends in the longevity of the design aesthetic and the pieces you choose for your child’s room. Neutral colors are timeless, sleek, and flexible.

BUT you don’t have to go neutral if it’s just not your thing. If you maintain these principles of design, you can create an amazing space either way. Complementary colors are key rather than a matchy-matchy color palette. Complementary colors help to create a cohesive design aesthetic, add dimension to a space, and can even create the illusion of a larger space by forcing the eye to travel across the room.

2. Maximize Storage — Choose multipurpose furniture pieces.

A Kallax, for example, can be a changing table, toy storage, and/or book storage.

A bench that doubles as toy storage is also a great option.

When you’re in a tiny space, you want your furniture to serve as many purposes as possible!

3. Maximize Play — Create an environment that fosters independent imaginary play.

I’m a huge believer in play-based learning and I think it’s important to create as many opportunities for independent, imaginary play as possible. This means having more open-ended toys available in your child’s play area than single-function plastic toys. My favorite resource on this can be found here. The great thing about open-ended toys is that they last for years! My favorite for my toddler right now is our play kitchen and our wooden airplane.

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