Smallish Nursery ... what kind of toy box/chest?

[L'sMommy]

DS who is now 7 mo. has started to accumulate toys and books. I plan to get a med-sized basket type thing for the books but not sure what to do about a toy chest. The nursery has a lot of stuff in it already (crib, long changing table (like a regular long dresser), night stand, and dutalier recliner and ottoman). basically when he plays i have to move the ottoman out of teh way to create space for him. If your LO has a small nursery what kind of toy box did you get?

[SnuggleBuggles]

We don't play in ds2's room. That helps. :) I plan on getting a bookshelf that I can use for books and that will hold a few baskets for toys. This is what I have for ds1's room and I really like it:
http://www.target.com/Natural-Bookcase-Medium/dp/B000HKPXEQ/sr=1-6/qid=1250346121/ref=sr_1_6/191-9088159-9016419?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&index=target&field-browse=1038614&rh=k%3Adyr&page=1

Toy boxes are not my favorite things. I find that small and/ or shallow bins work best so nothing winds up totally out of sight and circulation.


Beth

[newg]

We have a small wooden bookshelf...three shelves I think....and I have the small, cloth,bins from BRU on the shelves to hold toys and books are put inbetween, around, the bins......
We don't do much playing in DD's room either, so just small toys are in her room......I also have a larger bin in the family room to hold her toys...also from BRU

I was just at Ikea and they have some pretty neat systems with built-in bins.....one looks like a window seat/bench with three sections to hold bins...you can pick what sizes you want to use in each section....looks like a neat playroom system, but maybe it would work in your DC's room.....

[wellyes]

The IKEA system is the Trofast (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/childrens_ikea/12018/) - it's really reasonably priced.

We have a multi-tasking toy storage system - DD's play kitchen is filled with her toys. Not food yet, since even at 17 months she's not old enoguh for that kind of pretend play..... she doesn't care what's in the kitchen, she just likes opening & closing all the cabinets. Inside she finds her books & toys on the built-in shelves.

http://www.thelittletykes.com/images/Victorian%20kitchen2.jpg

[srhs]

We have a house with space at a premium. If I'm going to use floor space for something, I want it to go vertical and give me a lot of storage. Rather than a toybox in the nursery, we went with this IKEA bookshelf:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40103505
We keep toys in the bottom cabinet and then of course books, CD player, humidifier, etc. on the shelves.

[MmeSunny]

ITA that a big toy box makes for "lost toys". LO's just dont' dig to the bottom of a box to find what they want. . . most toys end up ignored. I would get a shelving unit type with small bins.

Also our DD doesn't really "play" in her room either. Toy storage is mainly in our great room. She does have a train table in her room though, which does not have train on it but a small town/farm Little People-type set up on it.

Also, I highly recommend rotating out the toys. If something is available for too long, my DD won't play with it, but when it comes back. . .OOOOhhhh, "new" toy! This also helps cut down on clutter and the need for space.

[Neatfreak]

We have a house with space at a premium. If I'm going to use floor space for something, I want it to go vertical and give me a lot of storage. Rather than a toybox in the nursery, we went with this IKEA bookshelf:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40103505
We keep toys in the bottom cabinet and then of course books, CD player, humidifier, etc. on the shelves.

I would love something like that for DD2's room. LEKSVIK matches her DIKTAD chest of drawers/changing table. Alas, there is no Ikea where I live ... and her toys and books are in a canvas basket on the floor. Sigh.