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hhhh... The bedroom. A haven, a quiet room to relax, a place for each person to call their own... Wait, that’s not what it’s like in your home? Read on to find solutions and systems that you can incorporate to create a more blissful space in your children’s rooms.

Scenario 1: Guestroom Double-up 

Setting 

Shaina Socialstein, age 16, loves having her own room, her space, and her privacy. However, all that comes to an end every few weeks when the Socialsteins host guests. Sometimes it’s Shaina’s grandparents, other times it’s extended family members or even complete strangers needing lodging for a simchah. Each time, Shaina is ousted from her room and schleps along all her personal items. Her jewelry shelf becomes a mess, as everything is pushed aside to 

make room for sheitel heads and whatnot. “I even have to empty out some drawers so our guests have space for their things!” Shaina complains. 

Challenge 

To make it easier for Shaina to remove her essentials from her room and put it all back again neatly. In addition, we’d like to create an empty shelf for guests’ wigs and personal items, and to give a home to all guest-related toiletries so it’s not a scramble to set up the room each time. 

Solution 

Set up the drawers as temporary/permanent homes for Shaina’s belongings. How do we do that? 

1. Place containers inside the drawers to make for easy removal. They can then be laid out in a different room until Shaina’s room is available again. Then, 1-2-3, place the bins back into their designated drawers. 

2. A lidded jewelry organizer (Amazon, $13.99) allows Shaina to keep her jewelry on the shelf, and if need be close the organizer and carry it along to her temporary quarters or just push it to the corner of the shelf. 

3. Fill a guest box (mDesign, $15.99) with travel toiletries and place inside a decorative basket along with hand towels and bottles of water. Keep this basket on top of Shaina’s closet until it’s needed.