When it came to creating our daughters nursery I wanted it to be stylish, practical and organised. The practical aspect was especially important, particularly as she won't be sleeping in there for the first 6ish months. It needed to be a space that we can change her, get her dressed and I can breastfeed her. We looked at various types of nursery furniture, which came with a variety of types of storage - from drawers to shelves to a hanging rail. Though babies are only tiny and their clothes are small too, all of the things they need quickly take up a lot of space! We eventually decided on a shelving/changing unit and a wardrobe with two shelves in. Therefore the majority of available storage was shelves. We couldn't just pile her clothes, nappies, wipes etc on the shelves as it would have been hard to find anything and probably looked messy. Neither of which I really wanted for the nursery.
I hunted around for reasonable storage boxes to put her clothes in, so that I could organise them and they would sit on the shelves neatly. If you're thinking of doing a similar thing make sure you measure the height, depth and length of the shelves you have. This allows you to find storage that will make the most of the available space, rather than buying a box that's big enough to fit on the shelf but then doesn't leave enough space for another box. It's just worth thinking ahead slightly.
IKEA was of course an obvious place to look, especially as we were already there buying the nursery furniture. I found the following storage containers that fitted perfectly on the Hensvik Changing table/cabinet.
^I can't seem to find these on the IKEA website, they were brand new out so may take a while to get on to the website. They were £3 each. The turquoise container is almost the perfect match to the colour of our cot bed - match made in heaven.^
^HYFS Box with lid - Grey - £3 each^
The following storage items I picked up at H&M (in New York but there's a similar one currently being sold in the UK) and The Range.
The following storage items I picked up at H&M (in New York but there's a similar one currently being sold in the UK) and The Range.
^Again these don't seem to be on The Range website but we only bought them a couple of weeks ago, so I'm sure they'll still be in store. It's a three pack of white wicker baskets for £8.99.^
What did you use for storage in your little ones nursery?
Feel free to leave me a comment :)
Helen x
I'm still working it out. I bought a dresser from Ikea and some drawer organisers for the top drawer. Now I think I want some drawer organisers for the other drawers just to separate the clothing. I also have a shelf with a rail for a bit of hanging storage too. Im trying not to go overboard with buying too many things that I'll just have to throw away later. The dresser is doubling as a change table and I have a few of the ikea picture rails for books. I have a little wicker basket that I have blankets in & now I need to look for a toy box because I have a few stuffed toys and things already!
ReplyDeleteAww that sounds lovely :) What would we do without Ikea?!
DeleteI completely agree with trying not to get lots of stuff - we definitely bought too much and she's already grown out of stuff she never wore!
Helen x
We've just bought this changing dresser - do younger a photo of how you organised it and what went in each box please?
ReplyDeleteYou can see the boxes filled in my nursery tour (http://treasureeverymoment01.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/baby-nursery-tour.html) :) As for what went in them we had one for sleepsuits, one for muslins/towels, one for leggings, one for tops etc. Hope that helps!
DeleteHelen x