Because our house is situated in a flood zone, {Click here for picture proof.}, it sits on a slab and doesn't have a basement. Thankfully the builders overcompensated when it came to closet space and we actually have more than we need. The space that would typically be the stairs heading down to the basement, located under the central staircase, is therefore a closet. Although I have stored some things in the narrow part you don't need to access regularly, the rest of it I happily turned over to the kids.
Here is the result::
The closet is located in the eating area of our kitchen and is pretty good size. On the upper right, just out of reach of little hands, I have one of those plastic bag storage things with paper bags stuck along side. I also don't like having the kids toys everywhere, so their play kitchen is tucked neatly away but still with room to play. Next to it is their craft storage on wheels so they can pull it out to the kitchen table if need be. Above that I have hung their artwork in colorfully bounded plastic sleeves. I have tried to think vertically in this entire space so not to waste any.
Along the right wall I hung their refillable paper roll, a "locker" bin for each of them, and hooks for smocks and aprons. The paper apron you see Owen made in school for Eric Carle week when they read the book Pancakes Pancakes and actually made them for snack time.
Along the left wall I repurposed cork placemats, which make terrible placemats for kids by the way, by gluing them to the wall to hang more artwork and other school work. Next to that I put the "pockets" I made for some tactile fun and storage of the random small things kids like to collect. Overall, I tried to think vertically, but also what would be within their reach.
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