| While planning your baby's nursery, one of your top | | | | there is room for all the nursery furniture you need or |
| priorities is configuring how to fit everything in the room | | | | want. You can get a few of these and stack them |
| and deciding on how much storage space you'll need. | | | | side-by-side and have a complete storage station for |
| There are some nursery furniture Options pieces that | | | | anything and everything! If you decide you want a |
| may surprise you in their functionality and versatility. | | | | wider dresser in the bedroom, move this piece to the |
| Below is a list of five pieces of nursery furniture that | | | | closet and split the closet into half hanging and half |
| can help you get organized and stay organized for | | | | folding space. |
| years. | | | | Open Cupboards |
| Changers | | | | The openness of the cupboard, or cubbie, creates a |
| A Changing Table is a piece of nursery furniture that | | | | piece you can put anyplace and use for just about |
| comes in every style and design possible. They start | | | | anything! Stack multiple cupboards for display space, or |
| as basic as you can get with the changing top and | | | | add bins and baskets to enclose and store toys and |
| then simple shelving underneath, and branch into | | | | smaller items. Hang cubbies horizontally across the |
| combo centers with cabinets, drawers and attachable | | | | closet wall for storage of shoes, toys or other |
| hutches to change into a dresser afterward. Even if | | | | important items. Later in the years, retain the ingenuity |
| you go with the smallest option for your nursery, you | | | | by creating a station for school stuff by setting these |
| nevertheless have a piece you can use later. These | | | | cubbies up near the bedroom door or front door. tag |
| changers can be used as display space or | | | | each cubby by day or class, so your child can |
| bookshelves and even set up in the closet as shoe | | | | organize things that need to be located in the |
| organization. The combo changer/dressers speak for | | | | backpack for preschool or elementary school. Mount |
| themselves as they can become full time dresser | | | | hooks at the right elevation where your child can hang |
| space once your baby has finished the diaper phase. | | | | her bag, jacket and hat over the cupboards to keep |
| Cribs! | | | | everything together and ready for the next day. |
| I know what you're thinking: cribs have useful storage? | | | | Bookcases |
| Yes they do! The bottom space below the crib can be | | | | Another useful piece of nursery furniture that provides |
| transformed to storage space with the use of bins | | | | vertical storage instead of horizontal is the bookcase! |
| and baskets or a rolling trundle drawer. No one would | | | | And of course, a bookcase can be used for many |
| ever know they were there with the crib skirt in place. | | | | other things besides just books. Every inch can be |
| Now you have tons of space for spare crib bedding, | | | | used for display, or you can divvy it up for display and |
| littler or bigger sized clothing, toys, books and much | | | | storage by adding, you guessed it, baskets and bins. |
| more. Just be sure to only store items that are not | | | | With this option you can rearrange whenever you |
| harmful to your baby. Keep things like diaper changing | | | | want, change the colors or style of the baskets and |
| oils, lotions and powder or electronics up high and out | | | | bins, and store dissimilar things as required. You can |
| of reach. | | | | also relocate the bookcase to the closet at any time |
| Bureaus | | | | to be used as the perfect solution to closet |
| Unlike dressers, bureaus have optimum storage at | | | | organization rather than a permanent installation. This |
| minimum floor space. These units go upright to allow | | | | makes it easy for you to take everything with you if |
| you the same amount of organizational space, but | | | | you move or if your child changes bedrooms. |
| take up much less useable area in the nursery so | | | | |