Planning your child’s room comes with a lot of decisions, priorities and necessities. Planning a room that grows along with your child is an even greater challenge but can help you spend less time and money stressing over what’s next. Check out some of my tips for inspiration.

Keeping necessities within arm’s reach is essential. This Ikea Trofast wall storage will keep you from a desperate hunt and will save time during late-night changing. Bins and baskets on the wall above the changing table are out of baby’s reach but easily within yours.

Later, when your child grows up, you can mount the same storage bins at a child-friendly floor level for toys and fun! This will also help your child learn about staying organized.

The most essential element of any desk, whether it’s for kids or adults, is smart organization. They’ll be spending a ton of time here reading, learning their numbers, exploring new ideas and using their imagination. Create a space that makes it easy to focus on one thing at a time.

While their first assignments might be tough, getting organized doesn’t need to be. Try combining wall storage above their desk for stationary, a desk organizer for papers and a corkboard to easily find their schedule. This is all from Ikea.

Self-expression is a part of a child’s life, so why hide important personal items that they really like? Here, custom open storage displays mementos and interests in a creative and edgy way.

Their room is cluttered with sports stuff? One answer might be to “gamify” their storage. Bins make easy baskets for balls and sports gear, and are easy for kids to score into. A couple of wall shelves and cubes for helmets and clothes and they’re all set.

With the school season quickly approaching, it’s time to get the kids and adults set up for a smooth start. This means a desk area where they can go to concentrate on homework and creative projects alike. The most essential element of any desk, whether it’s for kids or adults, is smart organization.

They’ll be spending a ton of time here reading, learning their numbers, exploring new ideas and using their imagination. Create a space that makes it easy to focus on one thing at a time.

Turn a corner of the room into a dedicated study and homework space. If there are enough dressers in the room to store clothes and the closet isn’t used as much, repurpose it to create a desk, if its size is appropriate.

Fit shelves inside the closet space to make full use of the height, so school supplies and books can be stored on them. Use a ceiling light, mural lamp or reading light to light the desk space.

While the first assignments might be tough, getting organized doesn’t need to be. Try combining wall storage above the desk for stationery, a desk organizer for papers and a corkboard to easily find the schedule. Create space to contain everything by surrounding the desk with shelves. Use solid-coloured, matching boxes to hide things away. A couple of shelves can be dedicated to showcasing a few decorative objects as well. Add in accessories, like a letter tray, to sort your papers and hold your tablet.

Comfort is a priority and make sure there is a good direct light to focus on the desktop, as well as some mood lighting for ambience. A well-lit environment also helps concentration and relieves eye strain. Especially using light levels and quality are similar to daylight.

If you can, setting up a workspace next to a window is ideal. But you can also recreate daylight using light bulbs that have similar light spectrum to natural sunshine. Task lighting on the desk helps provide focused lighting on work too.