Oh please don't tell me my kids' rooms could get worse!

Maybe I've been in denial …

Surely my children's rooms won't be as messy when they get older and more mature?!

This is just a phase. They will soon outgrow all these toys and then there will be less stuff in their rooms to get strewn about. Right?!!

I just read this article about a messy teen whose room was being tackled by a professional organizer. (Seems organizers all the rage now… Have parents finally lost the battle?)

The article was kind of funny since the kid wasn't mine.

The mother kept twisting her ankle on the stuff on the floor and the boy's girlfriend would have cried if she saw their prom pictures under the pile of clothes and junk in the corner. 

Turns out the flooring was actually carpet and not spagnum moss as they had thought before the room was cleaned!

Anyways, it looks like the same problems that plague a young child's room affect the older child's room too, if they are not dealt with.

Too much stuff. Not enough storage. Units too big and stuff gets lost or too small and stuff won't fit . So guess what, it doesn't get put away!

Storage pieces that are hard to use. Old hand-me-downs with rickety shelves and drawers that stick are very common in kids rooms.

No logical system in place for putting things away, is also a big problem for kids rooms. Electronics mixed with toys , books and clothes makes things hard to find and difficult to put away.

Let's face it… If it's not dead easy, it's not going to get done. At least not by your child.

So looks like I should probably head out to Walmart and Ikea for more storage bins and boxes and see if I can't help my kids set up a system that will work for their rooms.

I just can't bear the thought of things getting any worse in their once cozy little rooms!