Cubby Archive: 2022

Including a super smart way to store board games!

Last week Baki asked: “My house is a living, breathing mess of my two kid’s clutter, and, especially with school coming up in a month, I need to get control of it. Any help would be appreciated.” This is a continuing answer! Dear Baki,I’m answering your question indirectly with a number of “tools” that I find really helpful and which can easily be applied to children at home.

There's a reason IKEA is the smartest choice for organizing a kid's room.

It's super cute, and parents want it.

My house is a living, breathing mess of my two kid’s clutter, and, especially with school coming up in a month, I need to get control of it. Any help would be appreciated. BakiDear Baki,I’ve been working on bringing my first book, Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure, to video over the past two months and it’s got some great tips in it that I’ve updated and which I think you might find helpful.

It's time to get cozy.

Take it from a sewer professional.

A low-commitment way to make a big impact.

It's an OG product for sure.

It solves a very common problem.

Because the kids need to see what they have to play with!

All a step up from just putting a mattress on the floor!

It's unrecognizable, in the best possible way.

Your kids' shelves will inevitably runneth over, and here's one smart way to handle it.

It's prime real estate, ripe for the taking.

I can't believe I didn't think of it before.

Including one shaped like a house!

Tempted now to do it in all our closets.

A decade later, here are the products from my first baby registry that have stood both the test of time and the more rigorous test of outlasting multiple children.

Smelly washer crisis averted.

It's a $13 fridge organizing hack.

Smart strategies for storing all the things.

You shouldn't need to be an acrobat to make a bunk bed.