The pendant is also great when all you need is one overhead light for a room. It's so much better looking than those fixtures that I have no better name for than "boob lights."

4. Build it! Utilize empty space around windows with built-in storage like these bookshelves and windowseat complete with drawers.

The Togo looks great with another one of our favorite modern icons, the FL/Y Pendant.

"We needed to create places to store all of the clutter that comes with kids," Feldman says. Built-in shelves and drawers beneath the inviting window seat in the kids' playroom were essential.

Tip: Start with good bones (And maybe an icon or two). Good storage space never goes out of style. And, if you aren't worried about them getting destroyed, a Togo chair and FL/Y Pendant are modern icons sure to stand the test of time.

Likewise, toys become clutter very easily. Go through the toys and donate the ones your kids have lost interest in; use baskets, storage cubes or storage benches to stash toys when not in use.

4. Looooove shelves. Shelves like these allow for easy access to lower toys, and harder-to-reach items such as paints and supplies that only parents want to be able to reach. Within view but out of the way.

This extravagant window seat in a children's room provides plenty of area to play and read. The massive shelves on both sides can store as many toys and books as any child could desire. I like the traditional style of the seat and shelves coupled with the mod seating and light fixture.

3. Think about window seats and benches. They have plenty of room for cubbies and can tuck away toys, books, hats, gloves.Using a nook between built-ins can provide half your dining room seating, or even a daybed in a bedroom.

How to Transition to Gifts That MatterRemember, it’s your home, and you are in charge of what comes into it. Guilt shouldn’t have a place among the reasons we keep things. The space shown here is a little slice of heaven, if you ask me. I can see curling up with my girl on the window seat, sharing a story or watching her build things on the wide-open floor. Because there is a place for everything, everything can actually go back in its place. Know what I mean? Here a few powerful ways you can help family and friends transition from too many gifts to gifts that matter:A month before the next birthday or holiday, send everyone a personalized note. Let people know your family is working to scale back and declutter, and in the spirit of those efforts, you’ve made a little gift registry you hope they’ll have fun choosing from. The registry list might include things like movie gift cards, gift certificates for the local play gym, a play date at someone else’s house or lunch at a favorite restaurant.For close family, a personal call or a face-to-face visit can make a huge difference. It can be very frustrating when gifts keep coming despite your requests, so it’s important to let them know your kids have more than they need and you’d like their help teaching your children that spending time together doing things is an irreplaceable gift.Work with your children on a clean-out twice a year. Have a box for donations, a box for keepers and a box for broken or trashed toys. Some children worry that their toys will be lonely or sad to leave; suggesting that they give their toys a kiss, wish them well in their new home and put them in the box can be very comforting for them.Learn to say, “No, thank you” to hand-me-down train tables — I mean, toys you don’t need or particularly want. Kindly suggest that those toys go to a children’s shelter or that they get posted online.Practice what you preach! Give family and friends useful and meaningful gifts. Offer to take their kids for the day, get a gift certificate for a car detailing or a manicure — think of things they might not do for themselves.Around the holidays, ask your children to make a list of five things they would really like to receive, and don’t limit it to toys. Offer up Mommy/Daddy time or a kids' cooking class. Stick to those five things and refrain from going overboard. Make the holiday about being together, not buying, and you’ll be well on your way to a much less cluttered, but still fun space!

Storage and sun chair around the window

Built in

window seat

Bedroom window

Play room window seat

Chair

Window decision

Storage bench and built ins

perfect kids room

kids corner

Kids playroom

mandi

איזה ספה כיפית

green chair and window seat

bench in front of window

lampshade

Window seats

Love bay window

Love the chair

YNAS ROOM

like this as an alternative to other girls built in

window seat

Storage

window seats

Built ins in kids or toy room

Living room built ins

Children's room

Room

Bench seat

Cuarto bb

builtins framing the window childreans room, living room, bedroom

Sunroom/play

Banca y repisa

Great storage and window seat

built in

Shelving

lamp

Kyzer's Room, window seat with bookshelves

window seat

sofa ngay cửa sổ

Storage

???

Playroom

Aeveen's

window seat/bench and bookshelves for girls' room

nicoles room

The chair

if space allowed, the bench seat and built ins are nice for boys rooms

Day bed

Built ins

Good storage around window

Window seat and built ins

Window bench

Light

shelves

Bilik maya

Kids play room.

built ins

Love the book and reading space

Builtin

Kids storage room

mueble

bench and bookshelves

for quinn

perfect for tess

Love

window seat with bookshelves

simple

Window seat playroom

great for boys' room, built-ins

lachlan's room?

guest/play room bench/storage option

Window seat with built-ins

window seat and storage

window seat

Cupboards

Window storage unit

lots of windows, simple shelves

Child room shelves

window seat

Cute lounge

cool light for Jonah

shelves plus seating

love this very clean

Ws

Common area

window seat in playroom and office

playroom / family room

storage

Juedos

Windowseat

Want a window seat.

Much needed ideas for gift giving bdays and such

Games room

Norah's window?

clean play space

window bench and shelving

another window seat idea

Do the entire wall in kids room for combined storage/seating?

Girls room built ins

Around basement window

kis spaces built in seating area and toy chest. can be modifyed over the tears when not a playroom anymore

chair

Fauteil et ottoman

Sophie's window wall?

I like this green chair and ottoman

חלון בחדר שינה?

chair for jacks room

BUILT IN BOOK SHELVES AND WINDOW SEAT LIKE THIS IN KIDS ROOMS

WHAT WE WANT IN THE KIDS ROOMS W THE BUILT IN WINDOW SEAT AND BOOK SHELVES. - IT LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE LAYOUT SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY

Window seat, shelves

shelves

under window

sam room

Built in shelves

Nigel room

Storage

window seat

sofa window

Togo

Jadyn's room

The painting of window sil

Window seat

Love this!

Bay window and storage

JLT

Seating and built in. Room darkening cellular shad with too down bottom up

window seat

Built in bookshelves and window bench

window seat for Kelsey's room...no bump-out on the wall.

chair/ottoman

Window

Window wall -3rd floor

Built in

Love

Shelf

built ins

Curtains

Dylan's room shelves and window seat

Window seat Allie's room

I love the togo sofa it would work in our house

retrofitted window seat

We could do this in Darcy's room around the window to create more toy space and later reading area??

Window seat and shelves

Librero

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Ventana habitación niñas con banco y estanterias

background

I like this window seat and built in shelves, but prefer some of the lower shelves to be cabinets

Built-ins

Window seat

Storage either side of windoe

book case

Shelves and bench

Storage is neat

Storage

חדר נדב קומה עליונה בינוני

Book shelves - Kyra

Front room

Entire wall

Great single bed idea for my lounge room window

Bench for playroom

shelves

kasten links en rechts met bank voor raam ertussen

window seat

Window seat

bench by window w/shelving beside

Built ins on either side of bench

For around Window

Bench by windows

girls room

it shows how good the green looks with plain white

半窗旁的設計

Green chair

bonus room window

kids indian sitting

babies room love the stuff around the window

Paityn's room

sedenie pod oknom

dormitorio isa

a totally dreamy place to be ;) !

Bay window design for olive and ktgm

Usage of space around windows in Kids rooms

Chair

Built ins and bench

Chloe's room

Окно спальня

Space utilization and airy too

lighting

window seat