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Children’s Study Area

Homework – Ugh! Helping your child become organized and handle their homework independently is a challenge for most parents. Let’s get down to basics.

First of all, providing an area that is conducive to studying is one of the essential steps. Consider a modular unit that can grow with the child like the elfa desk area offered at The Container Store. We like this as a solution because the desk and chair height can be raised and you can have this mounted to the wall or as a stand-alone unit that you can take with you when you move. It’s easy to add more shelves, and the elfa utility board can provide lots of options for storing smaller items. You can create your own personalized desk area.

October 8 2015

Organized Desk

Organizing, Organizing for Teens

Just installed a desk system the other day for a teenager who is starting her freshman year in high school. Her parents recognized she had outgrown her small work space and needed storage for files and a desktop that was big enough to spread out paperwork; a multitude of textbooks that seem to be growing in number and size these days; and her computer. Not to mention the supplies! Every student should have supplies at their fingertips: highlighters, erasers, rulers, scissors, scientific calculator, sticky pads, graph paper, ink, protractor, and the list goes on…We love the elfa desk system from The Container Store which you can customize to your specific needs. You can have rolling file carts and/or drawers underneath and shelves above that are adjustable and come in multiple depths. They also have desktop collections that allow you to have the same look and uniform feel to all your desktop storage solutions – visually attractive, and for teens they have fun, bright colors to liven up any room! Add a splash of color to the wall, and you’ll be all set. The desk went in, the daughter is ecstatic and is off to pick up a funky bulletin board – thankfully the days of the plain brown cork ones are long gone! Happy studying.