Toy box?

[hunkermunker]

Where can I find a toy box for DS? He's 8 months and has quite a few toys (more after Xmas!).

I'd love a wooden one, but equally happy with some kind of toy storage unit. Can't be too massive as we don't have the room for it, but want it a fair size to fit toys in!

Thank you!

We bought some nice wicker type baskets with a hinged lid from Wilkinsons. They were pretty cheap as far as I remember, but look nice and when the kids go to bed, toys can be put away in them and they just look like part of the furniture.

We got a very nice one from Ikea, which matches the chest of drawers. It has safety hinges so that the lid cannot bang or drop shut, you have to push it - but it's easy enough for a 1yo to do.

The trouble with a tyobox, though, is that everything just gets jumbled up inside, which is fine for soft toys but a pain for small things or toys that come in sets like puzzles or bricks. We have since got a wooden unit with colourful plastic tubs arranged in rows on it (the unit isn't shelves) which is very useful indeed because toys can be sorted into the tubs and the tubs can be taken out to carry the toys around. I can't remember where we got it from though - Urchin perhaps? I think Blooming Marvelous do them too.

Ikea do a thing like that - it's a wooden frame and plastic boxes fit into it like drawers. They look great for toys and aren't expensive.

I used to use plastic crates and shoe boxes to categorise toys.

this one is good
so is this

Best ones for us are the put together ones from, homebase, or B&Q. Think they cost about £15-20.

They also do a whole range of wooden boxes from really small, to small chest size and I have them all over the house, for tools, nappies crayons etc.

How about these...

www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/search/search_product_page.jsp?siLandingParams=type%3Dsearch%26query%3Dwooden%20storage%20box%26hits%3D4%26topCat%3D150554&selectType=department&departmentName=Home%20%26%20Storage&limitProducts=no

We've got a pretty solid wooden toy box (self assembly with alan keys, I think) that was £50 from either Blooming Marvellous or JoJo Maman Bebe. I agree it's good for soft toys but lots of little things would be lost in it. We've also got on of the storage units with plastic boxes on rails - I think they were from one of the same catalogues. I've a feeling Argos do various things with plasic boxes too.

got a nice wicker trunk from ikea which fits loads, and i use bags to sort things inside

but...

spoke to a mum whose son goes to steiner school who said school keen on toys having lots of small containers with toys sorted in them, ie bok for bricks, another for cars etc... and then they should always be in same place.. apparently helps them to feel secure and ordered etc - plus helps with tidying - made sense at the time?!

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Thanks! I love the idea of a toy storage unit so toys can be sorted. Now I just need to work out what is the best one for the peculiar shape space we have in the living room!

whatever you get make sure it has stay up hinges (ones that won't slam down on little fingers)

hunkermunker, the Ikea ones can be bought as units and fitted together to put in awkward places. Plus the containers come in black and white as well as garish colours, so you can have a more subdued storage to fit with a living room rather than a child's bedroom.