It seems that having a centralised "school bag nook" is all the rage at the moment. I first noticed this when I read this post at The Organised Housewife, and followed some of the links in the comment section.
We have found coat/ bag racks to be very useful. They provide a little extra storage in a small space. Since moving here we have always kept our nappy bag, some shopping bags and, during winter, some coats, on a rack behind our front door.
When we arrived here, there was also a coat rack behind the door in the girls' bedroom. We used this to keep some backpacks, library bags and play/dress-up bags. After Miss 1 received a daycare backpack for Christmas however, we were finding the position of this rack behind the door quite frustrating. For one thing, it meant that we couldn't open the door completely. It was also set way too high for the kids to reach.
As I am always one to jump on a home organisation band-wagon, I took the opportunity to create a new "bag nook". I'd love to have a centralised one (like The Organised Housewife does), but we don't have an appropriate space for that. Instead, we created one space in the girls' room, and one in Mr 2's room.
For the girls' space:
We moved the existing coat rack from behind the door to the end of the girls' bunk bed (and discovered why the rack had originally been behind the door - a hole in the wall!)
Isn't this the perfect space to do more with? As the girls get older I will probably add a box or basket below the hooks (where they can put lunchboxes, drink bottles and shoes). I also plan to make one of these (for holding homework, notes from school etc):
Not sure whether I would go with the ruler/ multicoloured look, or just paint the whole thing white or pink or something? What do you think?
For Mr 2's space:
My mother-in-law found this cute hanger at an op-shop. It was easy to attach it to the end of our new Expedit shelves (okay, it was easy for my husband to attach it, not me). I realise Mr. 2 will outgrow this one in a few years, but it is quite suitable for now.
Do you have a "nook" for school bags? Have you jumped on the band-wagon?
