One Handed Clean Up

I just came across this photo that I took about 3 years ago. It's a little bit out of focus so I never ended up putting it on viatoybox.com. 17 modular storage cubes plus some shelves all connect together to hold quite a lot of stuff.

This reminds me of the time when my daughters were so little. In the evening, one would be asleep in her toddler bed and one would be in my arms. And of course, all of the toys would be scattered across the floor. I remember how nice it was to toss all of the toys through the circle or square with one hand. I had a feeling other parents would like that, too.

Playtime!

This little boy has the right idea. It looks like he has his own little place to play. The via toy boxes make a good dividing wall to split up a bigger space. Thank you, Crystal in Singapore. It's nice to see your adorable son playing around his toy boxes. It looks like he can get to all of his favorite stuff pretty easily.

Thankful for Brilliant Posts on Great Blogs

There are some great blogs out there that have been inspiring folks like us with great ideas and design for quite awhile. At this time of year I must give out some thanks to all of those that have posted the Via Toy Boxes on their sites and the customers that bought them!

I hate snaps! That's such a funny name for a blog written by a dad. I think he designed a pretty cool set. Those colors look really good together.

This one is on daddtypes. He also has a pretty kind review plus really cool photos of assembling his toy box set.

These photos were sent in for a contest sponsored by ohdeedoh and Cookie Magazine. I think they made a really cool looking toy box set for their living room space.

Walls of Boxes

I have rearranged these boxes so many ways. This picture was taken about 3 years and 72 different configurations ago. I've grouped all of the blue ones together. I've made sets with only doors, or only circles like that storage bench shown here. I have split them up to make smaller sets for lots of different purposes.

This picture reminds me of the days when my youngest daughter would sit in front of her via toy boxes and grab toys. Then it wasn't long until she was pulling herself up on them. Now she climbs up them to go to sleep. Time flies, but the modular storage is still working for us.

Managed Chaos

With 3 girls in the house I am a little outnumbered when it comes to shoes, bags, and accessories. You'd be hard pressed to spot much of my stuff in these photos, but hey, I love being surrounded by chicks (most of the time).

I wanted to transform this small space near the front door into an organized launch pad and landing zone. So, I cleared the deck of all furniture and started hanging. We wrapped square pieces of plywood with some paper we got from the fancy new paper store down the street. We anchored them to the wall and screwed the hooks on.

I made the slanted shoe racks with some left over plywood I had. They are working out pretty well so far. The little shoes fit in them perfectly.