Instilling a love of books in your child is a wonderful thing – but so is having somewhere to put them all! Whether you have toddlers or tweens, you’ll love these ingenious ideas for kids’ book storage.
If your house is anything like ours, there’s always books around. Between picture books, tween books, teen books, and the library books that keep coming home, storage space is always at a premium.
The good news is that clever book storage doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. Many of these ideas use everyday items in unexpected ways, and they’re a lovely way to add some colour and personality to your child’s room or play space at the same time.
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Clever Kids Book Storage Ideas
#1. DIY Kids Book Bin
Image: This Little Street
Make your own book bin with this step-by-step tutorial from This Little Street, which walks you through the whole process from start to finish.
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#2. Picture Ledges
Image: Apartment Therapy
Picture ledges – widely available from DIY shops or IKEA – make a lovely bookshelf feature on a wall, like this stylish example from Apartment Therapy. They’re easy to fit and let little ones see the covers of their favourite books at a glance.
#3. IKEA Spice Racks
Image: Kids Room Ideas
Turning IKEA spice racks into book holders is a classic hack, and we love this version from Kids Room Ideas, which makes clever use of window space to display and store books.
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#4. Turn a Vertical Bookcase Sideways
Image: Pinterest
Such a simple but brilliant idea. Turning a long, vertical bookcase on its side gives young readers easy, low-down access to their books – they can take them off and put them back themselves. The top also doubles as handy play and storage space.
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#5. Corner Guttering
Image: Sunshine on the Inside
This idea from Sunshine on the Inside uses ordinary corner guttering to create shelving in an awkward corner space. Paired with a contrasting paint colour, it becomes a lovely feature in its own right.
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#6. Colourful Crates
Image: Crazy Little Projects
Crazy Little Projects used unfinished wooden crates, painted in bright colours, and screwed them together to form a fun, modular bookshelf. It’s an easy project to adapt to whatever colours suit your child’s room.
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#7. Painted Dishrack
Image: Pinterest
A lovely upcycling idea – take a plain wooden dish rack, give it a coat of paint, and turn it into a stylish, practical book rack for little hands to use.
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#8. Newsstand Style Storage
Image: Craft and Creativity
This newsstand-style storage idea makes great use of otherwise wasted space. The decorating-with-books project from Craft and Creativity was featured in the Swedish magazine Hus & Hem, and you can see a diagram of how the bookcase was put together here.
#9. Roll Around Bookcase
Image: Project Little Smith
We love this idea from Project Little Smith, where old skateboard wheels were attached to a wooden cube to create a bookcase that rolls around the room.
#10. Corner Book Tree
Image: Pinterest
A really creative way to repurpose a corner bookcase – turn it into a “book tree” using nothing more than some green and brown paint and a bit of imagination.
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Hopefully these ideas have inspired you for tackling your own kids’ book storage. Which one is your favourite? Leave a comment below and let us know – we’d love to hear from you!
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