Transform a boy's room from mayhem to manageable.
Cluttered and unorganized rooms aren't welcoming, even when it's your bedroom. Knowing where to begin is part of the challenge, but with helpful guidance from a parent, a teenage boy's room can be transformed for a place to study and relax. Put your heads together and find out from your teenager what his priorities are and work together. Depending on the severity of the clutter, and your teenager's willingness, this project could be done in a day or weekend.
Instructions
1. Set up a three large boxes in the bedroom. Label one box for donations and the second box for garbage. Look through the closet and drawers and remove clothing or items that can be placed into one of these boxes. Remove the boxes from the bedroom after that task is completed. Label the third box for keepsakes items that he would like to save, but don't need to be displayed.
2. Remove clothing that is out of season if the closet and drawer space is cramped. Store bulky garments in boxes or move to a storage room.
3. Toss dirty laundry into a basketball hamper that mounts over a door. Keep laundry off the floor by making a game of it. When full, the netting opens at the bottom for easy removal of the laundry.
4. Add more closet space by installing an extra rod for hanging clothes or another shelf above the existing rod. Raise or lower the existing rod to make more room. Wire shelves and wall brackets are found at home improvement centers and discount department stores Shelves can be cut to size at home improvement centers.
