 Jan 14, 2021 No. 15 We're in the second week of The Great Cubby Clean-Up, a gentle rah-rah to help reset toys and kid clutter for the new year. (So many of you hopped in with gusto!) This week: the big edit! Our lead story today is all about the best storage and organizers recommended by experts. Next week we'll put them to use in your Clean-Up assignment!  
Trying to control kid clutter can break you. As Phyllis Diller famously said, "Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing." From those jagged Legos to the 875 markers Grandma so kindly got them, the explosion of books, stuffed animals, and lightsabers can make even the calmest parent come un-Elmer-glued.
But it doesn't have to be this frustrating, insist the organizing pros. "Kids have an amazing knack for creating messes— it's an art," says San Francisco professional organizer Holly Blakey, founder of Breathing Spaces (and mom of three). "But while it's actually impossible to have a perfectly tidy home if you have kids, anyone—no matter what their current organizational status is—can save time and love their space."
As a complement to this week's Cubby Clean-Up, Cubby asked streamlining experts like Blakey to share their favorite kid-friendly storage products. Read on for the 18 products pros swear by, and their aha tips for how to use them effectively.
This is it: The time to pare down your kids' toy collection. You'll soon be feeling so much lighter. eat
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cubby finds: cool lamps ask maxwell  I have a number of colleagues at work who are all having babies in the next few months and taking leave. I'd really like to send them off with a present and want it to be something long-lasting and memorable. Help! - Laura  Dear Laura,
Coming off the holidays, I'm primed with gift advice and I really like this question, particularly because we're talking about NEW parents. The birth of a child is perhaps the most touching moment to give a gift, because, for the first time, you're not giving it to the parents but to their child, which is yet to come. It is, in a way, the first time we face real selflessness.
I recently read Alain de Botton's The Course of Love, in which he describes this state so beautifully: Maxwell Ryan is a father and was an elementary school teacher in NYC before founding Apartment Therapy. He'd love to answer your question: askmaxwell@cubbyathome.com
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
The best kids' storage products, according to pro organizers {issue 15}
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