Toy Box/storage Recommendations?

I use a plastic storage tote and when it gets full I sort through it and give them away on freecycle.

We use a few cubed storage shelves we bought from Target in the organization department. The ones I selected have 8 square storage areas, two by four, and the unit can stand upright or horizontal. We have it horizontal, so it is not top heavy and doesn't need to be secured to the wall. There are colorful fabric bins that fit in the squares for odds and ends toys where I want to hide the clutter. The bigger toys each have their own cubby and my daughter knows where her toys are, doesn't have to dig through a box with a lid she might not be able to get off or might pinch her fingers and cleanup is a breeze since she can easily put thing back onto the shelves herself. For your six month old, he'll be able to crawl right over to the cubbies to get toys, use the shelf to pull-up and have "table-top" space on top of the shelf to play! These are lightweight particle board and come in white or natural "wood". You assemble them and they have many future uses when they've outgrown toys. They run about $30 and you can often find them on sale.

Good luck making a choice!

My suggestion would be a plastic storage with lid. Use this to store some toys out of site and keep the wicker basket handy rotate toys very few months. This bring new life,energy and interest to the toys every time. Good Luck.

We have had one of the plastic toy boxes that have a little built in bookcase shelf above it since my oldest (now 8) was a baby. We got it at Toys R Us. It is in excellent shape still and wipes clean great. It has a lid that slides closed. It fits in his closet too. I would suggest to go with something with soft edges. As they start pulling up and walking the toy box is a place they pull up on and lean on. If the edges are wooden and sharp this could be a problem. Also, how the lid closes is a problem with smashed fingers. Best of luck on your search. C.

I bought mine at Target. They are just simple soft side cube boxes that are about 18 inches by 18 inches. They are on the smaller size but easily movable. I only keep a few out and rotate them after a few weeks. It's like christmas all over again when I bring out toys from storage.

I used to keep all his toys out in laundary baskets but it was a big hassle to get them picked up as he got older and dragged all of them out. Plus it was much easier for him to help me clean up when he was old enough. So now we just keep it to 3 storage cubes at a time.

When buying toy boxes watch out for hinges that could pinch fingers or lids that could slam on them.