Did you know that there are at least 42 Things in Your Child’s Closet and Drawers? That’s not including individual pieces of clothing either! When you stop to reflect and analyze the items you have for your child, you can easily forget the mundane things in their closets, such as hangers, and in their drawers, such as storage caddies for socks or hair clips. (This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.)
What is this list all about? Well, if you are a new reader to my blog, thanks for stopping by! I create lists of 42 for household inventory purposes. Why do I create lists of 42 for household inventory purposes? We lost our home in a wildfire in 2007 and lost almost all of our possessions as well as our home. I say “almost all” because firefighters were on-scene and they managed to save a few possessions (even more precious to us today) before our house was completely engulfed in flames.
They also took photos and gave me the photos many months after the fire. They weren’t sure how I’d “react” to seeing photos of our burning house, so they waited several months before they told me they had them. With a lump in my throat, I said “yes” I’d like to see the photos and they emailed them to me. You can read the 20-part series about the loss of our home (which includes those photos) here: Any Way the Wind Blows.
[convertkit]Anyway, it took me 9 months of working nights and weekends to do our home inventory for insurance claims purposes back then. When we’d been in our new home for almost 5 years, I thought it was high time that I do a whole-house inventory on our new possessions. And, I thought, why not share it on my blog! After all, we’re not the only people in this country who have suffered a catastrophic loss.
Just this past week, record flooding has ripped through Arizona and parts of the Midwest. My hope is that these lists help others either be proactive in their own household inventory or if they or someone they know has suffered a loss, these lists will become a “road map” and help them move forward in their own homeowner’s insurance claims process.
In addition to these lists of 42 for home inventory purposes, I post on emergency planning and preparedness. Here are links to a few of them:
If you’d like to read more, just type in “emergency” in the “search” bar on this blog and it’ll direct you to all of them. And, if you want to find all the household inventory lists on this blog, I have a surprise for you – I’ve bundled them up into one eBook that I’ve titled The Complete Book of Lists: Room-by-Room Checklists for Your Household Inventory Project. In this eBook, you’ll get 75 separate checklists, including this one, to help you embark on and navigate through completing a home inventory, whether for personal use or for a homeowner’s insurance claim for one low price of $9.99.
42 Things in Your Child’s Closet and Drawers
Let’s take a few minutes to talk about all the things in your child’s closet and drawers. When creating your household inventory for an insurance claim, you will have to find out from your homeowner’s insurance claims adjuster just how detailed the list needs to be. For example, will they allow you to list “socks” as “15 pair of kids socks” or will they require you to list them separately, such as crew socks, liner socks, athletic socks, tube socks, ruffled socks, etc,? Every insurance company will have different requirements as to the level of detail they require. In our case, we were told that we needed to include “everything down to the last toothpick!”
Here’s the list of 42 Things in Your Child’s Closet and Drawers (the links below are links to various storage options plus children’s items and children’s clothing):
- Closet systems, hanging shelves
- Dressers, dresser top organizers
- Hangers: standard, skirt, trouser, coat, accessory (metal, wood, satin, plastic, fabric, flocked, velvet)
- Hanger stacker/holder
- Door hooks, racks, over-the-door hangers
- Shelves and shelf dividers
- Storage boxes, baskets, containers
- Storage caddies, bins, trays, cases
- Space saver bags
- Shoe/boot racks, trees, bags, boxes
- Clothing storage organizers
- Toy chest, trunk, bench
- Toys, games, stuffed animals
- Backpacks, tote bags, handbags
- Moth protection, cedar blocks
- Laundry/clothing hamper
- Free-standing cabinetry
- Sleeping bags, pillows, blankets
- Scarves, hair ties, ribbons, headbands
- Hats, hat boxes, hat racks
- T-shirts (tank tops, mock neck, crew neck, v-neck, sleeveless, polo, Henley, camis)
- Tunics, blouses, shirts, dress shirts
- Polo shirts, Hawaiian shirts
- Pants, jeans, leggings, trousers, slacks, khakis, shorts, capris, cargo pants, jumpsuits, sweatpants
- Dresses: Casual, special occasion
- Sweaters, cardigans, vests, shrugs, hoodies, pullovers, sweatshirts
- Suits: formal, uniforms
- Skirts, skorts, rompers
- Belts, suspenders, belt racks
- Jewelry, watches, sunglasses
- Trinket boxes, holders, stands
- Coats, jackets, blazers
- Shawls, capes, ponchos
- Socks, tights, hose
- Swimwear, gear, cover-ups
- Raincoats, raingear, umbrellas
- Snowsuits, gear, gloves, mittens
- Sports clothing, gear/equipment
- Sleepwear, robes, loungewear
- Underwear, undergarments
- Costumes, dress-up
- Shoes: flats, slingbacks, pumps, wedges, slip-on, boat, loafers, mules, tennis shoes, sneakers, running shoes, boots, sandals, flip-flops, galoshes, espadrilles, slides, house shoes, slippers, saddle, dress, oxfords, high tops
Here’s a cute idea for kids storage – turn crates on their sides, paint them, and stack them up in the closet or the room. Instant shelves for folded clothes, shoes, toys, games, and more! This “open shelving” concept allows you to instantly see the stack of folded clothes so your child will spot the one they want to wear right away. Or you can fold them this way…
Folded this way, the Marie Kondo way (also known as the Konmari Method), in a dresser drawer also allows you to see all of your child’s shirts, pants, shorts, jeans, etc. all at once without having to dig through a pile and mess up the drawer! So neat & tidy!
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42 Things in Your Child’s Bedroom
42 Things in Your Child’s Bathroom
42 Toys and Things in Your Child’s Playroom
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Wow! That is awful you lost everything in a fire! What a traumatic thing to have to endure with your family. Household inventory lists are definitely helpful and I find they enable me to know exactly what I have in my storage areas. We just moved to our new house, so I have not yet put all of this into play with our stuff. Thanks for the resources…they will definitely be helpful as I go through our storage items!
Thanks for dropping by, Sarah! Yes, I can safely say that the fire was a defining moment in our lives. We learned a lot during that time, but one of the most important things we learned is we are stronger (emotionally) than we ever thought possible. I appreciate you leaving a comment and I’m happy that you find this list useful!