https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 10:39:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739780 Wed, 24 May 2017 22:52:01 +0000 AB810 2739780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have four large bolga baskets for books. Two are in my kid's room and two are in the living room, but the baskets are easy to move around and we do a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739684 Wed, 24 May 2017 15:45:08 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 2739684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bookshelf in the playroom and we cycle them out when we remember to do so. I will admit we read a greater variety of books when they were in DS's room but that was before we had DS2 and now DS1 has evening chores. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739664 Wed, 24 May 2017 15:17:12 +0000 Bluebonnet 2739664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have tons of books! Both LOs have bookcases in their rooms - most of the books go here, but we also have a basket of books downstairs in the living room.</p> <p>We are also clear that books are for everyone to share, so sometimes books get swapped back and forth between their rooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739662 Wed, 24 May 2017 15:14:11 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2739662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All over the house. We have books on the bottom shelf of the book case in the living room and the bottom of the coffee table, books in the toy bin in our walk in closet, in a sling-style book shelf in the play room and in milk crates in the shared bed room. Also books in the car, my purse and the diaper backpack. I'm a believer in having books accessible to my kids everywhere and often read a few to my kids during playtime or during dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739627 Wed, 24 May 2017 13:50:01 +0000 DesertDreams88 2739627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everywhere. Two small boxes in the living room, two shelves in his room, three large boxes in his playroom, and 3 small books in the car.</p> <p>Board books for living room, playroom, and car - all places he might be out of arms reach. Nice picture books with pages are saved for his bedroom shelves, up high where only we can reach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739516 Wed, 24 May 2017 10:13:39 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2739516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Board books are kept in two Kallax cubbies. He pulls the board books out and thumbs through them all the time. Two dresser drawers hold books with pages he could rip. We have a storage bin for additional books (complete Curious George series and 4-5 board books) that are kept out of reach in the family room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739396 Wed, 24 May 2017 07:01:07 +0000 milano14 2739396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have books in our first floor playroom, but only a handful. The rest of the books are split between my two boy's rooms. The youngest one has all of the board books, along with picture books. The oldest has picture books and chapter books. The youngest does like to 'borrow' from his brother's room, and all the books are to be shared. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739373 Wed, 24 May 2017 04:48:29 +0000 bloved 2739373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The majority of books are in their bedrooms, and then there is a small stack in the living room and playroom (one square of a 9 square organizer). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739362 Tue, 23 May 2017 22:54:47 +0000 skinnycow 2739362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep them in an IKEA Kallax shelving unit in the playroom. There are always some in DD's bedroom, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739351 Tue, 23 May 2017 21:21:05 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2739351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have picture/spice ledges from ikea, but the books aren't on them anymore, they're on the floor where she likes them and in a box on the floor and she just takes them out of that. I like the decorative type box because it can easily be relocated and the books are easy to take in and out for a little book lover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739350 Tue, 23 May 2017 21:19:09 +0000 travellingbee 2739350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All are in their rooms. We honestly only read before bed, so it makes the most sense. (We both work so reading happens after bath and PJs every night.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739324 Tue, 23 May 2017 20:24:23 +0000 LemonJack 2739324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have most of DD's books in her bedroom at this point, but we also keep books in our living room and in our bedroom. We rotate them occasionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739112 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:35:36 +0000 Littlebit7 2739112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have the land of nod book caddy. I love it. its easy for her to get books out, but also really easy for us to throw them all back in (after she pulls them all out)<br /> <a href="https://www.landofnod.com/white-good-read-book-caddy/s612293" rel="nofollow">https://www.landofnod.com/white-good-read-book-caddy/s612293</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739108 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:34:09 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2739108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Their books are in bookshelves in their bedrooms. We have PBK anywhere chairs for both of them also in their rooms, and that's where we read at night. LO1 also likes to read in there on his own at times. </p> <p>They're 3 years apart, so separation of books isn't bad. Most of the board books are in LO2's room since he's 20 months, while most of the big kid books are in LO1's room since he'll be 5 in September. There are times when LO1 browses LO2's shelves and "borrorws" a book. We also keep all library books in a separate "book sack" that my MIL made LO1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739104 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:31:22 +0000 ShootingStar 2739104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have some in the play room and some in each of their bedrooms. We haven't gotten into reading to the baby that much yet (oops - poor 2nd child) so she only has a few in her room. The play room books are on a low shelf that both kids can reach. In DS's room some are on a higher bookcase on the wall and some are in an open part of his night stand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739097 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:26:40 +0000 erinbaderin 2739097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Each boy has a bookshelf in his bedroom, and then they have two low shelves of our bookshelves in the family room for their books, and another shelf in the basement, which is basically a playroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739092 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:19:37 +0000 JerricaBenton 2739092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She has a ton of books. She has a whole bookshelf filled in her bedroom. She has a few shelves dedicated to books in her playroom, mostly for oversized books or annoying books I don't want her to pick out at bedtime :wink: She usually has a pile on the coffee table in the den that rotates with whatever is new or that she's particularly into at the moment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739083 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:14:36 +0000 youboots 2739083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On her bookshelf in her bedroom it's mounted to the wall. We don't have a play room- I wish </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739081 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:13:16 +0000 catgirl 2739081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 75% in the living room and 25% in her bedroom. We read in the living room except for a few books before bed and occasionally after her nap. I do try to rotate them if I get sick of the assortment in her room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739072 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:06:01 +0000 Dahlia 2739072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She has two shelves full in her bedroom, and one shelf in the living room. We rotate based on which she's taken up or downstairs, and which I'm getting sick of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739069 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:02:45 +0000 looch 2739069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We read before bed in the living room, so that's where the books are. I have a bin next to a side table and also "artful" stacks on the coffee table. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739068 Tue, 23 May 2017 13:02:10 +0000 snowjewelz 2739068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her play area is our family room, so half her books are there and half are in her bedroom so she could pick for bed time. I rotate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739060 Tue, 23 May 2017 12:55:12 +0000 lamariniere 2739060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a ton of children's books on the bookshelf in the living room and they arranged by color and are on the lower shelves so the kids can reach them. In their bedrooms, my son has a small cube that serves as a nightstand and his books are stored there. My daughter has a fabric bin full of books and books stacked on her dresser. She needs a shelf, but we haven't gotten around to buying one yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739055 Tue, 23 May 2017 12:50:24 +0000 Adira 2739055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bunch of books we don't read often in the living room on the bottom shelf of a bookcase. Then Xander has a bunch of books in a bookcase in his room. And then the books we read the most often are on the floor in their rooms, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739053 Tue, 23 May 2017 12:48:36 +0000 delight 2739053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bunch of books in our playroom, tons of books in DD's room on a shelf and then the board books in the baby's room. I feel like we have so many books I don't know where to put them all. However, we always read in different rooms so it's hard to keep them all in one place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-keep-your-los-books#post-2739050 Tue, 23 May 2017 12:46:04 +0000 PinkElephant 2739050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where do you keep your LO's books- playroom? bedroom? family room?</p> <p>We have a dedicated play room on the first floor, and currently the majority of my LOs' books are on a long IKEA Expedit shelf that doubles as a TV stand, and I take library books upstairs to their bedrooms. But since we mostly read upstairs before nap/bed, books get dragged all over the house.</p> <p>I do like to have our books on display, but since I like for the girls to have access to books at quiet times (generally spent in their rooms) like "nap" and bedtime, I'm thinking of purchasing some new shelves and moving them to their bedrooms. The only issue then becomes how to divide the books between them.</p> <p>On a bit of a reorganization quest this week, and I'm just curious what other people do! </p>