Children’s book storage ideas to inspire you

Looking for children’s book storage ideas that help keep your home tidy and help your kids develop a love for reading? Read on! From bookcases to bedside tables, for book beginners and experienced readers, you’ll find lots of useful tips here.

Two white BERGIG book displays with storage, holding a variety of boxes, books and toys, stand against a wall.

Making books more accessible

When books are kept at a low height in storage that makes it easy to see and get at them, even younger kids can enjoy a story whenever they want. With the storage box on wheels, they can also take books to their favourite reading spots by themselves.

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A FLISAT toy storage with wheels stands beside a POÄNG children’s armchair near a FLISAT wall storage on a wall.

A pine FLISAT book display containing some children’s books stands on the floor in a room with yellow and orange walls.

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Help them find their favourites

Storage that shows the covers of the books makes it easier for your kids to find their favourites themselves. This helps books become part of their lives. Plus, the covers with their vibrant story characters and scenes can add a fun touch to your décor.

A white BERGIG book display with storage with books, boxes and toys stands in a corner under a poster of a cat.

FLISAT wall storage and a white FUBBLA LED wall lamp are mounted on a wall above a FLISAT children’s table.

Bookcase and wardrobe in one

Here’s where children’s book storage ideas meet children’s clothes storage ideas. With this storage combination, you can keep clothes in the wardrobe and drawers, and books on the shelves – at a height children can reach themselves. It’s part of our SMÅSTAD children’s storage system, designed to be easy to update as your kids grow – so they can use it for years. You can get new handles, interior fittings or even doors as they get older and their needs and tastes change.

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A SMÅSTAD/PLATSA storage combination with three drawers, with red drawer fronts and striped doors, stands against a wall.

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Bookshelf or bookcase? You decide!

Here’s a shelf unit that you can put on the wall as a bookshelf or stand on the floor as a bookcase. Your child can use it for a long time, as today’s picture books and toys become tomorrow’s schoolbooks and sporting trophies.

A child puts a book into a white SMÅGÖRA shelf unit holding many books which is mounted horizontally on a wall.

A panda KRAMIG soft toy sits on top of a turtle soft toy near a white SMÅGÖRA shelf unit next to a child’s bed.

A treasure chest of stories

You can use this fun box to store smaller books – even cloth ones – and just dip in and pull one out. It’s easy for you to carry, too. There are lots of children’s boxes in our range in different sizes and styles, so you’re sure to find what you want.

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A BARNDRÖM box stands on a green PLUFSIG folding gym mat on the floor beside a cushion in a red GURLI cushion cover.

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A bedside table that grows up with your child

A bedside table or two keeps books handy for a read before sleep. This one is very adaptable, so your child can use it for years. By attaching the legs in different ways, you can adjust its height to suit different types of bed as your child grows. It can even be used as a shelf unit beside or under a desk to store the things needed to do homework.

A child lies on the lower bunk of a MYDAL bunk bed next to two white SMUSSLA bedside tables/shelf units.

Unique to your teen’s room

When kids grow into teenagers, they often want to have a room that’s distinctive and expresses their personality more. These cabinets come in different colours and shapes and can be arranged in whatever pattern your teen likes. Growing collection of things to store? It’s easy to add another cabinet.

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A teenager sits on a white LOBERGET/MALSKÄR swivel chair at a PÅHL desk under three EKET cabinets on the wall.

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Moving books and more to wherever they’re needed

This trolley is great for storing books, pens, a calculator and all those other homework things. It’s easy for your child to roll it over to where it’s needed and to roll it out of the way when it’s not.

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