#9 - Charlie's Lockers | Apartment Therapy Ohdeedoh

#9 - Charlie's Lockers

Name: Lesa
Child's Name and Age: Ursula - 5 Charlie - 2
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Category: CLOTHES

Items used for the project and favorite part of the storage solution:
We live in an older home and closet space is limited - in fact, Charlie's room doesn't have any closets! These lockers were going to be thrown out by a school and after being "rescued" and painted they serve as a perfect storage solution for clothes. Luckily Charlie's clothes - like his big boy underwear - are small so everything fits. I love the look of them as well as the fact that we were able to reuse something that was destined for a landfill.

Best storage tip for families with children:
We try to have a place for everything in our house - such as a designated bin for dolls, a cabinet for games and a cubby for hats & mittens. This makes cleaning up as well as locating things later a bit easier.

Thanks for entering, Lesa!

Comments (14)

I love that! Such a great idea for a child's room. I wish I could find some fun lockers like that!

posted by tgray99 on April 7th 2008 at 4:25am
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This is so cute!

There isn't a voting poll on this one...

posted by Amy Phillips on April 7th 2008 at 5:16am
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Great idea!

posted by schnappycat on April 7th 2008 at 5:28am
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wow - i'm impressed. It looks great.

posted by inkstainedwriter on April 7th 2008 at 5:44am
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I love this! It looks great in a nursery, but will also look good as part of an older child's bedroom. Great job!

posted by Button on April 7th 2008 at 6:06am
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This a perfect solution for storage in a child's room. Even with a closet the lockers would provide additional space that is always needed.

posted by mmb on April 7th 2008 at 8:10am
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Did you paint these yourself or did you have them sprayed? They look great!!

posted by rmcbride on April 7th 2008 at 9:02am
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I bet this was much cheaper than the "budget" room. What was total cost? It looks fantastic.

posted by ElDee on April 7th 2008 at 9:30am
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This is really cute, but I have to ask - How secure is this? I would worry that my little one would want to climb and pull it down on top of themselves.

posted by Lauren Horsley on April 7th 2008 at 9:45am
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The lockers look fantastic!

posted by mamalike on April 7th 2008 at 7:01pm
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This is so great!! And I have to admit that for the past 24 hours I've been obsessively checking craigslist for old lockers in my area!

posted by ambies on April 8th 2008 at 4:20am
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This is super! Please tell me the lockers are secured to the wall.

We found similar lockers for the laundry room in our condo building... very handy but they are a bit teetery if not secured.

posted by clickchick on April 8th 2008 at 8:13am
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This has been my favourite one by far. So original and cool looking.

posted by bizmom on April 11th 2008 at 10:03am
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Ebay sells lockers like this, but I bet you can find them cheaper (or free if you look in the right places):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300229494622

posted by honeyhaze on June 2nd 2008 at 7:13pm
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