If there is one truth in the Dallas apartment community, it is that rental spaces are getting smaller and smaller over time. What used to be an 800 square foot apartment is now a 650 square foot apartment and, often times, the price has gone up! It is for this reason and more that families with kids are constantly searching for space saving ideas. After all, an apartment is cramped enough when it is just the adults around!

While they may be a bit of a cliché, if you have two kids and they are both old enough to sleep in adult style beds, you might want to consider a bunk bed or a similar stacked bed system to clear up floor space. This allows your kids to have enough space to play with their toys in their room instead of having to drag them out all over the house.

Instead of having a clunky old toy box that takes up half of your kids’ floor space, try installing a low shelf system that your child can use to store his or her toys. Not only will this teach them to be neat, it allows things to be stored vertically instead of horizontally, which saves you serious space.

Another great addition to any kids room is a storage box that you can slide underneath their beds to store everything from toys they don’t play with very often to seasonal clothes they don’t need out year round. These large plastic Tupperware containers can be bought at just about any big box store and only cost a few dollars. They are a bit unsightly, which is why we store them somewhere where you can’t see them, but they can really add much needed storage space in any kids’ room.