Toy Organization

Toy organization really is the ultimate oxymoron and I am by no means perfect at it but a couple of things I try to do are as follows.
1. Incorporate the things my children use everyday into our decor. I have an antique hutch in the dining room that has a special place for crayons and markers so that it is easy for my children to put away their writing/drawing utensils as soon as they've finished using them. Also, I have a few cute vases that I use for storing colored pencils and paint brushes. They look sweet all grouped together on the shelf but can also be pulled down at a moments notice to be used. Finally, I have a basket of baby toys in the bottom of one end table all ready to go with toys to keep my boys busy for hours. My goal is to rotate toys in and out and that happens sometimes, naturally, but I want to be better about it. I do not store anything in this basket that wouldn't be okay for children of all ages to use.
2. We've made a rule that our kids (3 years and 5 years) are not allowed to watch anything unless their room is clean. They think twice about dumping baskets of toys now!
3. I also try to keep all of the toys in one place with a couple of exceptions.
That's all for now!