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Originally Posted by Hazelnut  Do some of you have a lot of space? Storing out of season ones is challenging enough for me. I know keeping it organized is key, but the more there is, the harder it is to organize. We have a sizable laundry room in the basement where I store stuff and sizable closets, but I just hate when they're stuffed, iykwim.
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Maybe we have a lot of space... 2180sf in a 70's split level, including the "finished" basement. It's not laid out super efficient (i.e. a fridge in the middle of the kitchen, a rectangle of a living room with a wood stove wall/corner next to the stairs, etc.), but it's what was barely in our price range when we bought it, and what's pretty normal for my area. We get a fair amount of snow, so when your door/windows freeze up it's a bit more difficult to go play in the feet of snow to escape the house. My pantry's only about 10'x10' I'd guess, and you can barely get two cars in the garage (so we don't, just the kid hauler goes in the garage). I think the previous owners used the "pantry" as just a storage room with boxes - it was quite haphazard and not as sturdy or pretty as it is now.
Kid clothing is one of my challenges though - I have so many sizes of everything because what the 5yo outgrows goes into a basket for the 2.5yo, what the 2.5yo outgrows goes into a basket for the 7mo, and then I have one side of the closet with clothing to go off to the twice-yearly consignment sale, other side with coats, snowpants, shoes, Halloween costumes, etc. It does get a bit crowded in there because I'm holding on to clothes for the next kid rather than immediately selling/donating them, but eh.
And a dresser for each kid (outside of the closet) with their currently-fitting clothes in it. It's a busy room, that's for sure (yes, all the stuff for 3 kids in a 10'x12' room).
) I also like puffy vests for fall and spring, so when the vests went on sale last fall at old navy, I got one of each in the next 3 or 4 sizes for each child because they were only $3 each or so. 
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