tips for organizing legos

one popular area to get organized? legos! your kids' lego collection might need a little extra attention, especially after the holidays. I have two solid options for you today:

1. Elfa Desk
if your child needs a space to build lego sets in addition to storing free bricks, i recommend getting an elfa desk from the container store. we have two of these in our house and i've built several for clients because they offer a large work top along with mesh drawers that store a lot of lego bricks. these will run you about $436 if they aren't on sale, but elfa is often on sale! you will be surprised at how many bricks the drawers will store and once upon a time, i attempted to color-coordinate every drawer. i quickly realized we have way too many legos to pull off such a feat. 

i love to create one shallow drawer for mini-figures and at least one or two more drawers for broken/partially completed sets. 

when it comes to displaying the finished sets, you can easily get a simple melamine shelf with wall brackets from a store like lowe's and install it above your elfa desk. voila!
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2. wall mounted elfa system
if you are in need of more shelves, more drawers, and you want a solid wall mounted system then i suggest you have a wall mounted elfa system designed at the container store. 

this system is flexible as you can add more shelves or drawers over time. i staged my home office system to show what i envision for a lego station, and it is 7.5 feet wide. a system like this will run you about $1,600 for the number of shelves, drawers, and size shown here.

How do you store and display your legos? i'd love to see what you are using!