Keeping Your Living Room Organized

Gaming Console Pain Points

Video games can be a fun bonding activity for your family, and kids and teenagers love playing them. However, there are a few pain points that come with having video game consoles out in your space.

Unsightly Video Game Consoles

While current video game consoles have sleek, more modern designs, they are still large and bulky. Plus, they rarely look good with the other decor in the space and attract a lot of dust.

Accessories Laying Around the Living Room

In addition to your video game consoles, there are also a lot of accessories that go along with them, including controllers, headsets, and game cases, that can quickly pile up or be strewn around the room. This can make your living room feel cluttered and disorganized, making it harder to relax.

Wires Are Unmanaged and Unsightly

Video game consoles come with many cords and wires to keep everything connected. So, they can easily become tangled and unsightly without thoughtful video game console storage.

Video Game Console Storage and Organization

If you love having your video game consoles in your living room but hate looking at the clutter they create, Inspired Closets can help. One of our designers will evaluate your existing space and take the time to learn how you want your game console storage to function moving forward. Whether they incorporate a game console shelf or a gaming storage cabinet, our designer will create an organizational solution that truly meets your needs. 

Below are some of Inspired Closets’ most common and most useful video game storage ideas. 

Console 

To help keep your console organized, you’ll need a dedicated space to keep it or a place to store it when it’s not in use. Our designers can create a game console shelf for one system or design multiple game console storage solutions if you have multiple devices. The key to making these storage solutions work is ensuring they are easily accessible and have plenty of room for airflow to prevent the console from overheating. 

Wire Management 

You can use cable ties or wire clips to help keep cords neat and tidy. Or, we can completely hide the cords within the video game console organizers while still leaving them easily accessible. 

Accessories

Once your designer has created efficient game console storage, they’ll focus on organizing all of your gaming accessories. 

Controllers 

If you have controllers with chargeable batteries, we can create a dedicated space in your gaming storage cabinet for the charging docks so the controllers stay organized, charged, and ready to go when you need them. Another way to store your controllers is to keep them in a bin on your game console shelf when they aren’t in use. 

Headset 

Gaming headsets can get broken if they aren’t stored properly. Our designers often add hooks inside gaming storage cabinets or underneath game console racks so headsets can be safely hung up and avoid getting damaged. 

Games 

If you want to know how to store video games themselves, your Inspired Closets designer has a wealth of knowledge in this area, too. They can incorporate specific video game storage ideas such as dedicated, adjustable shelves or cubby spaces for bins into the overall storage solution so you have room for each game case and everything else you need to fit into the space. 

Tips for Video Game Console Organizers

With your games and console storage designed exactly for your space and your family’s needs, keeping everything in your living room organized will be much easier. After your custom solution is installed, here are a few final Inspired Closets pro tips to follow so you can keep your new and beautiful space tidy. 

• Have a dedicated space for everything. Your consoles, games, and accessories will all have a specific home in your new storage design, but you’ll also need space for other living room items, like remotes, books, decor, etc. Your designer will include dedicated places for everything you want in your living room so that your video gaming console storage fits seamlessly into your space.
• Put things away after each use. Make it a family rule that after a game is played or accessories are used, they are put back where they belong. Doing this ensures nothing gets left out and your space stays tidy and organized.