HOW TO ORGANIZE BOARD GAMES

One of my weird pet peeves is when people set the board game boxes on the floor while playing a game and someone ALWAYS steps on it breaking one of the corners and/or edges. I know. I know. Such a weird pet peeve. Like how often does that happen, right? Anyway, pet peeves aside … organizing anything that prioritizes family time is high on my priority list! Here is how to organize your board games so that they are easily accessible and so they stay in tip top shape. And, did you know, you can also organize your spaces according to your organizing style? You can find out what your organizing style is here.

Before organizing your board games, you must purge the damaged ones, the ones missing essential pieces to completing the game that can’t replicated, and the ones that you simply do not play with. Be ruthless and purge the excess so you can more easily store what you do play with.

In my freebie library here, I include guides which help walk you through the organizing process and help you decide what to purge and keep. I also include my declutter and organizing challenge calendars and guides to help direct you through each area of your home. These guides ensure you get through every nook and cranny and finally get to the other side of clutter … an organized and functional space!

In this post, we focus on how to organize board games. Below, I share ideas on how to organize board games with different types of organizing solutions that will work for your organizing styles and spaces. (I also share how to organize toys, sports equipment, video games, CDs, DVDs, and VHS tapes.)

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Super Handy Board Game Organizing Solutions

I always say to store your items closest to where you use them. Since you are likely to play your board games in your living room, let’s store your board games there. If you have the space, the easiest places to store your board games can be within your entertainment center or an ottomon or on a bookshelf. If your board game boxes are either too large to fit in these areas of your living room or the boxes are damaged, you can utilize different types of containers to replace the boxes.

You can measure your game boards (and prospective areas you can store them in) and simply search the internet for storage boxes they can fit into. A simple project box like this can be the perfect solution (found here):

You can then file these into your ottomon or entertainment center (upright like books). Label the visible edge with the name of each game. To contain smaller pieces of the games and, also, to store playing cards, you can utilize containers like these (found here):

If you cannot find boxes to fit your spaces, you can utilize heavy duty bags. The best thing about these is that there are various sizes available to contain all the little bits and bobs (found here):

Don’t forget to label, label, label! If you cannot contain both the board game and the smaller bags (containing it’s pieces) within the larger bag, you can use a ring clip to keep them together.

A fantastic solution that you can take along with you on family trips is this all-in-one game board organizer which can contain up to six games (found here):

And, if you don’t have space to store your board games in any of these areas in your living room, you can utilize the nearest storage closet by either using the upper shelf or a hanging sweater organizer which I cover here.

Organizing Solutions for My Fancy Friends

To store your board games on your bookshelf but have them blend in with your books, you can utilize decorative boxes that look like books. Here is an example which actually comes in all kinds of colors and patterns (found here):

And, there are board games that come in boxes that already look like books (found here):

Also, there are pretty boxes available to contain playing cards which will look lovely displayed on a shelf (found here):

I hope you found some ideas for how to organize board games for your organizing style and/or the space that you have! In my next post, I share my best tips for how to organize sports equipment. Don’t forget to grab my free resources from my freebie library here. Let’s get to the other side of clutter … an organized and functional space!

Happy Organizing!