18 Cool Lego Storage Solutions
A pile of Lego blocks, of assorted colors and sizes.
Creative Solutions for Organizing Legos
Most moms (and dads) want to encourage their children to build with Legos, but are sick of stepping on them everywhere!
In my house, we devote a drawer of our coffee table to storing Legos. This makes it easy to clean up, and helps keep partial builds together and out of the way while not being used. There are many more creative options out there, though. Here are some of them!
1. Awesome Homemade Lego Storage Desk
This is an easy and inexpensive do-it-yourself option for storage. You need:
- Two Sterlite plastic storage carts, measuring 14.5" by 24".)
- Three 15" by 15" Lego base plates.
- A piece of plywood, measuring 15" by 45"
Affix the base plates to the plywood, and attach the plywood to the plastic storage carts.
2. Acrylic Storage Bricks
Lego storage bricks.
3. Lego Organization by Color
Lego storage by color.
Organizing Legos by color is a great way to store them. Simply label plastic storage tubs with the different colors. In addition, you can try separating them out by shape or purpose.
4. Our Lego Coffee Table
The pictures below are my storage solution. We have a coffee table with large, deep drawers. We organize the loose bricks by color into old strawberry cartons and save room for partial builds. It works for us, and when they're put away you wouldn't even know they're there.
We have room to store our Legos, and also keep the Lego builds we're currently working on in too.
Coffee table by day... brick table by night. You'd never guess, would you?
Our current Lego storage system is sorted by color into old strawberry baskets.
We'll replace the strawberry baskets with something a little more sturdy eventually.
5. Storage Toy Shelf
Use colored bins to store Legos on a shelf.
6. Awesome Clear Acyrilic Storage Containers
Awesome DIY Clear Acyrilic Lego Storage Containers
7. Under-the-Bed Lego Storage
Built-in under-the-bed drawers are great for storing toys like Legos. However, you don't need to have a special bed. You can store anything under the bed with plastic storage tubs, or prettier wooden containers.
8. Homemade Tables With Storage
Homemade Lego Building Table and Storage
If you're pretty handy, you can turn a plain Ikea desk into a Lego workspace with storage. On one of the tables, use a saw to cut out holes to hold plastic containers, which can be used to store blocks when not being used.
9. Lego Desk
Lego desk.
10. Ikea Desk into Lego Storage
Lego storage desk and play area.
This Ikea hack mixes and matches different Ikea elements to build a play area with built-in storage. The one in this picture is made of low shelving units with a large tabletop.
11. Lego Drawers and Play Table
Lego Drawers and Play Table
12. Easy Clean-Up Bags
Bags that make cleaning up Legos a breeze.
13. Make Your Own Storage Bag
DIY Lego Storage Bag
14. Display Creations as Art
Lego art mounted on wall.
15. Lego Minifig Wall Display
16. Lego Wall
Lego wall.
HGTV
17. Hyper-Organized Storage System
Professional Lego storage system.
18. Serious Lego Storage
Serious Lego Storage
How do you store your Legos? - Do you have a creative Lego storage system?
Ariel Laur from New York on September 03, 2015:
I love your article, great ideas here. Please forgive the correction but "Lego" is the correct spelling for both singular and plural usage. https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/The-plu...
Lejla M.S. from Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 12, 2014:
This is great. I will try to make the Lay and Go Storage for our Lego blocks.
mrinfo10 lm on July 17, 2014:
Those are some cool ideas. I'll have to show this Lense to my cousin; he's 25 and still loves Legos!
tomasokalno on February 24, 2014:
It's like looking on old childhood dream :D
teelover on February 18, 2014:
Great selection, we will definitely use something out of that!
angelatvs on February 09, 2014:
Found some great ideas here! Thanks
joanzueway on January 16, 2014:
Thank you for this wonderful lens
evawrites1 on January 16, 2014:
That storage desk is awesome!
PaigSr from State of Confusion on January 11, 2014:
Mine are still in their original boxes from way back when. The kids are in a large box. But The idea for the Lego Wall is a great idea. I will be passing that one on to a friend of ours.
hbruhn on January 10, 2014:
Cool lens! Lets not forget that you can use the storage systems and ideas for much more than Lego... thanks!
Angela F from Seattle, WA on January 04, 2014:
Awesome ideas - love the DIY Lego table
darciefrench lm on December 02, 2012:
Great ideas for Lego storage. Hubby built a table just for making Lego worlds - when not in play we have them stacked in rubbermaid bins - we have a lot of bricks :)
Deborah Swain from Rome, Italy on November 27, 2012:
great ideas! treading on loose pieces of lego with bare feet can be quite painful!
Valerie Bloom from Pennsylvania, USA on November 12, 2012:
Great ideas! We have LOTS of Legos here, and I've been trying to come up with some storage solutions.
MarkJustice on November 06, 2012:
My son doesn't keep them organized too well, but we keep them in plastic containers and slide them in the closet.
melisar lm on September 20, 2012:
Yes great ideas! Nice lens
claycath59 on September 20, 2012:
We used plastic shoe boxes you get at the Dollar Store but I really love some of the solutions you found here.
BradKamer on September 19, 2012:
Some great storage ideas. We use stackable plastic shelves that have different size compartments. Nice lens.
justDawn1 on September 19, 2012:
Great ideas! Our are all thrown together in 1 big tote :( Definitely need to organize!
