Seems to me we had it right in Kindergarten, after all. Cubbies are an optimal solution for keeping things looking neat. These bad boys work for just about anything- shoes, clothes, kitchen accoutrements, binders, baskets, toys and more. Here’s why: shelves can seem expansive and overwhelming; How to stack? How to style? How to arrange on such vast domestic terrain?

The genius of cubbies is that they are contained. They ask us only to concentrate on one harmless square at a time. Yet each cubby feels like a little display case, which means cubbies inherently push us in the direction of making our knicknacks look nice.

See for yourself: