solutions for "camouflaging" cf supplies

[Jane]

How do you all deal with the increasing amount of medical supplies in your kids' rooms? My kids are totally bummed about all the cf stuff taking over their space. They don't even want to have friends come over because all the stuff provokes questions about their disease.
I've looked into a few options for storage. Pottery Barn now has a headboard for a kid's room that has shelves and crates on wheels that tuck underneath. Another bad has metal locker-like storage under the bed. It is trendy to have metal lockers (like school) in your room.
Any creative solutions?

Thanks
Jane

 

[Jane]

How do you all deal with the increasing amount of medical supplies in your kids' rooms? My kids are totally bummed about all the cf stuff taking over their space. They don't even want to have friends come over because all the stuff provokes questions about their disease.
I've looked into a few options for storage. Pottery Barn now has a headboard for a kid's room that has shelves and crates on wheels that tuck underneath. Another bad has metal locker-like storage under the bed. It is trendy to have metal lockers (like school) in your room.
Any creative solutions?

Thanks
Jane

 

[anonymous]

Our daughters nebulizer/compressor is kept in our bedroom so she can watch tv while using it. We have one of those night stand tables from Target (or any other store like it) that you put a cloth cover over, KWIM? The neb/compressor goes in a plastic tub with a lid that we just push under the cloth cover/table when it isn't being used...no one would even know it is there. You could do the same thing with a vest or anything else that needs hidden. This might be an inexpensive solution for them as the tables and cloths together are under $30.

 

[anonymous]

Our daughters nebulizer/compressor is kept in our bedroom so she can watch tv while using it. We have one of those night stand tables from Target (or any other store like it) that you put a cloth cover over, KWIM? The neb/compressor goes in a plastic tub with a lid that we just push under the cloth cover/table when it isn't being used...no one would even know it is there. You could do the same thing with a vest or anything else that needs hidden. This might be an inexpensive solution for them as the tables and cloths together are under $30.

 

[thelizardqueen]

All of my supplies growing up were kept in the kitchen in a pantry, or cupboard. It was out of site, so I didn't have to worry about people seeing them when they came over. My nebs were also kept in a cabinet in the living room, so that when I did my treatments, I could watch TV at the same time.

 

[thelizardqueen]

All of my supplies growing up were kept in the kitchen in a pantry, or cupboard. It was out of site, so I didn't have to worry about people seeing them when they came over. My nebs were also kept in a cabinet in the living room, so that when I did my treatments, I could watch TV at the same time.

 

[Jane]

We have plastic bins in our kitchen too. It was much simplier when it was just the neb stuff. Our supplies are growing and multiplying in an alarming rate. With the neb stuff we also have the kangaroo pump and pole (for the g-tube feedings), an oxymeter and an air purifier in EACH boy's room.

 

[Jane]

We have plastic bins in our kitchen too. It was much simplier when it was just the neb stuff. Our supplies are growing and multiplying in an alarming rate. With the neb stuff we also have the kangaroo pump and pole (for the g-tube feedings), an oxymeter and an air purifier in EACH boy's room.

 

[Jane]

I didn't mean that to sound so desperate! We do have a separate tv room for the kids where they do their PT, but they want their equipment to be disguised or out of the way in their bedrooms (where they do most of their treatments). For sure, the bulk of the stuff will cause some engineering, but there's gotta be a way... Sounds like we need a catalogue.

jane

 

[Jane]

I didn't mean that to sound so desperate! We do have a separate tv room for the kids where they do their PT, but they want their equipment to be disguised or out of the way in their bedrooms (where they do most of their treatments). For sure, the bulk of the stuff will cause some engineering, but there's gotta be a way... Sounds like we need a catalogue.

jane

 

[anonymous]

My husband hated to have the house look like a hospital room too.
In the bedroom he had a bedside piece that had a cupboard on the bottom. We drilled a hole throuh the back to take the nebulizer plug/cord. He kept the nebulizer and some other stuff in the cupboard, the oximeter in the drawer, some other stuff (tubing, etc) in bins under the bed. With the doors closed you couldn't see a thing -- and it didn't et dusty. In the living room the nebulizer (we had 2) was in a lidded basket (took some searching to find the right size) which was under a table. My sister in law keeps the nebulizer and stuff in the living room under a skirted table. When my husband used the Vest, we never found a really good place for it. It just lived in the closet on wheels. (Then there was the O2 stuff, the powerchair, the....., but it doesn't sound like you need to integrate that stuff in.) Exactly what equipment are you trying to camoflage?

 

[anonymous]

My husband hated to have the house look like a hospital room too.
In the bedroom he had a bedside piece that had a cupboard on the bottom. We drilled a hole throuh the back to take the nebulizer plug/cord. He kept the nebulizer and some other stuff in the cupboard, the oximeter in the drawer, some other stuff (tubing, etc) in bins under the bed. With the doors closed you couldn't see a thing -- and it didn't et dusty. In the living room the nebulizer (we had 2) was in a lidded basket (took some searching to find the right size) which was under a table. My sister in law keeps the nebulizer and stuff in the living room under a skirted table. When my husband used the Vest, we never found a really good place for it. It just lived in the closet on wheels. (Then there was the O2 stuff, the powerchair, the....., but it doesn't sound like you need to integrate that stuff in.) Exactly what equipment are you trying to camoflage?

 

[anonymous]

that last one was me (lisav) by the way. I've seen poles camoflaged with cute animal cloth covers in the same way my grandmother used to have a cover for her broom and vacuum cleaner.

 

[anonymous]

that last one was me (lisav) by the way. I've seen poles camoflaged with cute animal cloth covers in the same way my grandmother used to have a cover for her broom and vacuum cleaner.

 

[anonymous]

vacuum cleaner covers
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[anonymous]

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[Jane]

Thanks for the ideas, I never thought about drilling holes in cabinet! We are still thinking about the locker idea. It also has holes for cords etc. and shelves and hooks for tubing, oximeter and neb compressor. Here's the source if anyone wants to see it.

http://www.shopmainstreetonline.com/product_info.php?products_id=6191&osCsid=c2b0fd9cd222b776dc2269f598d06a23

Its a Powell teen trend locker

 

[Jane]

Thanks for the ideas, I never thought about drilling holes in cabinet! We are still thinking about the locker idea. It also has holes for cords etc. and shelves and hooks for tubing, oximeter and neb compressor. Here's the source if anyone wants to see it.

http://www.shopmainstreetonline.com/product_info.php?products_id=6191&osCsid=c2b0fd9cd222b776dc2269f598d06a23

Its a Powell teen trend locker

 

[anonymous]

locker looks cool.
You could have a lock on it too so that he wouldn't have worry about nosy friends poking around.
What do the boys think about the idea/picture?
-lisav

 

[anonymous]

locker looks cool.
You could have a lock on it too so that he wouldn't have worry about nosy friends poking around.
What do the boys think about the idea/picture?
-lisav