Yael, all of the stuff the kids don't play with that much I put away or take outside. But I think you've got pretty limited backyard space too don't you? But there isn't really much you can do with the big stuff. For storage I use roller boxes and everything is categorised - cars in one, trains in another, lego in another and the same for the girls with barbies in one, ponies in another, little people in another etc and they are all in their bedrooms and that works well for us, but if they are all in your loungeroom, it would just look cluttered.

One thing we looked at getting was a coffee table that had storage underneath, so it wasn't so much a table I suppose, but the storage was drawers so you could just pull them out and get what you needed.

Another option I looked at was at cheap discount shops or fantastic furniture, you can get these cheap MDF cupboards/small wardrobes and I was thinking of getting one, and putting all their toys and books in it inside containers because then you could hide them behind the cupboard doors and then they just have to pull the container out as they needed it.