4 Storage Hacks for Small Spaces
Working with minimal square footage? Avoid clutter and keep space functional with these storage solutions.
Whether you’re saving up as a renter to build your first home or making a small townhome feel like your own, reimagining storage is a must when downsizing and organizing.
Floating Shelves
A few rustic, sturdy floating shelves will go a long way in cleaning up your other surfaces and clearing your floor of clutters. When you’re working with fewer square feet, keeping walkways clear and avoiding a cramped feeling from too much furniture can be tricky. Plant stands, end tables, and bookcases can quickly fill a room and detract from the flow.
Use floating shelves to store books, keepsakes, plants and electronics in the living room, office, and bedrooms. In the kitchen, use exposed floating shelving to put your favorite appliances and cookware on display. As much as possible, keep the contents of your shelves uniform and matching in order to avoid a cluttered appearance.
Hooks
No coat closet? Noticing your keys always crowding the kitchen table and jackets strewn over chairs? Install a few metal hooks in each room to give these little items somewhere to live. Dog leashes, towels, and even some kitchen utensils are best stored using hooks. Like floating shelves, hooks are a creative use of vertical space that preserves plenty of floor space, without filling up all of your surfaces.
Nooks & Corners
In most houses, there are a few awkward spaces that don’t seem to be suited for anything. A random corner between a wall and a cabinet, a nook between a counter and a door, the odd space between appliances, or any unused space can be repurposed as storage. Ladder shelves, cubbies, and installed hardware can turn these seemingly useless spaces into the answer to your storage problems! Get creative and use every inch.
Multipurpose Furniture
Foldable desks, sleeper sofas, tables with built-in drawers or cubbies, lidded ottomans full of storage space - there are countless products made to fulfill multiple uses and provide storage while also serving another purpose! Stash your blankets, organize your study materials, or even add an extra sleeping space by choosing the right furniture.
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