Five Creative Storage Ideas for Homes

Small Homes

Not everybody lives in expansive 5000 sq feet homes. Those of us who have to make do with a smaller space on their first investment in real estate, just need to think creatively to store our stuff. Here are some creative storage ideas for homes that are especially short in space.

Storage Walls

When there are no cabinets, then the walls become our storage space. Many homes go for storage walls, custom-made storage walls. These are space saving cabinets help to hide away all those myriad random utility items that you do not want to display, but makes space to display items that you would want to. Most even come with a niche seating option in the end. Storage walls are perfect accessories for studio homes and they can act as dividers if the apartment has an open floor plan. These can be used to demarcate the space that divides the bedroom from the living. Some custom-made storage walls can be built into the bedroom, where it can even incorporate task lighting to read books while lying down.

Creative Kitchen Storage

When space is sacred sadly it is the kitchen that suffers the most. Though the kitchen is the most utilitarian space in the home, most builders become Mr. Scoorge when it comes to kitchen space. Storage is the most important aspect of kitchen and if there is no adequate space to store all those jars of pulses and spices, you just need to make space on the wall. Many go for storage wall cabinets that stretch from ceiling to the floor. Some opt for double door deep storage cabinets to store all those myriad bottles of powders and spices.

Storage creativity

There are hundred creative ways to store things. Some creative souls make optimum usage of their staircase by creating cabinets underneath the stairs. The steps on the staircase too can be used as a pull-out drawer to store footwear, extra socks, umbrellas and outdoor stuff. Some homes have pull-out doors for their bathrooms and this space can be cleverly fused into pocket storage shelves to store bath accessories such as shampoos, soap bars, loofah etc. If your home has pillars then, these can be cleverly used with three-dimensional cabinets built-in to display books, vases, antique items and other curiosities.

Multi-functional furniture

A must-have for small apartments especially when you want to save space. Nested tables that can display multiple items, kitchen countertops that can also serve as a two-seat dining table, living room seats with storage option underneath and dividers that can used on both sides to store and display items. The choices are unlimited when it comes to multi-functional furniture. One of the most functional and space saving furniture for apartments is the wall bed. It makes optimum use of the wall and saves big on space and what more you can enjoy the space when you are in not in bed!

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