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A bigger home is always desirable, but it’s certainly not always possible. With kids making more mess than you can clear up, and long working hours leaving you with less time to clear up after them, clutter, mess and general STUFF can leave your home looking WAY smaller than it is. We’ve come up with 7 storage ideas that will not only create more space in your home, but look great too!
Under The Stairs
The space-under-the-stairs is a dead space that is dying to be used. Whether you use it for creating extra storage to stop those coats and shoes from cluttering up the hallway, or as a micro-office, housing your desk and computer, you’ll not miss it, but you’ll love the extra space it gives you.
Kitchen Cupboard Doors
Try using the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors to store things that might be cluttering up your surfaces. Streamlined spice racks, for example? Or you could hang your knives up.
Hang Up Your Pans
Saucepans, frying pans, woks, you name ‘em. I’m betting every time you try to get them out of a cupboard, there’s crashing, banging and a tangle. It’s not the most efficient use of cupboard space, especially in a small kitchen. Why not try hanging them up above your cooker? NB If you invest in some of those lovely Pinterest-ready copper bottom pans, it’ll look totally gorgeous. Plus, you can move your other surface clutter into the space you’ve just freed up. Streamlined AND stylish.
Put Your Feet Up
Invest in an ottoman that has storage. That way, you’ve got something to rest your feet on, and an attractive place to put away all of the magazines/slippers/kids’ toys that are usually strewn on your coffee table…or floor. Out of sight, out of mind!
Shoe Rack
Instead of having a shoe pile by the front door, or taking up valuable cupboard space, try one of these tall shoe racks. It’ll take up next to no space in your hallway AND make you look dead organised. Plus, you’ll never have to search through the house for your ‘other shoe’ again!
Hang Up Your Towels
If you’re one of those people that uses your floor as a towel rack, it’s probably not a good look. Towel racks can take up a lot of space though, and the heated ones can be expensive to fit. Try one of these Shower Curtain-Towel-Rack Combo. Space saving, neat and tidy, and inexpensive!
Accessories Hanger
This is a great one for a small bedroom. Instead of using up space for extra storage for jewellery and accessories, try one of these accessories hangers, and just slip it into your wardrobe!
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