Great Storage Ideas For Your Perfect Home February 18, 2008
Posted by Vedis The Home Lover in : Home Decorating / Storage Ideas , trackback
In the perfect home you’d have a place to put everything where it would either look beautiful or be out of sight until you needed it.If you have more “things” than you have space you’ll find some great storage ideas here. You’ll get suggestions for making the most of the space you have and find ways to create storage areas where you might not have thought.
Decide what you really want and need in each room by looking around the room for areas of storage. Look up, look down, under, and next to - your furniture, your bed, your closets, your cupboards. Any open space can be potential storage space for you.
For example, do you see an open space in a china cabinet, under a sofa table, or under an entry table? Use this space to stack wooden chests, beautifully covered cardboard boxes, or lidded baskets to store memorabilia, magazines, family photos, games, videos or computer disks.
Read on to find more ideas for finding storage space in your living space.
1. Look Up. There is probably nothing higher than 5 feet in your room, but there’s lots of space above. Install shelves 12″ to 18″ below the ceiling to display collectibles, tennis racquets, plants, hats, or photos.
2. Over the Window. Mount a shelf above the windows of the room for displaying things you don’t use but love to look at.
3. Wall Space. Find standard open wall shelves of any size at a home improvement center for an inexpensive storage solution for books and decorative objects such as babolat racquets.
A structured wall unit or entertainment center can house books and electronic equipment and provides space for decorative displays. If you’re going to stay in your home for a while, you might want to invest in custom-made shelves or cabinets. Any of these solutions gives lots of storage space without protruding too much into the living area.
4. Behind Closed Doors. It’s ideal not to have to look at your things such as k swiss tennis shoes you’re storing, unless they’re decorative. Increase available storage space by enclosing shelves and cupboards behind doors. Instead of using an open one, choose a bookcase with doors.
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