Best Creative Storage Ideas for the Home
Tips, Hacks, Ideas
Each week we're picking a topic and asking you, our community for your best tips, hacks and ideas. Earlier this week we asked for your best storage solutions for the home and boy did you deliver!
The most common answer that came through was “HAVE LESS STUFF” which really is the best advice!
I’m actually so excited to “Marie Kondo” the sh*t outta our home when we move and only take the essentials with us to the new house.
For those of you who don't already know we’re currently designing our first family home and thinking about creative and functional ways to make the most of each room! We're designing and building all of the joinery ourselves and the idea of everything having it's special place is really doing it for me...
Thanks for playing, tune in next Monday on our stories for the next prompt.
Kitchen
Keep glasses and mugs stored near the dishwasher for speedy restocking
Shallow drawers / shelves for stacking food
Keep cooking utensils / cooking oils near the stove
Designated space for bread so it doesn’t live on the counter
Oven with a storage drawer in the bottom for baking trays
Consider bookshelves in the kitchen for cookbooks
Slide-out shelf for kettle & toaster
Integrated drawer bins for general, glass, recycling and green waste
Bathroom
Face-height shallow storage for products and medications
Cupboard / trunk for storing kids bath toys away
Designated space for storing clean towels and hand towels
Integrated washing baskets
Hooks on the wall for extra hanging
Shallow drawers and dividers in the vanity
Small shower shelf to encourage less stuff!
Bedroom
Designated place to store extra bed linen
Built in drawers for kids toys
Design wardrobes to ceiling height to maximise space
Utalise space above walkway doors
Beds with storage
For those who like to Netflix n' chill - discreet screen placement
Side tables with drawers and holes to conceal charging cords
Organise your wardrobe to suit your type of clothing.
Drawer organisers for socks, underwear, jewellery etc.
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