We all love to live in a spacious neat home. However, we have many possessions and they tend to clutter up our living space and it creates a less than desirable effect but we can’t just throw them away. If we are smart with the way we store our belongings we can make sure that our homes stay tidy and pleasant.
Have a designated storage area
This does not mean that you need to have a storeroom or a garden shed to store your things. The main culprit of making our homes look stuffed are the things we need but we don’t use regularly. Finding a place to stash them away out of sight can be an easy way to free up a lot of space in our homes. A garage shelving unit in your garage can be a perfect storage space for your winter gear and the space under your bed can easily accommodate your surfboard and other tools. Having a designated place to keep your things will make sure that those things will not interfere with your life.
Furniture with built-in storage
This will be the perfect solution especially if you’re living in a tiny space. Although we all stash things under the bed there are many items of furniture designed with storage in mind. This can be a great way to incorporate hidden storage into your home without compensating for looks. Furthermore, these will ensure that you will be able to store your items according to the themes. For example, a dinner table with built-in storage can be a great place to store your dinner sets and cutlery and a bed with storage can store all your bed linen. These types of furniture are now more readily available than ever.
Incorporate storage into the design
Sometimes there is no way around this and you have to have your storage in plain sight. When this happens you can incorporate the storage spaces into your home’s interior design. If you live in a small space a raised storage area can be an awesome way to hide off your items above the unit and use the space below as a separate room. This would need some creativity and design skills but there are many ways to incorporate storage spaces into the design and when done correctly this can have spectacular results.We can’t just get rid of our things so we need to be creative and store it in a way that it would not disturb our lives.