Increase storage in a small area

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We have sold our home which was 2,100 square feet of living space we are now living in 900 square feet, any ideas for storage space?

Z · Answer

That's quite a difference in space change. Have you thought about purging things you don't need in your smaller home? 
If you have already done that, then I think it would help if you started one room at a time. Sharing photos of each room showing what you have and need to store would make it easier for us to help you. 
For basic ideas, I'd say use bedroom dressers and/or armoires in each room for storage. They come so handy and make it very easy to keep each room tidy while keeping things you need handy. 
I have a dresser in our main entry in which I keep seasonal decor. Much handier than in the basement. 
I have another in my Ladies Parlor. Some of its drawers hold office supplies, others hold my paint chips and art supplies. 
I have an armoire near where I sew in our Sunroom. All pieces of furniture work with the decor in each room so are not only useful, but decorative too.

Janet Pizaro · Answer

Understanding the decrease in storage room is there room to put shelving or wall units to store our items?

Candace0606 · Answer

I know your pain! we moved from a 2800 sq.ft home to a 1500 sq ft home. Five years later I am still working on the storage issues. Here are a few of my ideas. Make sure every side table multi tasks - with bottom shelves or cabinets. lift up beds - ours sit on short dressers (essentially platform beds) then the dressers are not taking up additional floor space but are still available for their storage. Have no empty corners. I have a number of tall (to the ceiling) 18' wide bookshelves in what would otherwise be empty corners. I am moving a buffet out of my dining room and installing cabinets that match my kitchen cabinetry. They are upper cabinets (12' deep) and I am stacking them floor to ceiling - this will be my panty as my 9 x 12 kitchen has no pantry. make sure your kitchen cabinets got to the ceiling too and install the great cabinet inserts sliding drawers, shelving and dividers that make the most of cabinet space. Hooks by doors for coats. Most living rooms have space for a narrow sofa table with bottom shelf for baskets underneath stashing I installed a shelf over a back door - it is in a hallway so the shelf has a wall to wall span - which is a handy place for flashlights, baskets for gloves, scarves etc. learn to look at every empty space in your home - high, low, and underneath - as a potential storage zone. Good luck!

Jennifer · Answer

Omigosh, we went to 1100 sq ft from 2100 and I am still working on it after 2 yrs. ouch! we have a large storage unit and more stuff stored elsewhere, but I am narrowing down what I really miss, and starting to wish the rest would just disappear. We purged, but not enough. I wish you luck- be brutal to yourself. Sometimes I think it would be good to just start over and I suggest you just hang onto the meaningful stuff. I am planning to have more space-soon, don't know if you are- but everyday I am more into releasing the old to make room for the new and exciting Best of luck to you

Debi53 · Answer

Candace0606 is right on. Just adding to her excellent advice: Use clear plastic shoe organizers on the inside of closet doors--mine hold socks, pantyhose, scarves; in the bathroom they can hold shampoo and bath products; in the kitchen: snacks ,packets, even measuring spoons or cups. Even though the pouches are clear, label each one so that everyone knows exactly what goes back in that slot. Put brackets on the sides of each door in your home and mount a shelf just above the door. It can hold cookbooks in the kitchen or seldom used dishes; in the bath-extra towels or bath products; books in any room; in the bedroom--out of season clothing or stacks of extra blankets or sheets. 
Put adjustable shelving like Rubbermaid FastTrack on each end of every closet. Even just a 6 or 8 inch shelf can hold purses, shoes, books, etc. These can go floor to ceiling and because they are adjustable as your needs change so can the shelves. 
Use the largest turntables that will fit on your shelves to hold cleaning supplies, spices, canned goods--makes getting at the back of deep cabinets easy. Bed, Bath & Beyond carries large ones.Or use sturdy plastic baskets on lower shelves to contain items so that you can pull them out and reach the things in the back. Lowe's carries plastic ones that have mounting tracks that screw onto your shelves for true slide out capability for under $20. 
Search Pinterest for other great storage solutions.

MelBrandle · Answer

It is actually not that difficult to make room for storage in a small place. The key is to ensure you remain 'light' which means you have to get rid of clutters every now and then and make sure that they do not pile up again which will cause you to go back to square-one. Do not hoard and always reuse or recycle things that you already own so as to reduce the need of buying even more things.

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