Buy baskets for storage of kitchen gadgets and samll appliances over the upper cabinets in kitchen. Use them in the bathroom for bath stuff and hair appliances etc. Go to Goodwill, flea markets, Habitat for Humanity for bookcases, paint them a complimentary color, and buy baskets that fit in the openings for storage of stuff. Any furniture that has a shelf, add baskets for storage. You will be surprised at how many places you can find to hide clutter. Buy some of those underbed storage ...»

Small furniture is best for small places.

Paint with light colors, and don't use heavy curtains - if u can get away with sheers (or nothing) on your windows;or, maybe cafe' curtains.

I love Pam's response above. I also have a small house with few closets and made doors for some bookcases out of shutters - gives lots of storage and no one needs to look at it all. Also be sure to go to the ceiling with as much as you can to maximize the space.

have you try to build up? I mean use bookshelves I am in that process my cottage is a small 540 sq feet trailer with two small invented closets.

Instead of end tables or coffee table get old luggage and store inside. Old tins in the kitchen. Maybe a shirt around the bathroom sink. If you look at the sites above and use your imagination and think outside the box, literally.

Thanks Carol. I live in a one bedroom condo so I have the same problems with lack of closets and storage space. I bought a large pine armoire some years ago from a Walmart. I did a crackle finish, wind base color and white over top with the crackle and antiqued it with brown paste shoe polish. I them buffed it off and decopodged beautiful coorddinating fabric inside the doors. Everyone thinks it's an antique piece. I never tell them it was a Walmart find for $125. It holds so much in my ...»

Get anything that can have multiple uses - small chest for coffee table, wooden crates for end tables (just cover them), a little bench to store things in w/ coat hooks above for coats, can store pots/pans etc in oven.

Also, if yo can go up, even better. A hanging pan rack in the kitchen would help a lot on storage space and puts everything at your fingertips.

Dawn B - you may also want to check w/ KMS Woodworks as he has a smaill cabin, and I am sure he probably has even more ideas. I also thought that maybe you could build a rafter like storage area for things you may not need that often. I would put something like that though over top of things where you can't bump your head.

Well, this probably isn't what you want to hear, but the first thing you need to do is get rid of everything you don't need. If you don't love it or use it, get rid of it. I freecycled a bunch of stuff last year; you know, stuff you aren't using but is too good to throw away. I could have had a yard sale, but I'd rather have my weekend. Get rid of those clothes that are a size you haven't worn in years. Get rid of that pretty soup tureen when you never make soup. Things that really have ...»