Clutter Busting Solutions - Storage Ideas For Every Room in Your Home
We all know and understand the dilemmas of space, there are few homes that have enough space to cope with all the clutter that we will inevitable accumulate during our everyday lives! Add kids and pets into the equation and it can all get quite busy!
It can feel like a constant struggle to find the right place to store everything. This guide will help you to sort out the main rooms in your home. Hopefully it should increase your living space and keep your home looking fresh and tidy - just what we all need with the lead up to spring.
Make Your Entrance Welcoming
Come home to a clutter-free entance every day. Yes, it's possible.
Learn how to create an inviting entryway as well as a functional place for the entrances and exits of the family, friends, and guests. Use these space saving ideas to give your messy hallway a transformation into a beautiful, ordered and functional space. The hallway often becomes a dumping ground for shoes, coats, bags and mail. Selecting key pieces of furniture and making use of empty wall space can help organise this area. In small spaces wall mountable shelving can be the ideal solution.
In a large hallway, add slim floor to ceiling cupboards and keep coats tidied away. A versatile console table with a combination of drawers and shelf space work well and offer a surface for displaying decorative accessories. Good lighting makes a space feel less cramped. Pale walls help to maximize the feeling of space so try to stay neutral.
Hanging a mirror in your hallway you’ll create an illusion of space and reflect light into your home.
Shoe racks also help keep the hallway tidy. Instead of kicking your shoes off by the front door tidy them away out of site.
A Room to Dine In
Your dining room should reflect the dinner parties and family dinners you plan to hold around your table.
Fitted dining room furniture can help utilize a space so a bespoke service is usually very popular when furnishing this part of the home.
Finding a suitable place to store tableware, serving dishes, placemats and cutlery is the key to an organised and beautiful dining room. Dressers and display units are a popular choice offering both cupboard and shelving space.
When purchasing your dining table make sure you allow space for pulling out chairs and moving around comfortably. A made to measure extending table is a versatile choice and is great for those who like to entertain but want to save space when it’s not in use.
Utilising alcoves with fitted cupboards and shelving can help make use of every inch available within a room. They can be tailored to suit your needs with adjustable shelving, wine racks and extra wide drawers.
Stylish Living Room
Whether you need help with an entertainment centre, freestanding storage, or built-in storage advice, this section has it.
Your living room is without doubt one of the busiest rooms in your home, with family life centred here. It’s an area of the home that needs well thought storage to keep toys , CDs, DVDs, Games & Consoles neat and tidy.
For wall mounted TV’s a stylish console underneath can be the answer offering lots of drawer and cupboard space. Coffee Tables with a shelf or drawers can also add more storage to a room.
Sofa’s that don’t sit up against a wall can also allow for a slim console table behind for great-added storage.
A large display unit and dresser makes use of wall space and can be used to display ornaments, books and accessories. It is worth investing in If your lucky enough to have a mantelpiece use this as a focal point, display a decorative piece or a candlebra with a mirror propped behind to help make the room appear larger. Multifunctional Open Plan Setting up a multifunctional room that looks amazing and works beautifully can be hard to achieve. They are used for more than one activity and often need plenty of storage to cope with the clutter. With open plan rooms you need to find versatile key pieces of furniture. Low coffee tables can help create a division between the living and dining areas. Or a low open bookcase can be used as an alternative stylish room divider. Use the same flooring throughout the space to draw the eye down to the length of the room, and add a large rug to help define a seating zone. An Organised Place to Cook & Eat Right accessories and furniture can entirely transform your kitchen into the most pleasurable area of your home. Make the most of every spare inch of space and carefully plan your room to create an efficient and organised place in which to cook and eat. In a small room, fitting wall units to ceiling height is a useful option, and using fitted internal racks, dividers and carousels can add lots of internal storage. Keeping worktops clear of clutter can create an illusion of space. For kitchen diners the space has to work even harder, you’ll need a cooking, working and dining space that’s a pleasure to be in. Creating a streamlined space by concealing appliances like the washing machine and dishwasher behind cupboard doors can make the space appear larger and less busy. Extending tables can work great in spaces like this as they extend when you want to entertain but don’t use up much needed space when not in use. Calm and Restful Bedroom De-cluttering your bedroom with well-designed and stylish storage solutions can help you rest. Your bedroom is a place to escape from the hectic pace of day to day life, so it is essential that you make clever use of the space. A freestanding tallboy will give you more storage and a smaller footprint than a standard-size chest of drawers. Alternatively a well-made chest of drawers is a worthwhile investment. Consider a design with drawers of different sizes, which provide space for a variety of items. When buying bedside cabinets look for a design with at least one drawer to keep lingerie and nightwear organised. If you have lots of things you want to keep and store, opt for a three-drawer version. An ottoman (blanket chest) placed at the end of a bed is useful for storing bulky bedding and linen. Stylish Bathroom The bathroom is a functional area of the home and needs careful planning to keep your toiletries and beauty products neatly tucked away. Use a combination of several different storage solutions to keep things well organised. A pair of slim drawer units placed either side of the basin offers a place to hide shampoo, soap and shaving gel. Freestanding furniture gives the room a more friendly, less clinical feel, and drawer dividers can be used to hold smaller items. Woven baskets can help keep freshly laundered towels neat. Place on a shelf under a table or on an open tower unit. When designing your bathroom think of luxury spas and beautifully arranged hotel bathrooms. Towels rolled up in pretty baskets, pretty bottles and jars to make inexpensive toiletries look wonderful and lots of drawers in which to hide bathroom clutter away in style. If small children and adults share the same bathroom, store bathroom toys in a mesh bag with a drawstring. If several people use the same bathroom, assign each individual his or her own vanity drawer. This will keep clutter down and encourage everyone to be responsible for replacing his or her own possessions. Good organisation and a jumble free home are key to achieving an inspiring and calm des res. Make the most of every spare inch of space with carefully planned ideas to help create an efficient and organsised place to eat, cook, dine, relax and sleep.
