A shoe organizer does wonders for decluttering your home but what if you prefer a more attractive storage option.
How to make more storage in a small apartment. Re-edited from a post originally published 7182014 cm. When you really really really need some serious storage consider building a raised platform in part of your space and make use of the now-underfoot space. A little elbow grease.
Add curtains to the window behind your bed to bring more focus to the area. Shaw says that the softer edges of a round dining or coffee table will make it feel like theres more room in a space but in really small spaces she recommends a drop-leaf table. Make use of a ladder in dead space behind a door.
Slide in a cart to hold all your books in a way thats easy to access. This means you can have all of your favorite tomes on hand or rather in hand taking up the space of a paperback. Your walls can hold more than you think they can.
Things like lightweight objects that are easy to move a tool that can make anything a table furniture that has multiple functions and storage thats a snap to assemble and disassemble make it fun to do more with less -- and will also appeal to the design-obsessed. But maximizing that space can be difficult. Living rooms in small apartments often double as an office.
If your couch is set up against a wall consider moving it forward a little bit to create even more storage space. More importantly its less costly to decorate and easier to maintain. 8 Ways to Use a Pegboard to Make Your Kitchen Better.
In a small apartment all your storage must be done vertically. This article was updated in May of 2021 to add even more small apartment storage ideas. Instead of plain old chairs opt for seating that serves double duty like storage ottomans and storage couches.