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Room storage ideas
Storage ideas for the rooms you live in. Kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and living rooms.
The rooms you spend the most time in are the rooms that fill up fastest. A kitchen absorbs appliances, a bathroom absorbs bottles, a bedroom absorbs clothes, and a living room quietly absorbs everything else. These are the storage problems that reappear every single week, which is why they are worth solving properly rather than tidying repeatedly.
Every page below starts from the same place: what is actually in the room, how often you reach for it, and how much usable volume the room has left. Get those three things straight and the right storage solution is usually obvious. Get them wrong and you end up with handsome baskets full of things you never use.
11 guides in room storage
Bathroom8 min readBathroom storage ideas for a room with no spare wall
A bathroom is usually the smallest room in the house with the most small bottles in it. It is also the only room where getting the material wrong will destroy your storage within two years.
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Kitchen & Dining8 min readKitchen storage ideas: how I get more out of the cabinets you have
Most kitchens I look at do not need more cabinets. They need the ones they have divided properly, because a deep fixed shelf wastes about half the space it appears to offer.
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Bedroom8 min readBedroom storage ideas: planning the whole room, not buying more boxes
Most bedrooms do not need more storage. They need the storage they already have to stop doing three jobs badly.
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Bedroom8 min readSmall bedroom storage ideas that do not shrink the room
A small bedroom has to store a full wardrobe of clothes in a room mostly filled by a bed. The bed is also the answer.
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Bathroom9 min readSmall bathroom storage ideas for a room with no spare floor
A small bathroom has no floor to give you. Every solution here is a wall, the space above a fixture, or the back of the door.
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Kitchen & Dining8 min readSmall kitchen storage ideas that give you your counter back
In a small kitchen, clear counter is not tidiness. It is the space you cook in, and every object left out is taken from it.
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Kitchen & Dining9 min readPantry storage ideas that survive a month of actual use
Most pantry advice is written to be photographed. The test that matters is whether it still looks like that in a month.
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Kitchen & Dining8 min readKitchen cupboard storage ideas: most cupboards are half air
Open a cupboard and look at the gap between the top of your tins and the shelf above them. That gap, repeated on every shelf, is most of your missing storage.
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Bathroom8 min readOver the toilet storage ideas, and the clearance nobody mentions
The wall above a toilet is the most wasted surface in most bathrooms. It also has two clearances that decide whether what you fit there is a help or a nuisance.
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Living & Reception9 min readLiving room storage ideas that keep the room feeling calm
A living room is the one room where storage is judged on how it looks as well as what it holds. That changes what the right answer is.
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Bedroom8 min readKids room storage ideas that they can use and you can adapt
A child's bedroom has to work for who they are now and be cheap to change in two years. Almost nothing else in a house has that requirement.
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Other storage categories
Utility & Work Rooms
Storage for the rooms that do the work. Laundry, utility, home office, workshop, craft room and playroom.
3 guides
Closets, Halls & Garages
The rooms that exist purely to store things. Closets, wardrobes, hallways, understairs, garages, sheds, lofts and basements.
13 guides
Outdoor & Garden
Weatherproof storage for gardens, patios, balconies and yards. Tools, bikes, firewood, cushions and bins.
5 guides
Home Types
Storage strategies that depend on the kind of home you have. Small houses, apartments, rentals, RVs, campers, vans and boats.
6 guides
Awkward Spaces
The gaps most people write off. Under the sink, above the fridge, behind the door, in the corner, along the wall.
1 guide
Clothes & Personal Items
Storage for the things you wear and carry. Shoes, bags, coats, clothes, jewelry, makeup and toiletries.
5 guides
Bedding & Linen
Storage for bulky soft goods. Blankets, towels, duvets, sheets, pillows, quilts and rugs.
3 guides
Kitchen & Food Items
Storage for what lives in the kitchen. Pots and pans, food containers, spices, jars and dry goods.
1 guide
Tools & DIY
Storage for tools, materials and cables. Hand tools, power tools, timber, paint, screws and extension cords.
1 guide
Hobbies & Sport
Storage for collections and kit. LEGO, toys, board games, books, vinyl, yarn, fabric and sports gear.
6 guides
Storage Furniture
Furniture that stores things. Storage beds, cupboards, shelving, benches, ottomans, trunks and carts.
1 guide