Unfortunately, most Russians have too small apartment areas. In such situations, keeping a huge number of necessary things in order can be very difficult. Clutter makes the house uncomfortable and life in it uncomfortable. However, there is a way out.
Designers have developed a large number of little things that allow you to use space more efficiently. Such ideas can be divided into groups depending on the room where they are used.
Bathroom
Few people can boast of a large, luxurious bathroom. But a huge variety of things are stored here, which you can’t do without. The laundry basket usually takes up too much space. There is absolutely nowhere to install it in a small bathroom.
You shouldn’t store dirty laundry in the drum of a washing machine, as many people do. This may lead to equipment failure. You can solve this problem by using an original folding laundry basket. When everything is washed and the container is empty, it can be easily folded and placed behind the machine.
If you don't have space for shelves in your bathroom and absolutely nowhere to put a hot curling iron, buy a holder. With it, the process of creating beauty will become as convenient as possible. Or you can install shelves for small items directly on the sink.
You can store washcloths on special hooks that hang on the bar. And the curtain with pockets will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. Files, scissors and other iron objects can even be stored on charming magnets.
And who decided that a washing machine must be big? This baby is no worse than its huge brother, but it takes up much less space.
Kitchen and dining room
Many people cannot boast of a large kitchen with enough space to install a spacious bar. An unusual vertical wine cabinet can be a great solution. It is a holder that hangs on the wall. As a result, you not only save space, but also get a chic designer piece that will attract attention.
Another great idea for organizing a bar could be a kind of whatnot with several shelves. It can easily accommodate not only a large number of different bottles, but also glasses, a shaker and other necessary little things. Guests will definitely not remain indifferent.
The pull-out spice storage takes up very little space. Jars can be attached to it using convenient holders. Or it could be spacious drawers. Another great idea is a pull-out pantry that can easily fit next to the refrigerator.
A chic thing – a dish organizer. Even a novice housewife can sew it. At the same time, it looks very original, and a large number of pockets can accommodate many items. Another great idea for storing dishes is a corner drying rack.
Storing cups inside each other helps save space. This option does not require much space. Buy a folding grater and you will get maximum comfort with a minimum of required space.
A convenient drawer for knives allows you to keep them in order. When stored this way, they do not become dull at all from contact with each other.
A trash can doesn't have to take up an entire kitchen cabinet. Designers suggest hanging it on the closet door.
Those who do not have enough work surfaces in the kitchen can be advised to purchase an original cutting board. It can be easily installed on almost any sink. In addition, having such an item in the kitchen, you can do without a colander.
Rooms
In bedrooms, living rooms and hallways, saving space is also a critical issue. Design ideas not only help you use space efficiently. They can be an excellent interior decoration.
Using a towel holder to store ties, scarves and belts will help keep them organized. This idea makes it possible to find the right thing very quickly and does not allow them to get wrinkled. This ensures maximum storage compactness.
If the area of the room does not allow you to install a wardrobe in it, you can store clothes on vines hanging from the ceiling.
A rotating cabinet is perfect even for a small hallway or room. Its functionality is simply amazing. On one side there is a chic full-length mirror. Once you rotate this piece of furniture, a hanger or writing board becomes available. In addition, the closet has many spacious shelves.
There is no need to buy inconvenient boxes to place jewelry and jewelry. The chains usually get tangled in them, and it can be difficult to find a pair for an earring. It’s better to get a jewelry holder hidden in the picture.
And shoe fans will love the shoe ottoman. It can hold several pairs of shoes.
The original idea is to hide the ironing board behind the mirror. You can open it at any time and start ironing.
Unfortunately, there is not always room in the room for a coffee table. It is difficult to do without it for those who like to refresh themselves while sitting in front of the TV. An original design mounted on the armrest will come to the rescue. It perfectly performs the function of a tabletop.
A small sofa can be converted into a comfortable bed in a few seconds. This may be useful for those who often have overnight guests.
Built-in drawers at the head of the bed can accommodate a large number of books or magazines.
It can be difficult to solve the problem of wires from equipment that constantly get tangled under your feet. “Hungry” balls will come to the rescue. Each of them is capable of “eating” up to five meters of cable.
Organizing additional lighting does not always require a lot of space. It is enough to use small lamps on brackets instead of a floor lamp or table lamp.
Even a small balcony can be a convenient place for working or dining outdoors. It is enough to purchase a table that is attached to the railing.
Are you dreaming of a barbecue, but do you have too little space in your yard or garden? Pay attention to the interesting idea of a folding wall structure.
Designers successfully prove that a small apartment area is not a reason to worry. It is enough to be bolder, turn on your imagination, and all things will find their place. At the same time, the house will become cozy and unique.
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Boxes, caskets - all this can be turned into a means of storage. The same organizers can be used to neatly organize office supplies, toys, linen, and shoes. For the latter case, it will be especially important to buy a special plastic organizer for storing things at home. The idea of using it is that the shoes do not gather dust, but at the same time they are clearly visible. Also, one such container can replace ten boxes. And the view will be much more aesthetically pleasing.
Try to make all organizers similar to each other or made in the same style. This is especially true for those that are not hidden behind cabinet doors.
We store underwear, socks, belts and other small items correctly
When it comes to organizing storage, organizer boxes with compartments immediately come to mind. They can be made of different materials and contain one or another number of separators. The most common are fabric organizers that can be folded. These are sold in almost all hardware stores. But you can make a similar organizer from cardboard boxes.
Making an organizer
For this you will need empty packaging, cardboard and decor: colored and self-adhesive paper, wallpaper. Place boxes inside a drawer to organize your home storage. Ideas for arranging packages depend on their size and the proportions of the box. Glue all the boxes together. If you do not have ready-made boxes, then there are two options to solve the problem:
- Measure the length and width of the storage box. Based on the dimensions, make the required number of boxes of the same height.
- Make walls from cardboard that will be inserted into the box. Glue the bottom. Then make cardboard dividers.
Cover the finished organizer with colored paper, wallpaper or self-adhesive tape inside and out.
The storage space is ready! It can be used to organize underwear, socks, belts, jewelry, scarves, various accessories and so on. The main thing is that you will always have everything at hand and neatly laid out.
Cable storage organization
Even one person has several gadgets that require different cables. What can we say about a family of several people, where each person has at least one phone and a charger for it. There are also cables from cameras, tablets, laptops and computers, headphones and so on. If you store all this in different places or in one box, but in a pile, then you cannot talk about proper storage of things at home.
Let’s look at ideas for a DIY organizer below:
- Make a box with cells as described above.
- Make a honeycomb organizer. For this you will need to take cardboard cylinders of toilet paper, paper towels, foil, cling film or parchment. Designate one drawer or boxes for cables. Cut the required number of cylinders of equal height. Their size should be one centimeter smaller than the size of the box or drawer. The number of cylinders depends on how many cables you have. Connect the cells together using double-sided tape or a glue gun. Finished cylinders can be painted with spray paint. All that remains is to insert the organizer into the box and fill it with neatly twisted cables.
Properly storing jewelry
Do you have a lot of earrings, bracelets, pendants and other jewelry, but you don’t know how to properly organize your storage? Ideas for your home might look like this:
- Buy a special case with many pockets on both sides. It can be hung in a closet. In such a case there will be a place for many different decorations and accessories that will not get confused with each other, and thanks to the transparent pockets you can always immediately find the item you need.
- Buy a container for your pills for the week. This is a long but narrow pencil case with seven cells. It will be convenient to store small jewelry in it.
- Stud earrings can be stored on a ribbon. Just insert the jewelry into it in pairs and place it in the box.
- Make a box that will fit all your pairs of earrings. To do this, take a beautiful low box with a lid, felt or felt, and a pencil. Cut pieces of fabric of equal size. Roll the felt around the pencil into a tube. Glue the end of the fabric. Take out your pencil. Make several of these tubes. Insert all the blanks inside the box so that they fit snugly against each other. You can store earrings in the slots.
Kitchen storage
To ensure that your favorite spices and kitchen accessories are always at hand, use the following ideas:
- Take identical jars and pour spices into them. Sign each one. Connect the covers to the shelf using self-tapping screws. This way you can also save space.
- Use dividers for drawers with kitchen accessories. Homemade ones are made from thick cardboard or thin sheets of plywood.
- Use cabinet doors. For example, use self-tapping screws to hang hooks or baskets for household chemicals, sponges, and bags.
- Spices can also be stored on a magnetic board. Only in this case, use small jars with iron lids.
Storing things at home: ideas (photos) for the bathroom
There is always little space in the bathroom, but you want to fit so much. For this purpose, use small tricks:
- To keep everything under the sink visible, use a vertical storage system. To do this, place everything in hanging containers.
- Sort makeup brushes, cotton swabs and pads, and other necessary small items into different jars. You can store them on shelves or in a cabinet. Decorate the jars as you please, use paint, decorative ribbons, or simply pour coffee beans, sand, or balls inside.
- Hang hanging wicker baskets above the toilet. Depending on the size, they can store toilet paper, an extra set of towels, a hairdryer, and so on.
- Use different shelves (for example, above the door).
Daily household comfort largely depends on how well the storage of things is organized in the apartment. When every item has its own place, it's easy to find it and then put it back in its place without creating clutter. The Village asked designer Galina Tishutina how to think through home storage to free up more space for living.
The main thing you need to know about storage, - the output should be spacious and comfortable. After all, the best space for living is one that has a lot of air and empty surfaces. But in small apartments this is a difficult task, which also conflicts with our traditional ability to complicate everything, as well as our passion for shopping and hoarding. However, the world has become technologically advanced: a wide window sill can become a home office, Wi-Fi allows you to work even in bed, there are fewer wires, stationary units are almost a thing of the past, gadgets are rapidly decreasing in size, and all volumes of the encyclopedia fit on a flash drive. All this helps to gain additional living space.
Sorting
Before you start optimizing everything, you should divide things into necessary and unnecessary. First, you should get rid of things that have not been used for a long time. Each of us has some kind of toaster, which was last turned on a couple of years ago, while it was tightly located on the windowsill in the kitchen. It’s better to throw away such things, sell them through Avito, or give them to someone who will use them. This way, only the necessary items will remain - we will plan storage space for them.
The necessary things will also have to be sorted. There is, for example, a hot and cold rotation system. The hot rotation includes those things that should be at hand every day. These are clothes, shoes and household gadgets - from a vacuum cleaner to an ironing board. To correctly calculate the dimensions of your wardrobe, measure the linear meters of the bar for long items (outerwear, dresses), and separately calculate the meters of the bar for short items (shirts, blouses, jackets). Also determine the volume of shelves for other clothes and boxes of shoes.
Cold rotation items include suitcases, boxes, Christmas tree decorations and other seasonal items. You can put your home library in the same category if you don’t access it every day, and household items that are dear to your heart - everything that can be put away.
Hidden storage
A well-organized apartment can be compared to a car, the interior of which has a lot of air and space, while the space under the hood is packed to capacity. We also need to get as much space as possible in living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms, and use office spaces - that is, the hallway, corridor and closets - to the maximum.
Instead of installing several wardrobes in living rooms, it is better to fence off a small wardrobe somewhere in the hallway. A wardrobe, even the smallest one, is the best thing that can happen to a small apartment. It effectively uses space right up to the ceiling, like the hood of a car, where every millimeter is used. A wardrobe is a bulky piece of furniture that stands in a room and takes up a lot of space.
Open storage
It is best to minimize the number of things laid out on surfaces. Firstly, they create a feeling of disorder, and secondly, they complicate the cleaning process, because they need to be dusted off. Open storage is only permissible in the kitchen and bathroom, that is, where there are items that are simply inconvenient to put away in cabinets several times a day.
Kitchen storage
To see if your kitchen storage is well organized, do a Sunday shopping test. Let's imagine that you are bringing home a supply of food and household chemicals for the next week or even several. If you can't organize everything into cabinets so that you can still access every package, then it's time to change something.
Small kitchens usually want to be kept as spacious as possible, so as not to further reduce the space with an abundance of items. In this case, a good solution would be a cabinet located on the way from the front door to the kitchen, in which you can store products that do not require refrigeration - water, groceries, sauces. This will allow you to shop less often and not turn your kitchen into a warehouse.
For storage inside kitchen cabinets, you should get identical containers and pour everything you can into them - from tea to cereals. The fact is that factory packaging of different shapes and sizes is difficult to ergonomically place inside the cabinet. As a result, a lot of space is wasted, and food from unsealed boxes often spills. Label each container and use the same ones for each type of food. This storage system increases the level of order and greatly speeds up the process of cooking.
Bathroom storage
The approach to organizing storage in the bathroom is very similar to the kitchen. It is necessary to allocate hot rotation items and think about storage for cold items. Leave only those tubes and items that you use regularly on open surfaces. The rest can be put in the closet. It is worth considering hanging a wide shelf directly above the door. It is invisible, and it is also convenient to store a supply of washing powder and toilet paper.
Storage in rooms
Beds with a lifting mechanism and a storage system inside are often much inferior in terms of convenience to ordinary beds with legs, under which drawers on wheels from IKEA are placed. And besides, such beds are much cheaper.
If we talk about the nursery, it seems to me that the child should maintain order in his toys on his own. Therefore, all boxes should be placed at an accessible height. In this case, the little person will have the freedom to choose for himself what to put and where.
Good Habits
A convenient storage system is not only cabinets and shelves, but also a certain set of good habits. Train yourself to audit things a couple of times a year in order to get rid of junk in a timely manner and free up space. Keep track of the overall balance: if after a vacation or successful shopping you brought a couple of bags of things into the apartment, then the other pair of bags should leave it in the foreseeable future.
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Everyone knows that the biggest enemy of a large number of things in the apartment is clutter, which distracts, irritates and sometimes makes you depressed. Add to this the inability to quickly find what you are looking for, for example, car keys or a pair of socks, and a spoiled mood for the whole day is guaranteed. Whether it’s neatly laid out or hung household items that don’t get lost and are always at hand. If you consider yourself to be an organized and pedantic person, then this publication on the Dream House website will tell you what unusual ideas there are for storing things in an apartment or house.
The imagination of people who come up with various hooks, shelves and boxes for all sorts of little things sometimes causes admiration. We invite you, without delay, to plunge into the fascinating world of order and organization.
Storage ideas for bulky items
We have already considered options, so in this article we will briefly describe where you can save out-of-season items, such as scooters, sleds, skis and, of course, bicycles - for adults and children. Of course, all these large items can be hung somewhere under the ceiling on guy ropes or on the wall, so they will take up little living space.
Another option will appeal to those housewives who cannot come to terms with the presence of a “pedal friend” in the apartment - ask your husband to hang it outside the window. To do this, you need to fix two fittings in the wall, curved in the form of a hook, and hang a bicycle on them. A similar device can be used to hang a sled outside a window or balcony.
And if there is a tree next to your house, then a tension cable from the balcony to the tree will solve the problem of storing large items in the apartment. Several bicycles, sleds and scooters can be hung on the cable at the same time, and such a structure will be controlled using rollers, one of which is fixed to the tree, and the other to.
The next method will be useful to everyone who watches their figure and values their health - to implement it, the bicycle is placed on a special stand, as a result of which the vehicle turns into an exercise bike. Yes, this idea cannot be classified as compact storage of things, but the health benefits are obvious, and there is no need to buy a home exercise machine separately.
Tacx bike stations - a bike trainer
If it is not possible to purchase such a bike stand, then you can make a stand for the rear wheel yourself at minimal cost. The principle is clear in the next photo.
Methods for storing small laundry
Small items of underwear tend to get lost and create clutter in the closet. It seems like they put things in order on the shelf, but a few days later the socks are already scattered, and all the tights are in puffs. To organize your underwear, you can use cardboard or textile “boxes” with many small sections. It is still fashionable today to call them organizers. As a rule, they are small in height and can easily fit on a shelf in a closet or in.
And one of the needlewomen came up with the idea of making a laundry organizer similar to a honeycomb - the partitions in it are made of cardboard, and the container is small in size. This is a great option for storing socks and other underwear.
To prevent bras from losing their shape, manufacturers offer special boxes with indentations for the cups of women's clothing items.
Ideas for storing shoes in an apartment
To keep shoes and boots in order, there are interesting storage ideas for them too. One of them uses the same idea with honeycombs, and the design itself is quite compact and convenient. To bring it to life, you will need a plastic sewer pipe, which needs to be cut into equal sections and glued together. The advantage of such a device for shoes is that its dimensions and shape can be varied as you wish, placing the “honeycombs” vertically or horizontally.
Sandals, flip-flops and ballet flats can be stored in a textile organizer on the wall, and high-heeled shoes can be stored on the railing in. And if you lay narrow wicker baskets with their sides on top of each other and fasten them together, you will get a kind of “multi-story” shelf for shoes.
Jewelry storage ideas
Women are divided into two categories: those who love to wear jewelry, and those who do not accept this type of jewelry. And for the former, it’s a real problem to find the right beads or fish earrings out of a box where chaos reigns. Is it possible to organize your jewelry? Certainly! The simplest, but no less functional idea for storing jewelry is to hang the beads on a hanging shelf with hooks. This way they definitely won’t get confused and you’ll quickly find the right copy.
You can also make a shallow cabinet with separate sections. And true connoisseurs of jewelry will certainly hang all their wealth on a large stand located nearby - many hooks of different sizes will allow you to store here not only necklaces, but also earrings and bracelets.
And if suddenly you have an unnecessary frame from or from a mirror in your household, then by stretching several rows of lace ribbon inside, you can organize storage for earrings in the frame. Even versatile door handles mounted on a wooden stand turn into a functional item for storing jewelry.
Where to keep vegetables and fruits
A few ideas for storing vegetables in the kitchen will help keep them not only visible, but also in order. The best option is to make a box with pull-out shelves, where each section will be reserved for a separate vegetable, for example, potatoes will be stored in the bottom drawer, onions in the middle, and garlic in the top. In such conditions, it is better to build such a box into a closet.
A functional option for storing fruits and vegetables brought from the dacha are baskets placed under the kitchen sofa (two or three will definitely fit there). In this way, both space saving and... The main thing is to decorate the baskets themselves beautifully, for example, paint them with bright paint or apply a design using a stencil.
To store onions and garlic, you can sew narrow bags with holes on both sides and hang them on the wall. You need to pour vegetables through one hole and take them out from the other side. And so that they don’t get enough sleep ahead of time, the ends of such a bag are equipped with a convenient drawstring.
How to store various small items for needlework
Any needlewoman knows better than anyone else how important it is to keep all your supplies in order. All pins, needles and clasps are small in size, so they are easy to lose. In addition, skeins of thread and spools of ribbon tend to unwind and intertwine with each other. It is better for them to have separate boxes with many divided sections, but even in this situation they also unwind.
Here's an interesting idea for storing spools of thread - keep them in transparent jars, making a beautiful lid from multi-colored fabric. And in order to prevent the bobbins with ribbons and lace from unwinding, they are placed in a pyramid on top of each other, and covered on top with a cap made from a cut-off plastic bottle.
In general, there are a lot of ideas for storing accessories, in particular, spools of thread. For example, a tree hanger will accommodate a lot of spools on its pegs, besides, you can arrange them according to colors, and this will become a worthy decoration for a needlewoman.
There are also special stands for reels, similar to the one shown below.
And entire stands, specially equipped for convenient storage of accessories, will become simply an indispensable thing in the seamstress’s corner.
It is better to sew pockets for the tools, where scissors, knives, rulers and pencils will be placed separately in each section. Small items such as buttons, snaps and various fasteners can be conveniently stored in transparent jars, not just on the table, but in a more original way - in a suspended state. To do this, you need to glue or screw a metal lid on the bottom of the shelf, and simply screw the jar onto it. Thus, all handicrafts will not only be visible, but also kept in order.
1. The pipe under the kitchen sink can be used to store cleaning supplies.
2. Knives can be hung on a magnetic shelf.
3. Use elastic curtain rods to separate things in the closet.
4. Store bags, cling film and baking papers in an office file.
5. You can store frying pan lids on the magazine rack.
6. Short curtain rods will also work.
7. If you have high ceilings in your kitchen, you can hang pots and pans from the ceiling. For example, on an old sled!
8. Magnetic spice jars on the refrigerator.
9. Hang utensils with handles on the wall.
10. Another option with a cardboard board with holes.
11. Use a deep drawer in the kitchen to store cutlery vertically.
12. Finally, clean out the refrigerator!
14. Bulk products can be stored in plastic boxes.
15. In a kitchen cabinet, you can attach a grid to the shelves.
16. Move on to the closet with things. Hang your boots on hangers.
17. And the shoes - like this.
18. Are there many pairs of jeans that seem the same at first glance, but are actually different? Write down what you use and attach the tags to the hangers.
19. Turn all hangers with clothes to one side. Having put on the item and gone somewhere in it, hang it back in the closet on the other side. After a year, you can safely throw away what is still hanging on the original hanger - you simply don’t wear it!
20. Separate sweaters with lattices.
21. Hang the straps on the pull-out shelf.
22. Hang your glasses on a hanger.
23. Or make a “showcase” like this.
24. Hang bags on shower curtain hooks.
25. Velcro hooks can be used to hang decorations from the inside of the door.
26. Store your shoes this way - it saves space, especially if the right one lies upside down on the left, and the left one on the right.
27. Cut circles of foam so that the boots stand straight.
28. Store sheets inside pillowcases from the same set.
29. Let's go to the bathroom. Attach the tweezers inside the bathroom cabinet to a magnet.
30. In general, store metal tools on a magnetic shelf.
31. Hair styling devices can be stored in these PVC pipes on the inside of the door.
32. Or so.
33. Organize odds and ends into jars and hang them on the wall using picture hangers.
34. Store bracelets and elastic bands on bottles.
35. Or you can use a paper towel holder for this purpose.
36. Put all your makeup products in one magnetized box.
37. Create a shelf above the bathroom door to store things you rarely use but still use.
38. Store bath supplies and towels in baskets on railings.
39. Homemade board for storing cosmetics.
40. You can make an ironing board like this by placing it directly on the dryer or washing machine.
41. This shoe rack can be used to store toiletries and cleaning products.
42. Place the washer and dryer on a shelf. And under the shelf there is additional storage space.
43. Hang a ladder from the ceiling for easy drying of clothes.
44. Garage. Use cables to store balls.
45. Hang a board with holes and removable hooks to organize children's sports equipment.
46. Place nails, nuts, batteries and other odds and ends into the jars, then nail the lids to the board underneath and screw the jars into place.
47. Store drawers on the ceiling!
48. For needlewomen. You can store yarn in coffee cans.
49. Use an IKEA Grundtal idea for storing craft supplies.
50. Or you can store them on a board with holes.
51. How and where to store mobile and other devices? You can buy an ottoman with internal space.
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