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Clever Ways To Get Extra Storage Space Out Of A Small Home

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Clever Ways To Get Extra Storage Space Out Of A Small Home

Have too many things, but too little space to store them? Here are 10 creative ideas to make way for more storage space at home

October 8, 2020
Extra storage space for small homes

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Do you wish for more storage space, especially when homes are getting smaller these days? Don’t worry, you don’t have to get rid of the books or clothes you currently don’t have space for. Scroll ahead for some creative ideas — plus, you don’t have to sacrifice your home’s aesthetics to incorporate more space.

The best home storage solutions are always tailored to the homeowners’ needs and habits. In the hands of resourceful homeowners and designers, a home with a small footprint is an opportunity to get creative and discover innovative ways to incorporate storage spaces that maximise the nooks and crannies.

Here are 10 ways to get extra storage in your small home.

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Clever Ways To Get Extra Storage Space Out Of A Small Home
Raise your platform and store things underneath it
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Raised platforms are an excellent way to gain extra storage space, and to demarcate areas in your home without having to build walls, leaving the space open to feel more spacious.

Depending on how high is your ceiling, you can bump the platform up by 15-20cm to get drawer-size storage for linens and documents, or up to 60-75cm to store bulkier items like suitcases.

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Turn your vertical spaces into two-dimensional storage
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Just like you stick notes to the wall or and magnets to the fridge, you can stick small and two-dimensional items onto designated vertical surfaces.

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Mount your ceiling with storage
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The ceiling is often dubbed as the fifth wall, which is often underutilised. Ask your interior designer for custom ceiling mounted storage. Make it opaque to hide the content or take a cue from the overhead racks in bars and make it open to display its content. You can also DIY ceiling mounted storage with items like Ikea’s Mulig clothes bar. Hide it from plain sight with curtains.

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Get furniture pieces that double as storage
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Furniture with solid bases like benches, sofa and bed frame are good to pull double duty as storage spaces. This is a well-known strategy in retail to store some inventory on the shop floor. At home, this type of storage eliminates clutter and keeps items within reach.

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Turn your staircase into the ultimate storage
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The staircase presents the biggest opportunity for storage. The triangular space beneath it is a classic example of awkward angle storage while its risers can double as pull-out drawers. And this applies not only for full-fledged stairs in multi-storey homes, but also for the fewer steps in split level homes or mezzanine platforms. This home in Japan designed by architect Kotaro Anzai of ADX takes it up a notch with its custom carpentry staircase drawers.

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Set up a perimeter storage
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Imagine your eye level as a radar. Keep the area near this ‘radar’ free and open to create a breathable room and use the areas below and above it for perimeter storage, which is a storage that runs the length of the wall.

Perimeter storage includes shelves along the wall above door height like the living room by Emma Chapman above, the bay window nook, and the area closest to the floor.

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Round off awkward angles and get extra storage
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Leftover spaces happen, and sometimes they are not clean-cut, perpendicular spaces you can easily slot something in. Custom carpentry is a great way to visually tidy up these spaces, rounding off the room nicely while turning the awkward space into storage for small items. You can also find storage spaces designed specifically for awkward angles in the market.

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Turn your bed headboard into more storage
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Your bed headboard can be more than a decorative element. Ask your designer to integrate some storage compartments into your headboard. This will eliminate the need for sideboards and free up the space in your bedroom. Or simply choose one of bed frames with built-in storage headboard that are available in the market.

Install pop-up mechanisms in deep storage space
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Like those pop-up books that wowed you in your childhood, some storage systems come with an extended structure that pops out and presents its content to you for easier access. This mechanism is especially useful when dealing with cramped or deep storage space.

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Build a feature wall storage
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The storage space that hides in plain sight, feature wall storage serves as a storage, space divider and architectural centrepiece of the home. The Crate Apartment by Upstairs places its feature wall-cum-storage as the centrepiece of the design.

Text: Asih Jenie/Home and Decor

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