Use Every Inch – Sneaky Storage Ideas

Storage is an issue in nearly every home once you have lived there for any length of time.  Rooms that seemed large and roomy, over time become crowded with decorative and necessary items.

There are lots of unique and clever ways to store items if you think outside the box. Here are a few you can incorporate into your home to increase storage in an attractive or hidden way.

• Extend a book case up over the door jam or place a shelf up there to display books or other decorative items.
• Add hidden storage to a free standing mirror by adding a narrow shelving united behind the framed mirror.
• If you are fortunate enough to have a booth seating area in a breakfast nook, make drawers that pull out from under the bench seats for added deep storage.
• Stair risers can conceal storage drawers as well, what a great place for shoes or anything that you need quick access to.
• Built in cabinets coming out from and below a stair case is a completely novel idea and makes great use of wasted space.
• Gluing the bound portion of books to a box that can set on a book shelf will create some secret storage that only you know about.
• The space around your drop-in tub can be turned into useful storage for cleaning supplies, shampoo and sponges by placing the panels that around the tub on hinges that pull out from the top of the tub. It may also be a place for concealed storage. Just be sure to hide nothing that can be destroyed if there were ever a water leak.

Use Every Inch – 11 Sneaky Storage Ideas – Bob Vila.