Clever Ways to Create More Storage in Your Family Home

This is a collaborative post but all thoughts and opinions are my own

If there is one thing that every family home needs, it’s more storage. Before having kids, storage probably wasn’t something that you gave much thought. However, once the prams and pushchairs start to clutter up your hallway, your daydreams can quickly begin to revolve around more cupboard space and minimalist interior design.

Kids come with a lot of stuff, especially when they are younger and their toys are bigger. It seems that no matter how big your house is, there always seems to be a surplus of stuff laying around without a home. Keeping your home tidy can feel like an impossible task when you are constantly tripping over toys. A lack of storage makes everything more complicated, and cleaning can feel almost impossible. Vacuuming becomes a nightmare if you can’t even see the carpet under the layer of stuff that covers it. Telling your kids that they need to tidy their rooms and clear away their toys only works if they have enough storage to tidy everything away. Here are some of the ways to bring some smart storage solutions into your life:

Getting Started

Before you rush out to load your car up with flat-pack furniture, you will need to look at the storage that you already have in your home and how you use it. A great place to start is by having a clear-out of your cupboards and getting rid of anything that you no longer need. Once you have done this, you can then re-organise your existing storage space and see exactly what you are working with.

Try to use the storage that you have more wisely. Trying clever tricks such as the KonMari folding method can help you to maximise space in your bedroom drawers. This method is great for preventing the daily rummage in search of something to wear.

Claim Your Airing Cupboard

One of your biggest storage spaces may be going unnoticed in your home, right before your very eyes! The humble airing cupboard offers plenty of space. If yours is currently home to a water cylinder, and you are planning on upgrading your boiler, then a combi boiler could be the right choice for you. A combi boiler means no water cylinder, which in turn means more storage space for you to utilise!

Boiler problems are easier to repair in combi boiler’s too since there are fewer components and parts are easier to source.

Free Up Your Floor Space

A useful way to gain more storage space without gaining extra furniture is to use your wall space and put up some shelving. 

Shelving allows you to display your treasured possessions with pride, without adding an extra cabinet into your living space.

Clever Storage Tricks

Look out for multi-tasking furniture to gain storage space to provide more subtle ways to get your stuff organised and tidied away. 

For kids bedrooms, mid-sleeper beds offer a clever solution as they usually feature a desk, cupboard, shelving, and drawers underneath them.

Other clever storage solutions to look out for include using a chest as a coffee table, and an ottoman for both extra seating and storage.