Small homes: 8 ingenious ideas for optimizing space and maintaining order
Optimizing spaces when you live in a small home/apartment is a real necessity if you want to avoid living in chaos. Although life in a small home undoubtedly has its advantages, the moment you enter the home and realize how small it is, can be a bit daunting.
But fear not - there are many tips for keeping apartments perfectly tidy. And some of these tips will also make the apartment seem more spacious, too.
Below, we suggest 8 ingenious ideas to gain space in a small apartment and always maintain order:
1. Multifunctional furniture
One of the best ways to optimize space in a small home or apartment is to furnish it with multifunctional furniture: kitchens with sinks and wall units covered by a sliding panel when not in use, folding tables and desks, coffee tables equipped with drawers to keep everything from view; there are many possibilities to reduce clutter using multifunctional furniture.
2. Stairwell
Spaces under the stairs are usually left empty and are unused. But when space is limited, they can become a real asset. For example, you can equip them with shelves and use them as a bookcase or closet. You could also turn them into a cute study corner.
3. Vertical space
Taking advantage of unused vertical space allows us to free up our rooms from the clutter of shelves, wardrobes, and other surfaces which attract it. So mezzanines and high shelves mounted above the doors in every room are very handy.
4. Hanging objects
In the bathroom and in the kitchen we always need to store many utensils and appliances. But this can be a problem in a small home. Given this, it is very helpful to take advantage of all the available walls by using metal rails on which to hang baskets and other storage containers.
5. Repurpose certain objects
Reusing objects in a different way from that intended can be very useful when you have to optimize available space: an old ladder, for example, can be transformed into a handy, space-saving wall shelf. A spice rack with magnetic lids can easily become a practical container for the children's smaller toys.
6. Take advantage of the corners
Corner shelves will allow you to take advantage of the empty space behind doors or corners in the bathroom or kitchen that usually remain unused. You will thus have much more space to store your things and a less-messy floor.
7. Door shelves
Even the doors can be transformed into practical shelving, if necessary. All you need to do is equip them with hook-over shelves or storage boxes to gain more space.
8. Under the bed and under the sofa
The space under the bed and the sofa is usually large and unused. Buy some plastic containers with wheels to store all the things you use less frequently - such as blankets, sheets, changes of towels - and wheel them into these spaces.
Which solution will suit your home?
