Smart Storage Solutions
Storage really is a premium in our house as it is fairly small and we don’t have any built in wardrobes or storage spaces. I really do have to keep on top of clutter or it quickly gets out of hand and if you’re a parent you will realise what a challenge this is.
I’ve shared a few Clever Storage Ideas for Small Houses in the past, but I’ve done a few more things recently that I thought I would share.
I love my Scarves!
We’ve got a lot of wasted wall space, sadly I don’t have the budget to get customized shelves and cupboards. For years all of my scarves hung on our door, making it impossible to close it. I had 3 stylish hooks put up, now I can easily find my scarves, my necklaces are no longer in a big knot and we can close the door.
The man drawer
Admit it! We all have one of these in our houses, which contains everything from take-away menus to remote controls that you no longer have the device for. I purchased a few cheap plastic baskets, and can now locate the Phillips Screwdriver when I need it.
We also have a cupboard which has everything from Craft materials to medicine, which is really not something you want to mix up. Again a few plastic baskets has done the trick. I can quickly access the Calpol or poster paint when I need it.
Clever storage baskets and boxes really are the way forward. My next mission is to sort out all the shoes in the bottom of my wardrobe, make sense of my knicker drawer and put my winter clothes away in the loft.
Win a Full NEAT Storage Kit
To celebrate the launch of NEAT with Anthea Turner, we are giving away a full storage kit from the NEAT range.
Launching on 2nd July and available to buy exclusively from Britain’s largest home-grown TV shopping network Ideal World TV and online at Idealworld.tv, NEAT combines style and functionality to give customers a range of products that not only look great but are also full to the brim with smart features to make life easier. The collection includes wardrobe and drawer storage solutions, hangers, zip boxes and baskets, with each product cleverly creating a smart storage solution.
Whether seeking a solution for the mountain of shoes in your bedroom – our clear zip boxes are the answer! Or storing away your winter clothes, NEAT offers a solution for all your storage dilemmas.
Anthea Turner will be appearing on Ideal World TV on 2nd and 3rd of July at 8pm to showcase the products.
To enter simply use the Rafflecopter form below. The full Terms and Conditions are at the bottom of the form but in short it’s open to UK residents only Aged 18+.
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My hamster & Harvest Mice supplies need some storage solutions
The kitchen! I have all these little gadgets that are stuffed in mugs and eggcups so I don’t lose them in the drawer!
I need a decent bathroom storage solution! There is too much going on in my bathroom!
the bedroom
The space under our stairs is a bit of a tip and could do with some serious organisation. Same with our baby’s toys – how can such a small person have so much stuff?! Great giveaway x
Winter clothing and boots. I try to keep them packed away neatly but I can’t seem to get them under control and I’m always finding more.
My kitchen need storage desperately! x
Shoes at the bottom of my wardrobe! :-)
The bedroom is desperate for some storage , need s a complete clear out and some organizing x
The spare bedroom as it’s become a storage room
I need some extra storage space for storing Winter clothes during the Summer and vice versa! Thank you x
My bedroom :D its soo messy :<
Think my whole house needs organizing… ;(
The lounge – it is like a bomb site!
The kitchen is crying out for more storage room because I keep buying new appliances and gadgets without a thought for where they will be stored.
My kitchen as items are slowly escaping into the hall cupboard!
My bedroom drawer storage space everything tangled up needs order!
our spare room above the stairs is a dumping ground at the moment so we could do with some sorting out in there
The bedrooms – too many clothes and toys
My home office,it looks like the aftermath of an earthquake
The bedrooms in my house need some storage to many clothes toys and make up
hi my small bedroom is so small with nowhere left to store anything large or small and if i do manage to find a place to store something i never manage to find it again x
The Kitchen
The kitchen, husband keeps putting his tool in any drawer he opens
My daughters bedroom, so much stuff!
My sitting room is overflowing with toys, these sound a great idea.
My lounge or son’s bedroom where we have lots of toys
Under the stairs, shoes,bags,coats,umbrellas,gloves and scarves one big muddle
The cupboard under the stairs everything just gets piled into it – it’s a top!
I live in a flat with no built in cupboards o I’m always in need of storage. The bathroom is very small so I would like some somewhere to put the towels and toiletries.
In kitchen as my baking items keep multiplying
in the bathroom there is so much clutter
Under the sink needs attention !
my craft room. I buy to many craft things and not enough storage x
The spare room is a disaster area at the moment – it’s where everyone puts anything they can’t think of a better place for. It really needs a thorough sorting out.
The cupboard under the stairs – I’m actually scared to open the door as everything just falls out!
My son’s bedroom, you cannot clean up for toys and books
art storage…arrggghh its taking over my house
My eldest sons room, toys and clothes all over the place!
My bedroom needs storage
Definitely the spare room… it look like a room from Secret Hoarders or something :)
My bedroom
our bedroom – I am ashamed!!
The living room- there are kids toys everywhere! It’s unreal x
my son’s room is desperate for storage, everything piled up under his high sleeper!
My childrens rooms as they have too much stuff and won’t let me get rid of anything
The cupboard under the stairs – I’m convinced one of my grandchildren could go in there and never been seen again (mind you it might be peaceful)
Has to be in the bedroom
Hall shelf – full of son’s soft toys.
Our bedrooom, if i shove anything else in my wardrobe or under the bed, we will be sleeping with our face shoved right up to the ceiling!
My house has very little cupboards and storage space
My dining room really needs some storage.
It seems to have turned in to a dumping ground
i have run out of room :(
The cloakroom…I seem to have developed a big shoe collection all of a sudden so keeping it all neat in there with my bags, hoover, steam cleaner, gym gear, etc. is tricky.
My bedroom needs some storage space!
Because I have to much clutter that needs proper organisation.
The spare bedroom needs storage badly. It’s becoming a bit of a tip :(
My front room – I seem to have piles of stuff in corners, & though I don’t mind, it does look kinda messy!
my daughters room and step sons room need storage really badly :)
We have a cupboard in the hall, you know one of those cupboards where everything gets stored and forgotten. It would be really nice to see what’s in there!
the kitchen xx
My kitchen needs sorting … I haven’t got room to shake a flour shaker in there!
My home office. Currently things are stored in old Amazon boxes.
My bedroom because if someone came in and saw the clutter they’d think a big clutter monster, had moved in and taken over the house.
Our spare room because it always becomes a dumping ground for things that don’t have a proper home yet!
Randomly, Im desperate for storgae solutions in my downstairs loo. Its huge and an ideal place to store household items such as cleaning products and towels.
My wardrobe is terrible. I’ve always been a ‘shove it away so it looks tidy until you open the cupboards’ type which drives my husband mad because when he opens a cupboard, everything falls out! These would really help me get organised.
My daughter bedroom is in definite need of some extra storage
The bottom of my wardrobe if full of things!
m wardrobe, it’s terrible, I could do with serious oragnisation
I’m in desperate need of a bathroom re-organization! Far too many lotions and potions!
the bottom of my wardrobe, soooooo many shoes
My son’s toys in the sitting room
My whole house haha but mainly my office space
my bedroom i have loads of knitting wool that needs organizing
Inside the front door! No matter how neat the rest of the house first impressions really do count!
We have just moved house and have a large utility room – it really needs some storage solutions to make it user friendly!
We’ve got a new baby and had no idea just how much stuff he needs, so living room baby stuff storage is desperately needed
the area by the back door, where everything that doesnt have a home lives!
All my makeup and toiletries in my bedroom!
the spare bedroom, it seems to gather lots of things that don’t belong anywhere and they end up in an ever-growing pile, would love to get it organised !
My 3 dogs have about 120 coats, t shirts, jumpers and romper suits between them, I need storage
My spare room, my teaching resources are taking over!
My wardrobe! Mountain of shoes covering the bottom, and shelves are stacked with clothes :(
The bathroom as we only have one very overcrowded shelf in there
My bedroom no small= lack of room not getting rid of clothes that needed, no! I am not doing it lol
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Either of the bedrooms. Full of random stuff that desperately needs a home.
My son’s bedroom he has so many things & no where to store it all.
The cupboard of doom under the stairs.
My kitchen, never seem to have enough storage there
my baking cupboard needs sorting as I’ve got little bottles of flavouring and food colouring everywhere
coat cupboard where boiler located its a right mess! shoes, coats toys bag, my boyfriends motorbike stuff it drives me bugcack!!
Our kitchen needs more storage as the cupboards are overflowing at the moment!
our bedroom as my hubby has far too many clothes
bedroom, having to use the drawers under my bed!
All areas! Three boys = a lot of stuff! I think the bedrooms are most in need.
the dining room as it is first room in house and everything seems to accumalate here
the whole of our bedroom, we moved in, in August and everything that didn’t have a home is now in our bedroom lol xx
My kid’s bedroom needs sorting out, the toys are a nightmare with all the little fiddly ones being the worst, this would come in really handy x
My bedroom as I have childrens drawings, letters, toys everywhere!
Bedroom I just throw things in wardrobe and shut the door where I can’t see it
the kids room, its a big room so lots of floor space to fill with toys and whatever else they decide they want to fling about lol
the kids bedrooms so many toys,books and clothes
Cupboard under the stairs
The spare bedroom, it’s somehow become a dumping ground for both home and work stuff. I have to fight my way round boxes and bags to get to the wardrobe that holds my extra clothes.
The bedroom for all my bits
Under my teenages sons bed is looking seriously scary at the moment!
Under my Kitchen sink -carnage
We’re just about to exchange on our first house, so I would love to get the storage right before we start filling up every nook cranny!
All of the house!
my bathroom as stuff seems to be everywhere
My loft is a right state – I haven’t a clue what up there!
Under the bed as thats where everything goes.
Bedrooms
Under my bed. I have a habit of pushing everything under there and pretending I’ve cleaned!
dust bunnies more like wilder beast in my 4 bed room house
The spare room as that’s where stuff gets dumped
Bedroom needs organising
bedroom
I desperately need storage for all of my crafty bits and pieces!
My bathroom is in need of storage as there are no cupboards in there and the windowsill is crammed with items and the towels currently have to hide in my wardrobe in my bedroom.
The glory- hole under the stairs
Everywhere and everything needs storage! I am not joking either!
Utility room which has become the family dumping zone
The kid’s toys – more toys in our house than Hamleys!
My twins Amber and Ethan need more storage in their bedroom
my bedroom theres stuff everywhere
My dining room needs storage for little used tableware as new kitchen is tiny !
My children both need more storage for their bedrooms
the dining room. it’s just a big mountain of toys that gets ‘tidied’ away at the end of the day. there is no order to it at all.
We are renting at the moment and have to have a lot of stuff stored in boxes which are cluttering up the spare bedroom!
the kids rooms
My front room is always cluttered, its small too so any storage solutions would be welcome.
My wardrobe needs some storage help as my dress collection has got a bit out of control
my cuboard i have soo many clothes and nick naks!!
My bedroom, if it’s not got a game that’s where everyone dumps/stores everything, not very relaxing for Mum
I meant home of course grr
I’m sure little piles of ‘stuff’ all over the place could be tidied up with these.
The wadrobe in my spare room. Everything just gets chucked in there.
I used to have a dining room, now it’s just a junk room, and yet it’s not junk, we might need it some day. Need some sort of proper storage, even if it’s just a big cupboad in the dining room.
Every single room needs storage, between my messy 4 year old and the messy 41 year old my house looks like the store room of a toy shop!
The kitchen – my OH leaves his things all over the place!
The Living room
My wardrobe s overflowing so definitely need some storage solutions for my clothes
Under my bed for all the hubbys items xx
I need storage for all of my flat as it is too small :) x
My office is a state – since my other half started teaching and I started to study again we have filled it to the brim with paperwork and books
Our kitchen is tiny.One food cupboard for 5 people!
My wardrobe, the rail fell down and we now have a makeshift one in place!
The kids playroom. We have storage boxes that we’ve had for a while and some are broken.
My bedroom, there is just stuff everywhere with nowhere for it to go
My whole house needs sorting out but the cupboard under the stairs is the worst, hats, gloves, shoes etc
I desperatly need storage for my sons toys!!
Under the bed is a right mess!!
The boys room – too much stuff – too little space
My bedroom cupboard, you open the door at your peril, there are things in there that haven’t seen the light of day for years, I will tackle it, I will!!
The cupboard under the stairs is an absolute mess! :-(
Got a new kitchen getting installed on 21/7/13 and I am determined my new cupboard will be more organised than the old ones!!!
My little boys bedroom. I swear I could open a nursery with the amount of toys he has….!!!!
The kids bedroom with all their toys
My home office has papers all over the place. This will be the 1st room I will re organise with better storage
Yes agree under the bed!!!
Where to start? But probably the bathroom, no storage or cupboard space at all!
Bathroom as it is tiny and I have too much stuff. And kitchen as well – it will motivate me to cokk more if I store everything I need in gandy way.
bedroom definitely needs storage as does bathroom
Both mine and my daughters room are desperate for more storage…more stuff than I know what to do with!!
Built in cupboard in bedroom, its a real jumble how ever you tidy it.
My craft items needs new storage as it’s everywhere :)
my bedroom. i’ve just had a new baby and most of the bits and bobs that were in the spare room have moved into my room to make way for little one
My kids bedroom
My bedroom for my ever growing shoe collection.
the kids rooms 7 kids in 2 rooms =clutterered
My bedroom, it’s so tiny so I could really use the storage space. :’)
the lounge-need more space for cd’s
The kitchen, hasn’t been touched for years.
My craft room, with proper storage i could easily find the bits i look for!
. *♡* GOOD LUCK EVERYONE *♡*
the bedroom, I have far too many clothes
my bedroom due to all my crafting supplies
My daughters living room and bedroom really need some storage help
My living room, at the moment it looks like a dumping ground for a DIY fan
OMG my bedroom, piles of make-up , heaps of shoes and other odds and ends all over the place.
Bedroom
my bedroom needs sorting badley
under my couch is a magnet for dog hairs!
THE SPARE BEDROOM IVE GOT STUFF ALL OVER THE FLOOR SO FINGERS CROSSED …………
my chest of drawers and bedside table! :D
with a family of 6 you always need extra storage i really need some for our bedroom so it looks likea place i would want to relax in :)
My underwear drawer its the epitome ok getting your knickers in a twist!
The bedroom, to be more exact my treadmill is my dumping ground for everything lol so could do with places to store everything and then maybe stand a chance of losing weight and getting fit :P
The box room that has coats all over the place.
my kitchen drawers and my wardrobe really need alot of organising!
My kitchen. So much stuff on the worktops that really needs to be put away somewhere, so it’s really hard to keep clean.
my daughters bedroom is an absolute tip! she is 20 lol , make up , hair brushes and hairdryers, straighteners, presume, shoes! I wouldn’t know where to begin!
Kitchen drawers
My office desperately needs tidying and everything stored away. It’s a complete mess!
My daughters room, its the box room and she has so much stuff.
My office, my youngest toys and my under stairs cupboard !!! So many places
My bedroom as it’s used as everybodies dumping ground !
The corner of my living room is a mess of books and ornaments that need a storage home
Our spare bedroom gets so cluttered with bits and pieces and it would be lovely to have somewhere to store it all!
My wardrobe.
The Bedroom the Grandchildren use….. puzzles, small cars, Lego, games …. and all my craft, sewing and knitting bits…… would be great room, if all organized….
my shoe box – can never find a pair
My front room and living room – I need bookshelves for all my books and all other accumulating clutter
The shelves above my wardrobe. everything is jammed in, I can’t find anything and can’t bring myself to even attempt sorting it out until I can get some organisation for it all! :(
We’re moving into a teeny tiny flat in London on Friday so we’re in desperate need of some lovely storage like this!
The loft room as it is currently just a dumping ground and really needs some organisation.
I would love some storage for underneath my stairs
My bedroom as nowhere near enough storage!
My spare bedroom, the craft table is taking over the whole room.
spare bedroom as nowhere to store anything if guests stay
The downstairs rooms .
my kids room, I have 3 in one room and constantly looking for new ways for storage
I have a really small kitchen with not much cupboard space. Anything I could use would be a great help
My bedroom – its always the last on my list – and there nearly always is something that is more urgent to deal with.