We grow accustomed to our furnishings and how they're arranged, which can limit our perception of the architecture of a room. Imagine your room empty, or move furniture to another space for a day or two. The radically new perspective will reveal existing niches or areas where built-ins could improve the storage capacity and aesthetics of a room.
Make it made-to-order
In a small space, decreasing the square footage of a room may sound like heresy, but sometimes shaving off a few feet by building a wall of closets or cabinets can solve your storage dilemmas and improve the proportions of a room. Though expensive, custom built-ins utilize space efficiently.
A designer can provide invaluable help in adding a cabinet to a bathroom or building in an entire room, like a den/home office/guest room. Common built-in solutions: closet organizers, entertainment centres, home office workstations, bookshelves, and shelf niches between wall studs in tub and shower areas.
Pick furnishings that hide
Murphy beds, chairs, tables, cots -- anything that folds up and can be stored away, hung on a hook or slid under a bed saves space. From a low-tech drop-leaf table to a high-end, built-in pop-up countertop that conceals small appliances in a kitchen island, your imagination and budget are the only limits to creating double-duty furnishings.
Look up
Wall space is an organizer's best friend. Go to great heights with floor-to-ceiling built-in shelves and cabinets (stash a stepladder nearby for easy access), or opt for a sleeping loft in a bedroom. In the kitchen, mount a second bank of cabinets above existing cabinets, or use the space to stash seldom-used oversize items.
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Using the inside of cupboard doors is also a great storage option. I have a kitchen knife holder(product name: KNIFAWAY) which holds all my big sharp knives safely and securely on the inside of one of my lower kitchen cupboard doors. That way I cleared my counter of my old knife block. Inexpensive, effective and funtional. Can't ask for better than that.
I live in a condominium, where storage is very limited. I have had large framed storage boxes made that my box spring and mattress sits upon, there are two large drawers on each side, that has tons of room in them. It really serves a great purpose when it comes to where am I going to put all the summer clothes in the winter and visa versa. It was a wonderful idea. I have had to make dust ruffles a little longer and attach them to the top of the box spring.