Look down
Open up the space under a set of stairs and install shelves for books or display items, a workspace desktop, TV cabinet or closet organizing components. (Check with a qualified designer or architect for structural advice before removing any walls.) Awkward areas under the eaves are ideal for low dressers, cabinets or wall-mounted shelves. Alternatively, turn the area into a closet by running a rod from wall to wall and hanging a curtain.
Think big
Don't underestimate a small space. A good designer can help you turn impossibly narrow alcoves into functional areas, especially when it comes to small bathrooms and kitchens.
Give a shelf life
Look at all vertical surfaces to see where a shelf would fit: for instance, above a mirror, door or window; a foot or so below the ceiling around the perimeter of a room; or from floor to ceiling between zones in an open concept room.
Get hooked
In closets, on doors and on almost every wall are a few inches of vertical space crying out for a hook for towels, purses, scarves, backpacks, hats, utensils, tools, keys, cups and much more.
Become a closet case
Is your linen closet a luxury and a home office a necessity? If so, transfer bed linens to the rooms where they're used and towels to bathroom shelves. Then have a desktop built to size and installed in the now-empty closet. Add a few shelves above and a drawer unit on rollers below, pull up a chair from a nearby room and you're in business.
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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.