More and more people from rural areas are moving to cities. But due to rising rental prices, many singles and families can only afford small apartments. These need to be cleverly arranged to create enough space to store the often lavish household goods. With good planning and the right furniture for small apartments, it is not that difficult to furnish small or narrow rooms.
We use our image gallery to showcase the best storage space ideas for the living room, kitchen, hallway, bedroom and bathroom and hope there is something suitable for you and your living space! The first part concerns the living rooms and bedrooms.
Ideas for storing objects in small living rooms: tips for living comfortably even in small spaces
The living room is the room in the apartment where we spend most of the time. It is all the more important that we feel comfortable there, that we choose furniture for a small living room carefully and thoughtfully, and that we use the limited space correctly and sufficiently To create space to store our utensils.
Wall cabinets and shelves
If you have a lot of things to store, a built-in wardrobe up to the ceiling or high shelves offer excellent storage space options. This way you can make optimal use of the space at the top and save space in width, which you will then have available for other furniture. It is best to place the shelf on a side wall to maintain a clear view of the room.
You can then fill the high shelf with books, DVDs, CDs and your decorative objects as you wish. For all kinds of small items and things that you don’t need to have on hand every day, there are also cute storage boxes or boxes that you can then place decoratively on your shelf. If you don’t have space for a larger shelf, you can also use smaller wall shelves that you can mount, for example, above the door, above the sofa or under the windowsill.
Sideboards as true miracles of storage space
When it comes to storage, sideboards also make versatile furniture for your living room. The different models offer plenty of space for all kinds of utensils, which you can store in an openly visible cupboard or hidden behind doors and drawers. You can also use the surface of this compact chest of drawers as additional storage space, for example for books and magazines, or you can decorate it with cute storage boxes and various decorative objects. If the sideboard has feet, you can also use the space towards the floor and simply place the containers under the sideboard.
Coffee tables with storage space
A coffee table with additional storage space or closed drawers creates additional storage space in small living rooms. Here you can store everything you want to have quickly at hand from the sofa. This creates order and visibility on the table and yet everything is always within reach. If you use the coffee table as a workstation for your laptop at the same time, the associated printer or other technical devices can also disappear into the additional storage space.
Storage bags for greater organization
Make the most of every corner of the room to create additional space – that’s the motto for small rooms. Whether in the empty corner of the room, under the windowsill or behind the door: here all kinds of objects lying around can disappear elegantly and the chaos in the living room is finally over. In these original storage bags with elegant patterns, objects disappear in an instant and at the same time bring personality and style into your four walls and bring Scandinavian coziness into the living room.
Upholstered and wooden stools as multifunctional furniture for confined living conditions
Transform 1 into 2: Multifunctional furniture is always a smart idea to save a lot of space. Use padded or wooden stools that double as a coffee table. This means you can create additional seating for guests if needed. A glass plate or tray ensures stability on padded stools, protects against dirt and increases storage space for small stools.
Ideas for organizing small bedrooms
In the bedroom we let our soul relax, unwind, dream and find restful sleep. Chaos and clutter are therefore particularly out of place and bedrooms usually don’t offer much space to accommodate all the furniture of your dreams. It is all the more important to make the most of it and use as much space as possible sensibly to create sufficient storage space. Setting up a bedroom – here are our best tips:
Built-in wardrobes as an all-rounder
A large closet or precisely designed built-in wardrobe probably offers the most storage space in the bedroom. The hanging surfaces, shelves and drawers behind them hold all our clothes and accessories, meaning that additional furniture such as chests of drawers or cupboards is often not needed. Particularly important is the use of vertical space. To have floor-to-ceiling storage space under a sloping roof, you can have a built-in wardrobe built to your needs. Another advantage: if you use the full height of the wall and the room, the wardrobe itself becomes a surface, making the room seem larger overall.
Sliding door wardrobes are ideal for small rooms with limited space as they do not require space to open the wardrobe completely. If a wardrobe is too bulky for you or you don’t want to spend money on a built-in wardrobe, you can separate part of the room with a wall curtain and turn it into a walk-in wardrobe. Behind it you can store all large and small objects in an orderly and hidden manner.
Bed with storage compartment
Use the space under the bed as a practical storage space! For example, summer clothes can be elegantly stored in large boxes in winter and winter clothes in summer. This creates a lot of space and air in the closet. Even beds with drawers, bed boxes or storage compartments turn reclining furniture into real miracles of storage space and clothes, blankets, air mattresses or sleeping bags disappear neatly and tidily under the mattress in the blink of an eye.
Hanging wardrobes
There’s no room for the silent servant in the bedroom? Simply attach this hanging coat hanger to the ceiling and your dress, suit, etc. can be hung wrinkle-free and decoratively.
Dressing tables with plenty of storage space
A dressing table for the bedroom that takes up very little space: a dream! This elegant designer piece of furniture is fixed to the wall and when closed it looks really slim! Its interior offers even more space for all your makeup tools and styling devices. Once opened, the upper half of the dressing table acts as a practical work surface and support, while other objects can elegantly disappear into the two doors below.
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