Save Space With A Couple Of Shelves!
If you're anything like me, you are amongst the tons of individuals who manage to gather 20 years' junk in just 5 years! Did you also save the eggshell from the first time that your husband brought you breakfast in bed? And don't tell me the dried out leaves from the rose your high school sweetheart surprised you with on the last day of school is not somewhere in a potpourri vase in a cupboard with a lot of other sentimental items? And what about the jersey you wore 3 years ago? Of course it will fit again soon, so you just have to keep it in your cupboard! We are cursed with what I like to call the "sentimental garbage collector syndrome".
We are unable to let go of anything and our homes, offices and even our cars quite often resemble a storage area or a garage sale! No home will ever have enough packing space for us and our lives often end up as chaotic as our cupboards! By thinking outside of the box for a couple of seconds we can organize our homes (and lives!) by means of a couple of simple shelves! Have a look at some of the following ideas and start saving space! Out of sight out of mind.
We all know this popular saying - it basically means if you can't see it, it can't bother you! For that reason the garage is a good place to hide some of your "collector's items".
By putting up a couple of sturdy shelves in the garage (high enough to be out of your way of course!) you can quickly eliminate a couple of those boxes with documents and paperwork from 1920, and the evening gowns you wore 20 years ago (which will never be back in style but which you refuse to get rid of!) Store such items in waterproof, airtight containers in your garage and look at it every 5 years (if you really have to!) Don't always stick to the conventional! Shelves are not necessarily always rectangular pieces of wood only good for storing your books, clothes and kitchen stuff! You can build a couple of very modern shelve boxes (simply by using 4 pieces of shelving and forming a box from it!) and use it to display your little one's collection of soft toys, Barbie dolls or racing cars.
Not only does it take some of the clutter off the ground, it doubles as wall décor too! If you have a couple of "dead areas" in your home, for example a corner in the living room too small to fit a chair, you can turn this into a nice display area for a couple of photo frames and other small decorations.
Remember that less is more, so don't try to exhibit the last 10 years of your life, just one or two eye-catching pieces should do the trick.
Just make sure that the shelves are properly secured to prevent the frames and ornaments from smashing to the ground! The above suggestions are fairly straight forward and can be done with a bit of "DIY- savvy"!
We are unable to let go of anything and our homes, offices and even our cars quite often resemble a storage area or a garage sale! No home will ever have enough packing space for us and our lives often end up as chaotic as our cupboards! By thinking outside of the box for a couple of seconds we can organize our homes (and lives!) by means of a couple of simple shelves! Have a look at some of the following ideas and start saving space! Out of sight out of mind.
We all know this popular saying - it basically means if you can't see it, it can't bother you! For that reason the garage is a good place to hide some of your "collector's items".
By putting up a couple of sturdy shelves in the garage (high enough to be out of your way of course!) you can quickly eliminate a couple of those boxes with documents and paperwork from 1920, and the evening gowns you wore 20 years ago (which will never be back in style but which you refuse to get rid of!) Store such items in waterproof, airtight containers in your garage and look at it every 5 years (if you really have to!) Don't always stick to the conventional! Shelves are not necessarily always rectangular pieces of wood only good for storing your books, clothes and kitchen stuff! You can build a couple of very modern shelve boxes (simply by using 4 pieces of shelving and forming a box from it!) and use it to display your little one's collection of soft toys, Barbie dolls or racing cars.
Not only does it take some of the clutter off the ground, it doubles as wall décor too! If you have a couple of "dead areas" in your home, for example a corner in the living room too small to fit a chair, you can turn this into a nice display area for a couple of photo frames and other small decorations.
Remember that less is more, so don't try to exhibit the last 10 years of your life, just one or two eye-catching pieces should do the trick.
Just make sure that the shelves are properly secured to prevent the frames and ornaments from smashing to the ground! The above suggestions are fairly straight forward and can be done with a bit of "DIY- savvy"!