8 Ingenious Storage Ideas for Clothes, Shoes and More
Sometimes living in an apartment is great and can leave you a little short on space. This can lead to a major purge and the first things to go are some of your old clothes. Then you replace the old clothes with new clothes. And you're back at square one.
But what if there was a way to keep all the clothes you love and still buy new threads? Here are some ingenious ways to make the most of your small space and easily store all those new and vintage fashions.
For such a small part of an outfit, scarves take up a surprising amount of space. For some reason, it is incredibly hard to find the right place to store them. This idea uses clear shoe holders, which allow you to keep your scarves out of the way while still being able to see them all at once. Another alternative is to use a tie rack to hang your scarves.
Shoes are clunky and awkwardly shaped. Throwing them under your bed or at the bottom of the closet is one way to deal with them, but why not add some organization? Use an old wine box to sort them neatly. Cover the wine box with a cool wrapping paper or fabric to make them look a little nicer.
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Sticking with the theme of shoes, here is another cheap and easy solution. When you live in an apartment, you are usually not allowed to make permanent changes to the property. Instead, a pallet propped against the wall is an excellent alternative to adding shelves.
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Dressers are expensive and difficult to move, especially down flights of stairs. If you want more space for clothes in your apartment, a good, cheap solution could be to make use of shelving units like this one. They fit just as many clothes, but they are easier to put together, cheaper, and much easier to move. You see clothes stored in shops this way all the time, so why not in your apartment?
Jewelry can become a huge mess when you don’t know what to do with it. Try hanging it on the wall using thumbtacks. Better yet, to prevent holes in the wall, use a bulletin board. Cover the board with wallpaper or wrapping paper first to give it a nicer look.
Use every inch of space that you have. For example, you probably have a desk in your apartment, but since everything is digital now, who has a need for desk drawers anymore? There is no reason why you can’t use them to store clothes, undergarments or spare bedding that just won’t fit anywhere else.
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Suitcases themselves can be difficult to store, but if you find some decorative cases and turn them into a nightstand, you kill two birds with one stone. You get a cool nightstand, and more clothing storage space.
One last shoe suggestion (because you should never sacrifice your shoes for a lack of storage space!) is to simply hang your flip flops. You can either use small, child-size hangers, or easily transform cheap wire hangers. If you don’t know how, you can read a tutorial here.
How do you store clothes and shoes in your small apartment?
