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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Have you ever moved into an apartment that was just right, and six months later realized that you needed more space? This happens often with me. I’ll move into a new place and then decide to buy some new items for the place. It seems that I like to do this so much that my home swiftly fills up.
Unfortunately, I can’t always move right away because of leases or personal budget restrictions. Luckily, I’ve become a fantastic organizer and storer. I’ve found many ways to organize and store my items so that I can put more items in smaller spaces. Using a good shoe cubby, lots of shelving and a few other items, I can basically double my amount of storage space.
In this article, I’ll give you a few ideas you can use to get the most out of the space you currently have. I’ll explain what a shoe cubby is and how to find one that meets your needs. In addition to this, you’ll learn about some other useful storage items you can use today.
I’ve always been plagued by lots of shoes and no place to put them. Within a week or so of moving into a new place I end up filling up the area around my front door with shoes. To combat this, I bought a bench shoe cubby. This item is essentially a bench that has compartments under it to store a whole lot of shoes. I can use the bench to sit in while I put my shoes on and take them off. Afterwards I just put them back underneath the bench.
Other shoe storage items can come in the form of a drawer cubby or a hanging cubby. The drawer cubby stores your shoes in slots contained within a drawer. The drawers will guard your shoes against damage, dust, and dirt. The hanging cubby hangs in your closet and is great for getting the most out of your closet.
Some other things I’ve done to get the most out of my house is to install drawers underneath my bed. You can buy plastic ones at Walmart of Kmart for a very low price, or you can have wooden ones made to fit underneath your bed. The drawers will be hidden by your bed skirt so you can store whatever you like in them.
A great way to make your walls store some of your items is to buy a few nice shelves to put up. When you put shelves in each one of your rooms, you can easily double the amount of storage space you have.
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