Proper storage of things in the closet. Storage ideas: life hacks, tips, DIY gadgets Home storage system

The problem of storing things is relevant in any living space, especially in a small apartment. When every meter counts, you need to think about how to rationally distribute everything.

18 simple and ergonomic storage ideas in and outside the home will definitely help with this.

1. Beverage rack

Outdoor rack for drinks.
A practical homemade rack made of wooden boards and cheap plastic boxes can be placed in the courtyard of a private house and used to store bottles of drinks, children's toys, small garden tools or any other things needed for relaxation and work in nature.

2. Dryer

Dryer under the ceiling.
In a small apartment it is quite difficult to find a place for a standard dryer. However, by attaching a clothes drying rack to the ceiling, you can save a lot of space and solve the problem of wet clothes.

3. Fruit rack

Stylish fruit rack.
A simple fruit rack, which you can build yourself from wooden boards and simple metal baskets, will become a stylish decoration for one of the kitchen walls. In addition, such a rack, being in sight all the time, will remind household members of the need to eat vitamins.

4. Shoe storage

Shoe rack in the bedroom.
A tall rack with open shelves, hidden behind thick curtains, will accommodate a huge amount of shoes and help get rid of a bunch of unsightly boxes.

5. Shelf behind the door

A small shelf behind the door.
The space behind the door is often left empty and useless. However, owners of small rooms can use it wisely. For example, to install a compact, almost invisible rack that is suitable for storing books, decorative items and other small items.

6. Headboard with shelves

Shelves at the head of the bed.
A headboard with small shelves on which you can place several books, glasses, a glass of water and some other small items is an excellent alternative to the usual bedside table.

7. Storing spices

Narrow rack for spices.
The gaps between the refrigerator and the wall can be used to place narrow roll-out shelves for spices, sauces and small food supplies.

8. Mini ironing board

Folding ironing board.
A compact ironing board with a folding mechanism, which can be mounted in any corner or hidden behind the front of a small cabinet, will be a real boon for owners of tiny apartments.

9. Tire storage

Tire storage under the ceiling.
All motorists are faced with the problem of storing seasonal tires. A hanger with four metal hooks, securely attached to the ceiling of a garage, barn or common hallway, will help you conveniently and, most importantly, almost unnoticeably place your tires.

10. Shelves on the door

Lattice shelves on the door.
A simple shelving unit with lattice containers, mounted on the door to the bathroom, will help solve the problem of storing a lot of necessary little things for which there is no room in such a modest space. This type of rack is ideal for storing styling products and tools, decorative cosmetics and bath accessories.

11. Hooks on the cabinet

Hanger on the side of the cabinet.
You can store oven mitts, towels and cutting boards on small hooks attached to the side wall of the kitchen unit.

12. Hanging containers

Containers on a railing.
A rail with several small containers attached above the kitchen sink is a great idea for storing washed vegetables, fruits, detergents and other small items.

13. Bicycle rack

Bicycle storage.
Stop tripping over bicycles, which also take up a good half of the corridor. Store them suspended on special brackets.

14. Table with a secret

Table with lifting lid.
Owners of small apartments should definitely take a closer look at ergonomic and functional furniture. For example, coffee tables with soft textile upholstery and lifting tabletops, under which you can store a lot of different small items.

15. Street hanger

Shoe hanger.
A simple hanger, which you can make yourself from a wooden slats and pegs, is perfect for storing rubber boots and galoshes on the country porch.

16. Tool organizer

Storage of tools.
Small pieces of plastic pipes can be used to create a convenient and ergonomic organizer that is suitable for storing small hand tools, office supplies and creative tools.

17. Large tool rack

Homemade tool rack.
A large shelving unit, which you can make yourself from a construction pallet or wooden slats, will help you place a lot of different parts and put things in order in your garage.

18. Narrow linen rack

Storing dirty laundry.
A narrow wooden rack with several deep plastic baskets will help you acquire an ergonomic system for sorting and storing laundry.

1. The pipe under the kitchen sink can be used to store cleaning supplies.

2. Knives can be hung on a magnetic shelf.

3. Use elastic curtain rods to separate things in the closet.

4. Store bags, cling film and baking papers in an office file.

5. You can store frying pan lids on the magazine rack.

6. Short curtain rods will also work.

7. If you have high ceilings in your kitchen, you can hang pots and pans from the ceiling. For example, on an old sled!

8. Magnetic spice jars on the refrigerator.

9. Hang utensils with handles on the wall.

10. Another option with a cardboard board with holes.

11. Use a deep drawer in the kitchen to store cutlery vertically.

12. Finally, clean out the refrigerator!

14. Bulk products can be stored in plastic boxes.

15. In a kitchen cabinet, you can attach a grill to the shelves.

16. Move on to the closet with things. Hang your boots on hangers.

17. And the shoes - like this.

18. Are there many pairs of jeans that seem the same at first glance, but are actually different? Write down what you use and attach the tags to the hangers.

19. Turn all hangers with clothes to one side. Having put on the item and gone somewhere in it, hang it back in the closet on the other side. After a year, you can safely throw away what is still hanging on the original hanger - you simply don’t wear it!

20. Separate sweaters with lattices.

21. Hang the straps on the pull-out shelf.

22. Hang your glasses on a hanger.

23. Or make a “showcase” like this.

24. Hang bags on shower curtain hooks.

25. Velcro hooks can be used to hang decorations from the inside of the door.

26. Store your shoes this way - it saves space, especially if the right one lies upside down on the left, and the left one on the right.

27. Cut circles of foam so that the boots stand straight.

28. Store sheets inside pillowcases from the same set.

29. Let's go to the bathroom. Attach the tweezers inside the bathroom cabinet to a magnet.

30. In general, store metal tools on a magnetic shelf.

31. Hair styling devices can be stored in these PVC pipes on the inside of the door.

32. Or so.

33. Organize odds and ends into jars and hang them on the wall using picture hangers.

34. Store bracelets and elastic bands on bottles.

35. Or you can use a paper towel holder for this purpose.

36. Put all your makeup products in one magnetized box.

37. Create a shelf above the bathroom door to store things you rarely use but still use.

38. Store bath supplies and towels in baskets on railings.

39. Homemade board for storing cosmetics.

40. You can make an ironing board like this by placing it directly on the dryer or washing machine.

41. This shoe rack can be used to store toiletries and cleaning products.

42. Place the washer and dryer on a shelf. And under the shelf there is additional storage space.

43. Hang a ladder from the ceiling for easy drying of clothes.

44. Garage. Use cables to store balls.

45. Hang a board with holes and removable hooks to organize children's sports equipment.

46. ​​Place nails, nuts, batteries and other odds and ends into the jars, then nail the lids to the board underneath and screw the jars into place.

47. Store drawers on the ceiling!

48. For needlewomen. You can store yarn in coffee cans.

49. Use an IKEA Grundtal idea for storing craft supplies.

50. Or you can store them on a board with holes.

51. How and where to store mobile and other devices? You can buy an ottoman with internal space.

I have long promised a series of posts based on the post about. In the near future, we will just start going through the closet, putting away summer clothes on the back shelves with a sigh and hanging warm cardigans and woolen dresses on hangers, taking scarves, shawls and boots out of the depths. Therefore, it's time to start a conversation :-)

In the last post, many complained that there is not enough space, nothing fits, nowhere to put it, nothing to wear, everything is logical :-) And here our conversation can be made very short.

*suddenly in a scary voice* THROW OUT everything you don’t need and everything you don’t wear, and you’ll have space in even the smallest closet. And something tells me that at this point you will mentally send me to hell :-) Who will part with their dear, valuable, found by the sweat of their brow at a sale and torn from the hands of a competitor. I’m like that myself, I’ve been walking around the closet for a month now, and most importantly, I know very clearly that I need to throw it away or give it away, but my hand doesn’t rise. My treasures! :-) But we will discuss the topic of throwing away in detail, and today we’ll talk about how not to get completely bogged down in a pile of clothes and shoes, and how to organize it all. I scoured the sites and found different storage ideas. I will also try to answer the questions that came up in that post. I won’t help with just one thing, I won’t lend you money for a new wardrobe and a bigger apartment, I wish someone would give it to me :-)

Organize the space, a very large post with a lot of pictures:

1. All things on hangers and at the same time, each on its own, in no case in layers - this, of course, is an ideal that is unattainable for many. But if there is such an opportunity, then it is better to hang everything, even tank tops. At the same time, it is good that the hangers are equally thin, this way you can save space. The only thing is jackets, it’s better to choose special hangers for them, otherwise things will lose their shape. There are some heavy knitted items that are best stored on a shelf to prevent them from stretching out, but they are in the minority. There are hangers like this, they save a little space in the closet, and at the same time things remain in sight.

Hangers and hooks for scarves and belts:

To prevent things from sliding off the hanger, you can glue the following tape:

If possible, hang a hanging rod in two rows, hang skirts, trousers, jeans on the lower rod, and blouses, tops, sweaters, cardigans on the upper rod. And sort it all by type of clothing, blouses to blouses, trousers to trousers. Plus, don’t forget to leave room for long items and don’t put a barbell underneath them: dresses, maxi skirts, coats, and raincoats will go here.

You can also sort by capsules, in one corner everything is for sports, in another - for the office, in the third - recreation, if there is a clear division of things into different categories, of course.

You can also sort by color, and I thought about this option for myself, but I realized that this would not help me much in choosing clothes in the morning. Moreover, in my closet there is a tendency to reduce the number of colors, I come to the conclusion that 2-3 basic and 2-3 bright colors in the closet are quite enough. It is not necessary for the closet to look like a rainbow. Still, there’s nothing to wear with half of it.

2. Pull-out shelves are very convenient. The main thing is not to put small things there, such as underwear and socks; when the shelf is pulled out, they will fall back onto the shelf at a lower level. I have three stacks of things on my shelf, two in front and one across the back, usually things for the next season in the back. That is, if it’s summer, then in front are T-shirts, tops, thin sweaters, T-shirts, and in the back are thicker sweaters, woolen items.

3. It is better to put laundry in drawers. Socks, tights, and knee socks can be stored in pull-out baskets. Immediately after washing, I sort the knee socks and socks and roll them into a ball in pairs, otherwise you won’t find them later; you can use the dividers, both built-in ones and those in the last two pictures from Ikea.

4. When space is really bad, it makes sense to completely remove things from the closet until the next fall-winter, for example, or spring-summer. You can put things in zippered drawers and put them under the bed.

The main thing is to understand what things you definitely won’t need. Down jackets, fur coats and other warm clothes can be safely put away for the summer, but a warm cardigan can come in handy on a cold summer evening, so it can be folded second row on the shelf.
Vacuum bags are also a lifesaver; they are good for storing things that are large or small, pregnant items, if you plan to return to them. You can also go there with something that is out of fashion; in 30 years your daughter or son will get it and it will be “vintage” for them :-)

5. Shoes can be stored in boxes, or in transparent ones so that you can see what’s in them, or you can paste photos onto regular boxes.




You can store it on shelves, but it doesn’t seem practical to me, and the sizes of shoes are different, and it’s not the best option for boots, and it’s not particularly hygienic; it’s better to put bags in such niches.

More options:

The shoes that we wear now are laid out in a special shoe closet in the hallway. Often in such closets there is space for one row of shoes; it is better to buy two at once.

Second option for a shoe cabinet:

Other options for the hallway:

Boot storage:
With this storage method, boots are likely to become deformed.

But from the “do it yourself” series. The picture below shows the inserts in boots made of wood. Then they unscrewed these metal pieces at the base and screwed in a hook:

And this is what happened:

6. It is better to make a closet right up to the ceiling, especially if there is not a lot of space in the room. You can always put summer/winter blankets on top, we store some shoes that are rarely needed, a picnic blanket, and small suitcases.

The ideal men's dressing room :-)

7. It would be nice to have a chest of drawers in addition to the closet. Pull-out shelves can be used for linen, jewelry, ties, scarves, scarves, socks and other small items that are constantly lost in the closet. By the way, a cute idea is to line the bottom of the drawers with gift paper.

8. It’s usually inconvenient and too lazy to bend down to the very bottom of the closet, so there I store bed linen, towels, again boxes with shoes in a “thin layer” and some things that seem to be out of season, but may come in handy, just in case of warm weather. cardigan in the summer. You can also store various drawers and drawers with small items there.

9. Bags can be stored both outside and inside the closet. For example, you can hang something like this on the outside wall of a closet or inside. But this option is only suitable for bags that are used quite often (otherwise they will gather dust), and if the bags are fabric. Leather ones will quickly lose their shape and the handles will stretch, especially if the bag is heavy.

It is better to store bags on shelves, placing them vertically in a row, you can come up with dividers. I want to move all the bags into the hallway closet when we move. Because more than once it has happened that you seem to get dressed, put on your shoes and realize that you need another bag, but the bag is in the bedroom in the closet, and you no longer want to go get it. So, I think the place for shoes and bags is in the hallway, if space allows.

10. For things that have already been worn once, you can buy something like this.

I dream of having a tailor's mannequin to hang my clothes on the next day. This way I will have a view of the image from the outside, otherwise in the mirror it will be one thing, and then in the photo it will be something else. Have you noticed this?

You can collect outfits for several days in advance and hang them together; for this there are very interesting design solutions outside the closet.

Options for children:

11. It’s good to use signs, pictures, signs, and hang photos of outfits on the closet doors to organize your space.

12. There are many creative solutions for storing jewelry:

13. If the closet is really small and there is still some space in the room, then you can use these storage options, in addition to the usual rod on wheels:

This is not the most convenient solution, but why not if there is simply no free wall for a closet in the room.

Pictures from websites.

Daily household comfort largely depends on how well the storage of things is organized in the apartment. When every item has its own place, it's easy to find it and then put it back in its place without creating clutter. The Village asked designer Galina Tishutina how to think through home storage to free up more space for living.

The main thing you need to know about storage, - the output should be spacious and comfortable. After all, the best space for living is one that has a lot of air and empty surfaces. But in small apartments this is a difficult task, which also conflicts with our traditional ability to complicate everything, as well as our passion for shopping and hoarding. However, the world has become technologically advanced: a wide window sill can become a home office, Wi-Fi allows you to work even in bed, there are fewer wires, stationary units are almost a thing of the past, gadgets are rapidly decreasing in size, and all volumes of the encyclopedia fit on a flash drive. All this helps to gain additional living space.

Sorting

Before you start optimizing everything, you should divide things into necessary and unnecessary. First, you should get rid of things that have not been used for a long time. Each of us has some kind of toaster, which was last turned on a couple of years ago, while it was tightly located on the windowsill in the kitchen. It’s better to throw away such things, sell them through Avito, or give them to someone who will use them. This way, only the necessary items will remain - we will plan storage space for them.

The necessary things will also have to be sorted. There is, for example, a hot and cold rotation system. The hot rotation includes those things that should be at hand every day. These are clothes, shoes and household gadgets - from a vacuum cleaner to an ironing board. To correctly calculate the dimensions of your wardrobe, measure the linear meters of the bar for long items (outerwear, dresses), and separately calculate the meters of the bar for short items (shirts, blouses, jackets). Also determine the volume of shelves for other clothes and shoe boxes.

Cold rotation items include suitcases, boxes, Christmas tree decorations and other seasonal items. You can put your home library in the same category if you don’t access it every day, and household items that are dear to your heart - everything that can be put away.

Hidden storage

A well-organized apartment can be compared to a car, the interior of which has a lot of air and space, while the space under the hood is packed to capacity. We also need to get as much space as possible in living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms, and use office spaces - that is, the hallway, corridor and closets - to the maximum.

Instead of installing several wardrobes in living rooms, it is better to fence off a small wardrobe somewhere in the hallway. A wardrobe, even a small one, is the best thing that can happen to a small apartment. It effectively uses space right up to the ceiling, like the hood of a car, where every millimeter is used. A wardrobe is a bulky piece of furniture that stands in a room and takes up a lot of space.

Open storage

It is best to minimize the number of things laid out on surfaces. Firstly, they create a feeling of disorder, and secondly, they complicate the cleaning process because they need to be dusted off. Open storage is only permissible in the kitchen and bathroom, that is, where there are items that are simply inconvenient to put away in cabinets several times a day.

Kitchen storage

To see if your kitchen storage is well organized, do a Sunday shopping test. Let's imagine that you are bringing home a supply of groceries and household chemicals for the next week or even several. If you can't organize everything into cabinets so that you can still access every package, then it's time to change something.

Small kitchens usually want to be kept as spacious as possible, so as not to further reduce the space with an abundance of items. In this case, a good solution would be a cabinet located on the path from the front door to the kitchen, in which you can store products that do not require refrigeration - water, groceries, sauces. This will allow you to shop less often and not turn your kitchen into a warehouse.

For storage inside kitchen cabinets, you should get identical containers and pour everything you can into them - from tea to cereals. The fact is that factory packaging of different shapes and sizes is difficult to ergonomically place inside the cabinet. As a result, a lot of space is wasted, and food from unsealed boxes often spills. Label each container and use the same ones for each type of food. This storage system increases the level of order and greatly speeds up the food preparation process.

Bathroom storage

The approach to organizing storage in the bathroom is very similar to the kitchen. It is necessary to allocate hot rotation items and think about storage for cold items. Leave only those tubes and items that you use regularly on open surfaces. The rest can be put in the closet. It is worth considering hanging a wide shelf directly above the door. It is invisible, and it is also convenient to store a supply of washing powder and toilet paper.

Storage in rooms

Beds with a lifting mechanism and a storage system inside are often much inferior in terms of convenience to ordinary beds with legs, under which drawers on wheels from IKEA are placed. And besides, such beds are much cheaper.

If we talk about the nursery, it seems to me that the child should maintain order in his toys on his own. Therefore, all boxes should be placed at an accessible height. In this case, the little person will have the freedom to choose for himself what to put and where.

Good Habits

A convenient storage system is not only cabinets and shelves, but also a certain set of good habits. Train yourself to audit things a couple of times a year in order to get rid of junk in a timely manner and free up space. Keep track of the overall balance: if after a vacation or successful shopping you brought a couple of bags of things into the apartment, then the other pair of bags should leave it in the foreseeable future.

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Even if you are a minimalist, you still have a fairly large number of different things that need to be stored somewhere and somehow. This can be done with a creative approach, thanks to which you can not only clean up the house once and for all. Some ways of organizing order play not only a functional role, but also serve as decoration. We invite you to find out how to organize storage of things at home. The ideas described in this article can be implemented using purchased or homemade organizers. You can do the same at home, spending a minimum of money and time.

Storing things and clothes at home: ideas

Boxes, caskets - all this can be turned into a means of storage. The same organizers can be used to neatly organize office supplies, toys, linen, and shoes. For the latter case, it will be especially important to buy a special plastic organizer for storing things at home. The idea of ​​using it is that the shoes do not gather dust, but at the same time they are clearly visible. Also, one such container can replace ten boxes. And the view will be much more aesthetically pleasing.

Try to make all organizers similar to each other or made in the same style. This is especially true for those that are not hidden behind cabinet doors.

We store underwear, socks, belts and other small items correctly

When it comes to organizing storage, organizer boxes with compartments immediately come to mind. They can be made of different materials and contain one or another number of separators. The most common are fabric organizers that can be folded. These are sold in almost all hardware stores. But you can make a similar organizer from cardboard boxes.

Making an organizer

For this you will need empty packaging, cardboard and decor: colored and self-adhesive paper, wallpaper. Place boxes inside a drawer to organize your home storage. Ideas for arranging packages depend on their size and the proportions of the box. Glue all the boxes together. If you do not have ready-made boxes, then there are two options to solve the problem:

• Measure the length and width of the storage box. Based on the dimensions, make the required number of boxes of the same height.
• Make walls from cardboard that will be inserted into the box. Glue the bottom. Then make cardboard dividers.

Cover the finished organizer with colored paper, wallpaper or self-adhesive tape inside and out.

The storage space is ready! It can be used to organize underwear, socks, belts, jewelry, scarves, various accessories and so on. The main thing is that you will always have everything at hand and neatly laid out.

Cable storage organization

Even one person has several gadgets that require different cables. What can we say about a family of several people, where each person has at least one phone and a charger for it. There are also cables from cameras, tablets, laptops and computers, headphones and so on. If you store all this in different places or in one box, but in a pile, then you cannot talk about proper storage of things at home.

Let’s look at ideas for a DIY organizer below:

1. Make a box with cells as described above.
2. Make a honeycomb organizer. For this you will need to take cardboard cylinders of toilet paper, paper towels, foil, cling film or parchment. Designate one drawer or boxes for cables. Cut the required number of cylinders of equal height. Their size should be one centimeter smaller than the size of the box or drawer. The number of cylinders depends on how many cables you have. Connect the cells together using double-sided tape or a glue gun. Finished cylinders can be painted with spray paint. All that remains is to insert the organizer into the box and fill it with neatly twisted cables.

Properly storing jewelry

Do you have a lot of earrings, bracelets, pendants and other jewelry, but you don’t know how to properly organize your storage? Ideas for your home might look like this:

1. Buy a special case with many pockets on both sides. It can be hung in a closet. In such a case there will be a place for many different decorations and accessories that will not get confused with each other, and thanks to the transparent pockets you can always immediately find the item you need.
2. Buy a container for your pills for the week. This is a long but narrow pencil case with seven cells. It will be convenient to store small jewelry in it.
3. Stud earrings can be stored on a ribbon. Just insert the jewelry into it in pairs and place it in the box.
4. Make a box that will fit all your pairs of earrings. To do this, take a beautiful low box with a lid, felt or felt, and a pencil. Cut pieces of fabric of equal size. Roll the felt around the pencil into a tube. Glue the end of the fabric. Take out your pencil. Make several of these tubes. Insert all the blanks inside the box so that they fit snugly against each other. You can store earrings in the slots.

Kitchen storage

To ensure that your favorite spices and kitchen accessories are always at hand, use the following ideas:

• Take identical jars and pour spices into them. Sign each one. Connect the covers to the shelf using self-tapping screws. This way you can also save space.
• Use dividers for drawers with kitchen accessories. Homemade ones are made from thick cardboard or thin sheets of plywood.
• Use cabinet doors. For example, use self-tapping screws to hang hooks or baskets for household chemicals, sponges, and bags.
• Spices can also be stored on a magnetic board. Only in this case, use small jars with iron lids.

Storing things at home: ideas (photos) for the bathroom

There is always little space in the bathroom, but you want to fit so much. For this purpose, use small tricks:

• To keep everything under the sink visible, use a vertical storage system. To do this, place everything in hanging containers.
• Sort makeup brushes, cotton swabs and pads, and other necessary small items into different jars. You can store them on shelves or in a cabinet. Decorate the jars as you please, use paint, decorative ribbons, or simply pour coffee beans, sand, or balls inside.
• Hang hanging wicker baskets above the toilet. Depending on the size, they can store toilet paper, an extra set of towels, a hairdryer, and so on.
• Use different shelves (for example, above the door).