Tiny house storage ideas

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Anonymous wrote:

I’d want to talk to someone who’d actually done this, and probably not the person who needed a place for 3 pairs of shoes.

Stairs are very dirty. I have a closet under the basement stairs and I spent all kinds of time caulking around the risers hoping dirt would quit falling through, it’s still not perfect. Also our main floor stairwell is directly over the basement stairwell. I suspect there’s only a triangular void of beer each step, not enough for a deep drawer.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.webstaurantstore.com/regency-24-x-48-nsf-chrome-wire-shelf/460EC2448.html

We have a pantry set up in part of the basement with a couple of these shelving units for food and appliances, linens, etc. We also have a second refrigerator there.

These shelves are great and can be set up to accommodate plastic bins.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.webstaurantstore.com/regency-24-x-48-nsf-chrome-wire-shelf/460EC2448.html

We have a pantry set up in part of the basement with a couple of these shelving units for food and appliances, linens, etc. We also have a second refrigerator there.

These shelves are great and can be set up to accommodate plastic bins.

If you put these on wheels, you can put three or four in a row long wise and pull out the one you need, like library shelves. The key is an index of sorts on the ends so you know what’s on each shelf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’d want to talk to someone who’d actually done this, and probably not the person who needed a place for 3 pairs of shoes.

Stairs are very dirty. I have a closet under the basement stairs and I spent all kinds of time caulking around the risers hoping dirt would quit falling through, it’s still not perfect. Also our main floor stairwell is directly over the basement stairwell. I suspect there’s only a triangular void of beer each step, not enough for a deep drawer.

Not exactly your situation, but my kids bunk beds have stairs with storage. Works great. Along the lines of https://www.mybobs.com/furniture/kids-room/kids-beds-and-headboards/bunk-beds/p/20063496

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I moved from a 1200 square foot rowhouse- we had one kid while there. Everything needs to serve dual purpose - baskets for decor, no open shelving or furniture - stuff needs to close, also custom shelving in every closet. We did build out two additional closets too which helped a lot. Also didn’t have much at all. As in my baby registry was like 20 things - if I got things I didn’t register for I took it back or gave away. You absolutely cannot collect things and I was going through closets/purging every month.

All that said, I loved my house but we moved to a SFH in the suburbs and woah boy, I feel like a Kardashian. Glad I lived that life before I knew how having all this space felt.

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All of our closets had elfa. We also had an elfa bar with organizers attached to every door.

An over the door hook on every door too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’d want to talk to someone who’d actually done this, and probably not the person who needed a place for 3 pairs of shoes.

Stairs are very dirty. I have a closet under the basement stairs and I spent all kinds of time caulking around the risers hoping dirt would quit falling through, it’s still not perfect. Also our main floor stairwell is directly over the basement stairwell. I suspect there’s only a triangular void behind each step, not enough for a deep drawer.

Not exactly your situation, but my kids bunk beds have stairs with storage. Works great. Along the lines of https://www.mybobs.com/furniture/kids-room/kids-beds-and-headboards/bunk-beds/p/20063496

That makes sense to me--it's adding stairs instead of a ladder and reclaiming the space, plus they wouldn't get much traffic. Main stairway in a small house I'm skeptical this would be a good thing.

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+1 on ikea, lots of great products and ideas. Latest thing I am adopting from there are pegboards:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/products/?q=pegboard

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Do you need a coffee table? I had my husband install a shelf on the wall next to our sectional that serves as place to put drinks - we don't store anything else on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you need a coffee table? I had my husband install a shelf on the wall next to our sectional that serves as place to put drinks - we don't store anything else on it.

I love this!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Elfa in all the closets. I love Elfa.

How much does this cost?

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Anonymous wrote:My house is bigger than yours, but not by much. And not much in the way of closet space. The main thing is to pare down stuff. Example: My kitchen is 10 by 8. It has 3 drawers in it--one normal size and 2 small ones. I pared things down a lot to make sure I had what I need that would fit in the space I had. Fridge is narrow but 6 feet tall. I have very few electric kitchen appliances, some of which are stored in a dining room hutch. Pare down the kids' toys and clothes. See what toys get the most use (wooden blocks were big for us). I used to keep DS' toys in the top lid of some kind of industrial cardboard box, it was close to 3 feet square, heavy duty and reinforced with heavy wire around the sides, the toys often stayed in the box when he played and slid under his bed when done. Prior to a remodel (ditched the bathtub for closet space) I had between the studs storage in the bathroom.

Vertical storage is ok for rarely used or seasonal things and I do have that, although I notice that the stuff up there gets pretty much forgotten about except when I am deep cleaning and go through it and maybe discard one or two things. It's nice for mementos I don't have to see all the time but can enjoy mulling over when I am cleaning closets.

+1

We are a family of 5 in a similar sized TH. Be merciless in getting rid of stuff that is outgrown, broken, or unused. If something is expanding beyond its designated "container", then pare down. A container could be the coat closet or a storage bin or a drawer. Your room is also a container except that you also need to have the open space in your room to be comfortable, so if you keep cramming in more storage furniture, then your space is cramped and there's no room for the most important thing -- your comfort.

That said, sometimes designated storage containers, like closets, are not designed efficiently. In a small home, I've found it's really worth the expenditure for custom closets that maximize usage of the space available. Our home came with the standard single wire shelf and rod system which wasted a lot of usable storage space in our closets. So replacing that with a well thought out solution was really important. In my sons' room, I actually completely removed all the shelving in their oddly shaped closet when they were little and turned the closet into a play space for them (it's oddly big for a small room). It made sense when they were small when all their clothes went in a single dresser and they had more toys. As they've gotten a little, it now makes sense to build in shelves and a hanging rod. My DD's room is probably the size of some DCUM women's closets, so again it was important to build good storage in her closet to get rid of needing a separate dresser. She's also in a Kura bed to give more storage underneath for her stuffies and toys.

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Anonymous wrote:We use under the bed storage bins for things like legos, magna tiles, etc. They are shallow long bins so the kids can easily survey their toys, easy to access, and easy to slide back underneath their beds when done.

We also have one of those "storage" ottomans in the living room. It's a foot-rest, but the top opens up and it's hollow inside for us to store things in - books, random toys, DVDs, etc.

We're big on hooks - a bunch in the closet (that they can reach), in the bathroom, etc. Then we purchased one of those shoe-holders to hang on the closet door, but instead of putting shoes in the kids put their figurines/dolls/accessories, etc in stead. Plus, it's transparent so they can easily see and find their trucks and such.

When our boys got bigger, I moved them to a bunk bed and added storage drawers underneath for their legos.

For our coffee table, it's actually worked better for us to have a table that is completely open underneath (it's a live wood slab on top with metal hairpin legs) with felt baskets for the toys.

Our dining area is kind of long and thin, so I wall mounted closed cabinets all along one wall for all of the kids' art and school supplies. Speaking of which, I need to go through those and pare down. During the covid times schooling, I had to add a free standing cube shelf but I can probably get rid of that now. Thank g-d!