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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My house is bigger than yours, but not by much. And not much in the way of closet space. [b]The main thing is to pare down stuff.[/b] 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. [/quote]

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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