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Storing Things Without Buying Furniture
Five ways to use volume that already exists inside a wardrobe, a shelf or a cupboard, before adding another piece of furniture to a room with no space for it.
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Storage
Storing things where there is nowhere to store them.
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Storing Things Without Buying Furniture
Five ways to use volume that already exists inside a wardrobe, a shelf or a cupboard, before adding another piece of furniture to a room with no space for it.
Guide
Getting More Out of One Wardrobe
Most wardrobes waste a metre of vertical space under the hanging rail. Recovering it costs very little, and it beats every folding method for capacity.
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Comparison
Fabric Cubes vs Plastic Baskets
Cubes look tidier and hide what is inside. Baskets survive damp and wipe clean. What goes in them decides this more than what the shelf looks like.
3 min read
Comparison
Over-Door Organiser vs Wall Hooks
The organiser holds far more and stops the door closing properly. Which one your door and your hallway can actually take, before anything is bought.
3 min read
Guide
Storage Ottomans and What They Really Hold
Seating, a footrest and a box, and it is worse at all three than a dedicated one. Where that trade is worth making, and the lid that traps fingers.
3 min read
Guide
Labelling Storage You Will Keep Using
Every storage system works for a month. What decides whether it survives a year is whether putting something back is easier than not putting it back.
3 min read
Guide
Storing Things in a Damp Cupboard
The cupboard is not damp because it is cold. It is damp because nothing moves through it. What to change before buying anything to absorb the moisture.
4 min read
Guide
Vacuum Bags: What They Do and Do Not Save
They halve the volume of soft bulky things and do nothing for weight, structure or a wardrobe that is simply too full. Where the trade is worth making.
3 min read
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