The Unlivable Space
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If you have more things than you need, chances are your room becomes overcrowded – in short, an unlivable space. You need to unload some of your things. To do this, first, choose the things you don’t need and then make a conscious decision to give them away to charity or somewhere – for as long as you give them away. Your junk could still be useful to others. Whatever is left, well you need to find storage for them.
- Look north, south, east and west, any space you see is your prospective storage space. It could be next to your bed, furniture or closet.
- In your room, the space beyond probably 5 feet is a great place to install shelves where you can put those knick knacks, things that have little use but are decorative.
- Enclose shelves behind doors.
- Use a knee hole table with drawers you can use for storage instead of the spindly type.
- Skirt your table. Use a floor length table cloth to cover your table and voila! you can store anything underneath it from stack books to craft supplies.
- When buying furniture, choose those with storage space in them like a chest of drawers doesn’t necessarily mean a big one. A smaller one with enough storage space will do. A coffee table can hide things that a glass topped one cannot. A wooden sofa with cupboards beneath could store a million things. The same goes for a high bed with drawers and study area beneath.
Then everything is in its place and there’s a place for everything.