187 | Space Saving Storage for a Smaller Organized Home

Moving is a great opportunity to finally declutter and get rid of everything that you won’t need in your new home. And also the things that you don’t want to bring to your new house. When, you know, you’re moving to a much smaller home than what you currently have now is a great time to purge. You want to purge everything. That’s not essential because you don’t want to waste a time moving all of these things that you are not going to use in that new house.

The good news is there are plenty of space saving storage and organizing tips that will help you with this new, smaller space to.

There is so much stress and hopefully some excitement too, around the concept of moving. If you can zone into the benefits and the positives of that move. And some of those benefits and positives don’t come until you actually get into the new home and are unpacked. But if that’s where your focus can be, it will be helpful because you can use this move as a reason to purge quickly.

And really get going because you have that timeframe. It’s has to be done by a certain time. It is a deadline and it’s always wise to get rid of unwanted items. And the thing that, the things that you’re no longer using, the things that you don’t want anymore, all of that stuff that is really an extra, it’s not something you have to have, or that you want to have in your new home.

It’s wise to get rid of those things before moving. The reason for that is because. When you get rid of [00:02:00] it early on and you don’t actually pack it or move it, that means you don’t waste time and you don’t. We resources packing these things and then moving them. When you’re not moving them, you’re not wasting the money, moving them either.

There’s many reasons that you want to get rid of the things. Do the purging, do the decluttering early on. So you don’t move with those things and have to unpack them and then get rid of them. Once you’ve moved, move with the things that are important to you, the things that you use, the things that you love, the things that you want to have in your home.

The question for this episode covers from a family that is moving. And there’s one thing that is said in the question that makes the decluttering, even that much more important here at S. We are moving to a much smaller home with limited storage. We are donating a lot, but what are space saving things I can do for storage to get organized right away.

So the thing that really stands out to me, the air, well, there’s a couple, that’s awesome that that person is already in the mindset of getting rid of a lot. They’re donating, they’re purging, they’re removing those unwanted items. But they know that this new place they’re moving to is significantly smaller than where they currently live. In that case, the decluttering is absolutely essential, but the question really is.

What can I do about this smaller space? I still needed to put things away. I just need a storage. So what can I do for storage? And to make sure that things are organized when I’m used to a space that’s much bigger and we are downsizing to this smaller space. So yes, to donating a lot. That’s the first thing I’d recommend.

I recommend reducing the amount of what you have by donating and tossing. Everything that you aren’t using, that you won’t need and that you don’t want and this new chapter of your life, but when it comes to the storage first [00:04:00] utilize vertical space. What I mean by that is. Utilize everything from Florida ceiling tall shelving units are great.

You could fit a lot , on a shelving unit Anything that is utilizing that vertical space and even think about things like hooks, hanging things up high, even an over the door hook system is great to get things off of the ground that don’t have a place to go. You can hang them.

And those are minimal costs. They’re not permanent. They could slide over the dork and provide you with many hooks. The other thing to think about is if you’re moving to a smaller space, and that means that there is less closet space as well over the door hooks or over the door, even a shoe rack that goes over the door is a great thing to think about for closets, get everything up off the floor and create a space.

By purchasing shelves. If this is a temporary move you, of course you can’t install big, heavy things onto the walls, but even. Shoe racks in closets or things that make shelves temporary shelving. So you have the ability to create a space that is not necessarily there to begin with. The second thing that you could do is utilize your furniture. You want to find a furniture that serves double duty. So furniture that’s also storage is a great option.

My favorite in this category is probably some type of a storage automated. It might also serve as a coffee table or a table or a bench or something like that. And these open up so that you can store things inside of them. These work great, especially in houses where you may not have a linen closet, but you could store all the extra blankets in something like an Ottoman.

The other option would be a furniture that it actually has drawers. So instead of a coffee table with four legs and all hollow underneath, you can get a [00:06:00] solid coffee table that has drawers that pull out. And then you have storage within those drawers and you can do this for pretty much, any. Any type of furniture that you’re thinking of either there are even very nice beds where there are drawers underneath it, pull out, utilize those spaces and make things do double duty, especially the furniture. When are you thinking about decorating? And you want your space to not only function, but you want it to look nice as well.

Baskets are great for home. Decor baskets are also great for storage so they can serve that double duty. Just the same. As the audit, an example that I gave. Then the other thing, the third thing that I would recommend is utilize the space that is available and utilize it by maximizing it. So in cabinets or closets with adjustable shelves, make sure that you adjust the shelves and that there isn’t any dead space. An example would be in a kitchen cabinet.

If you have two shelves, when you open that upper cabinet and you have glasses and one, and then all of a sudden they’re six, seven inches above the top of the cups. Ups in the glasses. Before the next shelf starts. You can’t put anything there because that shelf is so high. That’s wasted space. If you don’t have an ability to add another shelf, sometimes all you have to do is adjust thing.

And then you store taller thing news. On the upper section of the shelf and you utilize all of the space. So there is not that blank space in between the top of the tallest item. And the bottom of where that next shelf would start. If the shelves do not move, you can purchase things for very inexpensive at shelf risers, they come in different Heights and different width. You can get them for narrow cabinets and big cabinets. They work in.

Way more situations. There’s just a cabinet. You can use them [00:08:00] on a bookshelf. If you have sometimes a bookshelf, we’ll have a storage area where it has doors that open, but the, there might only be one shelf in there, but you could use two or three. To adequately organize that into store. The things that you need to store, you can use these shelf risers in closets, or even under bathroom sinks in a cabinet where there are not any shelves and it’s just an open cabinet. So make sure you measure, but use the shelf risers and things like that.

So the three thing is that I would say for maximizing the storage of small space would be to utilize the vertical space. Make sure you find furniture that does double duty so that you have extra storage that isn’t built into the home. And make sure that you are also utilizing the space that is available to you by doing things like adjusting shelves and making these spaces work for you and the storage that you have to store.

Whenever someone is moving from something very large to something that is much smaller. My best guess is that even with that effort of purging, before you move, once you get to this new space, the same as any move, you will still take a few thing is that you will realize that you don’t need, or you don’t want it, or don’t make sense in this new space.

So you will be able to get rid of even more once you have moved. But of course the ideal situation is to get rid of as much as possible and not waste the time and money and effort in moving. The thing is that you will not be using once you get to that new home.

Once you get to this new place and you have a feel of how it functions and what you like, then you will probably be able to pair down even a little bit more. That was a listener submitted question that I answered today. If you have a question that you want me to answer, or you have a concern or an issue that you would like my input on, go ahead and go to intentional edit.com.

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