How to Organize Storage in a Small Apartment: 10 Solutions

Look carefully at your apartment and mark all empty spaces with your eyes – free walls and corners, space above wardrobes and sofas. All of them can be occupied by storage systems. The key is to choose the right option that will be convenient for you.

Install built-in wardrobes

A built-in wardrobe can occupy any niche or opening. It's better to avoid regular wardrobes in small apartments because built-in ones allow you to use space up to the ceiling, which is impossible even when installing loft ladders. In addition, a wardrobe with doors in the color of the walls becomes invisible in the interior and does not clutter the space.

Transform the storage room into an ergonomic wardrobe

If your apartment or house has a storage room, you can hide all the things you don't use regularly there. However, storage rooms are rarely functional. Plan more shelves, brackets and hooks, organize the space ergonomically, as in this interior system. After that, just close the storage room with a door of the appropriate size.

Use all free space

One of the places that homeowners and multi-level apartment owners rarely use to their full potential is the space in the attic or under the staircase. Even if they set up shelves there, they don't look very aesthetically pleasing. A mansard wardrobe can be built into any slanted surface. In addition, the doors are neat and even when open, they look beautiful.

Glossy facades expand the room

Another way to visually expand a small room is to use mirrors and glossy surfaces. Use them on the facades of wardrobes and the room will look even more spacious than without a storage system. In addition, gloss reflects natural light, making the room appear brighter.

Decorate the interior with photo printing

Another way to expand and decorate space using storage systems is to use photo printing on facades. If you choose the right picture, it will create a sense of perspective. However, avoid this technique in very small rooms.

Zone the room using shelving

In studios and small apartments where zoning is needed, use shelving instead of textiles and partitions. Even a very small partition can be transformed into a spacious storage system from floor to ceiling.

Use mobile shelving

Mobile shelving can replace regular shelving for zoning and just beside the wall. Movable modules allow you to transform space and change the layout of the room when needed. In addition, they can hide everything unnecessary; for example, they can completely conceal the kitchen area when guests gather in a living room with an open layout.

Use corners

If your small apartment is lucky enough to have a spacious hallway and wide corridor, you can go beyond just one wardrobe and fully utilize the external corner. For example, an angular wardrobe for the living room allows you to hide everything you need, but if desired, it can simply become a white glossy wall.

Don't give up on a wardrobe

Many people view a wardrobe as a separate room, albeit small. In reality, an angular wardrobe can be installed even just along the perimeter of a bedroom. Unlike a regular wardrobe, it has greater depth, which means it will be more spacious.

Raise shelves to the ceiling

Sometimes even small-sized apartments have high ceilings. All the space above the wardrobe remains unused. The same applies to the space above wardrobes or sofas in regular small apartments. Fill all free space with ceiling-mounted loft ladders or tall wardrobes.

Designing a wardrobe that fits perfectly into any space in the room, choosing the right colors and calculating the cost can be done easily with the convenient Raumplus constructor. Specify exact dimensions and create the perfect arrangement of shelves and rails.