Look! Small Storage Solutions in a Big Bungalow

Now that we live in a larger place than ever, our pressing need for small space storage isn't quite the same. We are still trying to maintain a simple, organized, and efficient home life, though, and part of the charm of an old bungalow is discovering the small details and efficient use of all the space...

This area is pretty convenient and cool: an old ironing board closet that we turned into a home for our spices and shopping bags.

Anyone else have some old-fashioned home details that you've integrated into your life in new ways of doing things? For us, we'd rather not iron in the kitchen, so using the ironing closet for spices and shopping bags is the perfect solution. Now we just need to install more shelves for all of our jars...

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They look great in there. Are the glass sort of hour-glass shaped ones from Ikea?

posted by Gallivant on April 25th 2008 at 11:19am
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I love small-space solutions like this - I wish I had similar shallow cabinets tucked into my walls...

posted by bepsf on April 25th 2008 at 11:21am
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I just picked up a bunch of those containers at Crate & Barrel's outlet store. Love them!!

posted by I Love Upstate on April 25th 2008 at 11:24am
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yup - those jars are all Crate and Barrel.

posted by heather on April 25th 2008 at 12:22pm
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Looks nice. However, that twisted shelf bracket makes me nervous. All that glass on glass!

posted by MoJonson on April 25th 2008 at 1:03pm
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oh my gosh - Mojonson....i didn't even notice that. yikes!! thanks. going to fix right now.

posted by heather on April 25th 2008 at 6:27pm
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Suggestion for old house ironing-We use an over the door ironing board on the inside of our bedroom closet, with the iron in the closet. It's there when we need it and we don't have to iron in the creepy old basement.

posted by wyyfe on May 4th 2008 at 5:17am
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Hi Heather, Where did you get your shelves? I love this idea!! Thanks for posting! Amy

posted by ajem321 on January 5th 2009 at 1:36am
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Ajem321: the shelves were already in place when we moved in. We did add one, though (just measured and got some glass cut at our local hardware store). good luck!

posted by heather on May 13th 2009 at 10:39am
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