Big Storage Solutions Inspired by Little Rooms: Part One

The editors of our site about homelife with children, Ohdeedoh, have just wrapped up a contest all about a subject that is just as challenging for small space dwellers as it is for busy parents - where to put all the stuff. We pulled some of the best ideas of the contest and gathered them here for the AT readers - great looking, smart reader solutions that could easily be translated into more grownup storage. Click on any of the photo links above or jump below for a closer look:

Matilda's Dresser: A basic Malm Dresser gets glammed up and goes custom as a simple DIY project.

Easy Canvas Bins, Old School Ikea: Chiara says that these Ikea storage cubes are over 25 years old (bought for her when she was a girl - the new incarnation is the Expedit) and turned out to be a good fit for canvas bins from Land of Nod. Round paper tags help identify the contents.

Sylvie's Storage Baskets: Another Ikea and Land of Nod mashup. $12.99 Ikea Lack tables combined with big Land of Nod storage baskets (a perfect fit under the tables) makes for hidden but easily accessible storage.

Super Duper Closet System: Ikea's Antonius system combined with Ikea plastic bins organize a closet that was first painted a bright cheerful hue (Lobster Bisque by Martha Stewart). Finished with a curtain instead of a door to save space and open things up.

See ALL of the "Now You See It, Now You Don't" Storage Contest entries here.

Comments (2)

those Land of Nod baskets are almost exactly what my mom came up with for me and my two siblings when we were all in middle and high school. she bought three large wicker baskets that fit under the sofa table and this was where we kept our backpacks and school stuff for easy access before and after school. if we left crap lying around the dining or living room, she'd just scoop it up and put it in our baskets, and i think every weekend we would have to clean them out, recycle old papers, etc. it usually looked fairly clean and was a nice way to corral the unbelievable amount of junk a teenager can accumulate/generate. and if our homework or other projects got a little smushed in the scooping process, that was sort of the natural consequence of leaving our junk all over the place. i think (i hope) that taught me to be neater.

posted by akostalas on April 30th 2008 at 7:27am
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i'm not a fan of storage bins/baskets, but i LOVE the color of those green land of nod bins. very smart looking.

posted by loislane on April 30th 2008 at 11:36am
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