11 Stylish Storage Items for Homes with Zero Closets, Because You’re a Human with Stuff

If you think having small closets is annoying, just wait until you fall in love with an apartment with no closets. Those little storage rooms are necessary not only to house all your random odds and ends, your entire wardrobe, and shoe collection, but also the mess you can’t be bothered to clean on a daily basis. So what are you to do if your loft or studio apartment decided not to bother with any storage space? Luckily, there are all sorts of clever furniture pieces and storage items that will help you find a place for all of your random stuff and look good while doing it. Ahead are some of the best and most stylish storage items for homes with zero closets.

This cute and useful stool opens up to hold a myriad of items—like hats or an extra blanket—assembles in mere minutes and wipes down with a wet cloth.

When there are no closets, you have to start getting creative with your storage spaces. Wardrobes and sets of drawers are the obvious choices, but you need spots to hide any spillover. Adding a storage bench to the end of your bed or on the side of a wall is a great backup choice. This mid-century one from Overstock comes in three color options: olive green, salmon orange, and creme.

If a few drawers underneath the bed aren’t enough to store your wardrobe items, you can use the entire bed base with this IKEA bed. You can fit bulkier items in the massive frame, and not worry about fitting everything into compact drawers.

To help you capture your accessories, hats, and everyday bags and purses, this over-the-door rack can be invaluable. It has shelves for sunglasses, wallets, and bags, and it has a mesh unit that captures your earrings and jewelry. You can also hang scarves, jackets, and hats from the hooks.

This sleek garment rack features warm wood and industrial metal, meaning it’ll fit in with a ton of styles. Use the bottom rack for shoes or boxes.

Make the most of your hallway space and turn it into an attractive walk-in closet. In this image, IKEA uses all the walls to maximize function. There is a mix of closed and open storage to make the hallway feel airy without being too cluttered. A shoe cabinet on the side also doubles as a seating bench to put on and take off your shoes.

If you don’t have any closet space in your apartment, consider getting a wide ottoman that doubles as a chest. This one from Overstock can fit pillows and other essentials you might want to hide.

Wardrobes are a tricky piece of furniture to recommend, because it all depends on your decorating aesthetic and the style of your room, but investing in a large wardrobe is an obvious fix for not having a closet. This one from IKEA has plenty of shelving to help you reach maximum organization.

If you don’t have a storage bed, you can easily get under-the-bed storage boxes to capture your off-season clothes or other closet-needing items. But what about the issue of shoes? If you don’t have a closet to store them in, it can be hard to find an organized space to house them. This underbed shoe organizer is the answer to all of your problems, and it will store up to 16 shoes!

We weren’t kidding about the utility of under-the-bed storage. These boxes are inexpensive, roll out, and will store a ton of stuff.

You know how as a kid you would shove everything under your bed when your mom asked you to clean up? This is the same premise, but in a more adult way. This storage bed from West Elm lets you hide everything, from extra blankets to your winter clothes, in the extra rollout drawers.