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Home » Home Organization » Tiny House » Small Spaces Storage Ideas Made Easy

Small Spaces Storage Ideas Made Easy

Last Modified: January 25, 2024 Sabrina Quairoli This blog uses cookies. It also has affiliate links. We earn sponsored content income.

In small homes, there isn't any room for large storage furniture (Affiliate Link) or lots of stuff. No matter how you try, placing a lot of items in small spaces becomes futile. To make space functional for people in small spaces, you need to be creative in determining where to store and display items. Today, we will share various posts where we talk about small space storage ideas. Hopefully, we will help you store the items to maximize the storage and reduce immediate clutter in the small room. From finding the wasted small spaces for storage to specific items that can easily get out of hand, all these items are manageable and stored in a small space at home.

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  • First, let's start with finding the hidden places in your home, you never thought of before.
  • Now, let's focus on the living spaces of your home.
  • Now it's time to visit the main heart of the home -- your kitchen.
  • Readers rejoice! There are spaces to store your books in small spaces!
  • Clothing lovers, you can rest easy! We have you covered.
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5 Small Spaces Storage Ideas in Your Home

First, let's start with finding the hidden places in your home, you never thought of before.

This could be under your steps, in a bump-out wall, or small attic over your garage (Affiliate Link). This post talks about where to look to help you find these places.

How to Find Wasted Storage Spaces in Your Home
HOW TO FIND WASTED STORAGE SPACES IN YOUR HOME

Now, let's focus on the living spaces of your home.

The living space is the most difficult to organize in a small home. In our post, 11 Ways to Maximize Space in a Tiny Living Room, we talk about different furniture (Affiliate Link) pieces to help you organize this room and make it look trendy and attractive.

11 Ways to Maximize Space in a Tiny Living Room
11 WAYS TO MAXIMIZE SPACE IN A TINY LIVING ROOM

Now it's time to visit the main heart of the home -- your kitchen.

Using adjustable bins and cubbies will give you more storage at an affordable price - making it easy to add useable storage in your small kitchen. Below we talk about maximizing storage in the small kitchen.

DIY Ways to Add Extra Storage to a Small Kitchen
DIY WAYS TO ADD EXTRA STORAGE TO A SMALL KITCHEN

Readers rejoice! There are spaces to store your books in small spaces!

If you are a reader who loves their books, you may have issues storing them in your small spaces. This post gives you solutions to organize books in a small space.

7 Book Storage Solutions For Small Spaces | Sabrina's Organizing
7 BOOK STORAGE SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL SPACES

Clothing lovers, you can rest easy! We have you covered.

We always talk about reducing those piles, but let's be realistic. Not everyone will do that and may prefer to have more clothing in their home. But in a small closet, it may be more difficult to organize without some help. This post talks about the home areas you can store clothing, like out-of-season stuff, to make your current season clothing more accessible.

How To Store Clothing In Really Small Spaces #clothing #organizing
HOW TO STORE CLOTHING IN REALLY SMALL SPACES

Well, there you have it! While it may be frustrating to live in a smaller home, some benefits may outweigh the extra space. One of the best reasons for living in a smaller house is that you can be more creative in designing your spaces. I have to measure and figure out how much space I have, though, which may be a downside for some people. It helps me use my imagination and keeps me from buying anything too large for the room. Sure, I would love to have all the space in the world, but I am sacrificing my time and energy to maintain the bigger home with all that excess space.  I would rather be helping others organize or cook meals for friends and family.  

I hope this post helps you organize your small spaces storage areas without trading in your comfort.

Now it is your turn! Do you have a small home?  What is your favorite way to save space in your small home?  Please leave a message below.

Feel free to visit our other small home organizing tips below for even more inspiration!

10 CLEVER SMALL KITCHEN ORGANIZING TIPS

6 CREATIVE PLACES TO HIDE CLUTTER IN YOUR SMALL HOME

STUDIO APARTMENT ORGANIZATION TIPS TO MAXIMIZE SPACE

6 CRAFTY OVER THE DOOR HANGING ORGANIZERS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR KITCHEN SPACE

Below are a few I found online.

19 Creative Storage Ideas to Solve Your Small-Space Problems

18 Big Storage Ideas to Steal from Tiny Homes

Please note these are affiliate links through Amazon (Affiliate Link), and at no additional cost to you, I will earn affiliate fees if you decide to make a purchase.

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  1. Liana George says

    January 15, 2021 at 12:06 pm

    So many ways to find storage in small spaces! Who knew?? Thanks for all the ideas and I can't wait to delve into each of these posts in more detail!

    Reply
  2. Melanie says

    January 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    So many great suggestions! I went ahead and read your post on book storage as well. So many clever ideas I wouldn't have ever thought of!

    Reply
  3. Lucy Kelly says

    January 11, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    Loved these ideas, Sabrina - Book storage!!

    Reply
  4. Janet Schiesl says

    January 11, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    I love the challenge of fitting everything into small spaces. It can be done and be beautiful. I really liked many of the photos in your book storage post. I love having books around and you showed many non-traditional ideas. thanks.

    Reply
  5. Julie Bestry says

    January 11, 2021 at 11:21 am

    I love how you pulled all of these posts into a repository for help on the small-space storage topic!

    Reply
    • Sabrina Quairoli says

      January 11, 2021 at 11:25 am

      Thanks! It has been 10 years this year blogging, so I had a lot of posts on the topic. =)

      Reply
    • Ronni Eisenberg says

      January 11, 2021 at 4:05 pm

      I love all of these solutions for small space storage. I have ottomans for storage. They do double duty, a place to sit and a place to store. I really like when furniture has multi uses.
      Amazing how you were able to cull information from many of your former posts. Great work, Sabrina!

      Reply
  6. Linda Samuels says

    January 11, 2021 at 10:51 am

    Perhaps the biggest aspect of having a smaller living space is reducing the number of things we're keeping. I guess that's a given. Because the reality is that we only use 20% of the things we own and store in most categories. But once you've done the edit, you've offered so many excellent suggestions to maximize the space you have left. Often it is finding storage space in places you might typically overlook. Recently, we added some additional storage in our kitchen by stacking these lovely 7" wide gray modular stacking drawers from The Container Store. Before that, the space was open and unused. But now I have a vitamin and baking center that I didn't have before.

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    • Sabrina Quairoli says

      January 11, 2021 at 11:22 am

      That's wonderful that you were able to create a new area just by adding storage. Have fun with it.

      Reply
  7. Diane N Quintana says

    January 11, 2021 at 9:17 am

    Lots of terrific and creative ideas here, Sabrina. Thank you for compiling them!

    Reply
    • Sabrina Quairoli says

      January 11, 2021 at 11:23 am

      It was fun to revisit these posts! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

      Reply
  8. Janet Barclay says

    January 11, 2021 at 6:35 am

    So many great ideas! As an avid reader, I especially like the ones for finding places to store books.

    Reply
    • Sabrina Quairoli says

      January 11, 2021 at 11:23 am

      Thank you so much for visiting often, Janet! Books can be a project to organize in small spaces.

      Reply
  9. Seana Turner says

    November 02, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    I love being creative with storage. Bigger isn't always better, right?

    Reply
    • Sabrina says

      November 03, 2015 at 9:24 am

      I totally agree.

      Reply
  10. pamela Chollet says

    January 16, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    I love the sponges, idea! I can't tell you how many sponges I purchase and never can locate one when I need it. The shelving is great too. Are they difficult to mount on the walls?

    Reply
    • Sabrina says

      January 16, 2015 at 4:10 pm

      Not really, there have little hooks on the shelves in the back. We used drywall screws with anchors. The mason jars project was a little more difficult, we had to get the right hooks to attach to the back.

      Reply
  11. Becoming SuperMommy says

    January 15, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    I love that mason jar project!!!!!

    Reply
  12. William Rusho says

    January 15, 2015 at 11:03 am

    Great ideas. I like any ideas for limited space. I recently have begun getting rid of useless stuff I have not used in a while. As a result, I was able to consolidate many of my other items. I will use some of your ideas to store them

    Reply
  13. Donna Janke says

    January 13, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    I've just moved into a smaller house. It still has lots of room for what we need, but there were areas where I needed to get better organized to use the space. It feels to good to get organized and get by with less space. I like the shelves you've used in your daughter's bedroom.

    Reply
  14. Lenie says

    January 13, 2015 at 6:23 am

    I have more house than I'll ever use but my son has a 450 sq.foot condo so we're always looking for storage ideas. I like the idea of using the shelf for a night table - will check that one out.

    Reply
    • Sabrina says

      January 13, 2015 at 6:46 am

      I know so many people that move just because they can't manage the stuff in their space. It's sad. My goal is to help people manage the smaller spaces so they don't have to move. Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  15. Meredith @ The Palette Muse says

    January 12, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    I always love organizing tips! It seems I'm always fighting a losing battle with all the "stuff". And IKEA is a great place to get supplies without spending a ton of money.

    Reply
    • Sabrina says

      January 13, 2015 at 6:44 am

      Very true. Love that place.

      Reply
  16. Ken Dowell says

    January 12, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    I recently watched a documentary movie called Tiny about people who build and live in houses that are only a few hundred square feet. If you haven't seen it you might enjoy watching the creative ways they use the space in these small homes.

    Reply
    • Sabrina says

      January 13, 2015 at 6:44 am

      I haven't had a chance to see that one yet. I do love the show on FYI called Tiny House Nation. It's very inspiring. Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  17. Jacqueline Gum says

    January 12, 2015 at 10:09 am

    Clever! Especially that Mason Jar!!!

    Reply
  18. Patricia Weber says

    January 12, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Some great ideas here. My husband and I are in the house buying phase to downsize so I'm all into reading about smaller spaces! In particular I like the reminder of corner shelving. Thanks.

    Reply
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