Are you having problems with having too little space in your home for storage purposes? Or perhaps you’re having issues with having too many boxes used for storage that you can’t walk inside your home or room without stumbling on them? If your answer is YES, then this article should take care of these issues.
One of the many values that every Filipino has is the idea of keeping or “storing” items that we can use in the future. We don’t like throwing away items that still has its uses, whether it’s for practical or sentimental reasons. The problem starts when these items start piling up. If you have a small apartment unit or condominium, here are five clever storage ideas that will absolutely blow your mind:
- Notice those small, thin and sturdy jewelry boxes? Yes, it’s a real shame to just simply throw them into the garbage bin, yeah? You don’t have to do that. Simply clip, glue, or staple them all together and you already have a nifty storage box for small items, like pencils, pens, lipsticks, and anything that you consider clutter in your drawer. In fact, you can arrange those little boxes for each type of jewelry you own.
- Glass jars are as common as the one peso coin in the Philippines. You see them all the time in supermarkets, convenience stores, and even the local stores in your neighborhood. Once the contents of the jar is finished, you can keep using it from storing kitchen essentials (like salt, vinegar, cooking oil) to practical uses (storing jewelry, coins, small items). You can even personalize them by coloring or drawing designs on them.
- Did you know that shower curtain hooks have a lot of uses? Surprise, surprise indeed! If you have big wardrobe (or if there’s still enough space), you can use the shower curtain hooks to hang your purses and bags at an eye-level.
- For those who love using tissues, you now know what to do with the empty tissue box; use it dispense empty plastic grocery bags if you need one. Just simply stuff all your empty plastic grocery bags inside the empty tissue box and presto, instant storage for all your empty plastic bags.
- If you have extra dish drying rack, you can use it to store art supplies and coloring books for the kids. You can stack those books like you would stack dishes and store all those pens, pencils, and crayons in the utensils caddy. For those who live on their own, you can use the dish drying rack for your books and pens.
- Sticking thin magnetic tape onto your walls to attract your small metal essentials is a fun, quirky and extremely convenient way to keep all your shining-shimmering objects intact
Not bad, right? If you have other cool storage ideas, then go ahead and be creative! And for those who are looking for a bigger apartment or condo unit to move in, then feel free to check out our properties page!