Storage furniture - what works for you?

Alison_Funnell

Chest of drawers in the living room. The old wooden type. We have a set I inherited from my great uncle that had already been painted a lovely non gloss old white colour that has our flat screen on and is fully of paper and craft goodies.

Bedside cupboards instead of little coffee tables at the end of the sofa etc. I have allsorts of stuff in need (make up, nail varnish, spare sweeteners, pens, hand cream) in the sitting room.

An old 50s kitchen style cupboard in the conservatory use full for china/bits there are no room for in the kitchen.

Our old bed had built in drawers. Our metal frame doesn't so I am going to get storage boxes with lids for out of season clothes and shoes.

We have an old fashion hall stand with lift up seat that we store some hat gloves scarves in.

Have ikea bent wood chairs that I want to get some drawer sized/shaped boxes to go under them for more storage.

We have a 3 bed terrace modern terrace with badly wasted spaces in the design. We are trying to improve it's storage in practical way. So most I like to be closed (drawers/cupboards) so there is less dust collection and the cats don't make beds!

PasturesNew

When I need storage, so long as there's space to do it, I'd be looking at:
- Two open slatted pine shelving units (£15 each)
- Length of wardrobe hanging rail however long I decide
- One curtain rail
- Some thin/organza/voile curtains wide enough

Then I'll:
- Make up the two pine shelving units (15 minutes, 1 screwdriver). Stand them side by side with 3-4-5' gap between them.
- Plonk the hanging rail between the two units on the top shelf
- Fix curtain rail somehow (possibly to the ceiling, or even directly to the units themselves
- Bung on the voiles

An instant, huge storage space, out of sight, for under £50, that can be achieved with one screwdriver and under 1 hour.