Comments on: Small Spaces Storage Solutions – RESULTS

By: Victoria Brown

Victoria Brown — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:47:50 +0000

I like the comment about using the vacuum bags for linens, freeing up the linen closet. I have started using the large ziploc storage bags, and get a similar effect, though probably not to the same degree, by starting at the bottom and rolling up the soft fabric items, squeezing out as much air as possible before sealing. As a hint, I seal most of the edge before starting the squeezing, so I only have the last couple of inches to seal.

By: Victoria Brown

Victoria Brown — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:41:53 +0000

Instead of a turntable for my spices, I use the small trays used to customize drawers, that fit my cabinet. Then I group the spices in the trays, based on what they are used for. That way I can take out the spices I need all at once. I don't like the turntables because the corners of the cupboard, esp the back ones, are inaccessible and wasted space, and only the spices on the outside edge of the turntable are really visible.

By: Victoria Brown

Victoria Brown — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:32:12 +0000

One concern I have is using space under my sink. I do not like putting any food down there in case of a water leak. Cans do rust. Plus, they make it more difficult to get under there to fix the leak. It would be better to put other things that won't be damaged by water, or are less important and costly to replace if they do get ruined; then use the space they were in to put food.

By: smallspaceadvocate

smallspaceadvocate — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:04:20 +0000

I live with my wife and daughter in a 8×20 foot cabin…we have a small bathroom with toilet and standing shower, and a small L shaped kitchenette. And finally, what keeps our space usage so small is that we have a tatami room with curtain. The room has a large window on one side of the wall, and is open to the kitchen on the other side, but the curtain can be pulled down for privacty. Anyway, the tatami room allows for eating, relaxing, and sleeping all in one small room. In addition we have a large deck that we can relax in the hammock or use our solar cooker etc. It's nice to have friends over and entertain on the deck so they don't spill in our house etc. If your space is tight, please consider a tatami room as one small room can cover living, dining, desk, and sleeping (basically all but the kitchen and bathroom) the room is raised by 18 inches with storage underneath for clothes and bedding.

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Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:33:36 +0000

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By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:58:51 +0000

I’ve found that, in addition to storing food, I can get creative with things that can be shifted to make room for the food. My local warehouse store had a large box of vacuum bags for sale. My extra blankets and linens are in these reusable bags, freeing up an entire linen closet for food storage. Each bedroom is also obliged to store the linen that goes with its bed, with all the sheets that belong in a set tucked into a pillowcase.

My son (the only boy among a gaggle of girls) also has his own room. Some of his extra space is dedicated to a large shelf filled with cans and boxes.

A few cases can take up some less than necessary room under a desk.

Furniture set at an angle has tons of room behind it.

My youngest children don’t use the space under their beds for anything yet, and putting boxes under there keeps them from flinging toys into that great void.

Does anyone have any ideas for storing toilet paper in bathrooms that don’t have any cabinets? Aesthetics are negotiable, but water resistance necessary.

By: noel

noel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:43:10 +0000

Hey Randy, do you have pictures of your cabin? and can you share more of how you guys organize your home with 7 kids??? and anyone else have concerns about the bpa thing that Thea mentioned?

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:04:31 +0000

We’re dang near pioneers! We live in a 15 x 25 log cabin that was built back in 1895 and have 7 children.

Needless to say space is tight!

One cool thing we did to increase our space for food storage is this:

We have a large 8 foot long kitchen table that sits in the corner. All along this corner, instead of using kitchen chairs, we built an L-shaped bench carpeted in such a way that the carpet runs losely down the front of the bench to the floor, but it is cut in 3 to 4 foot segments that can be flapped up for easy access to the space beneath the bench for storing cases of canned or bottled goods. I believe 20 or more cases presently occupy this space.

This also allows us to fit way more than just our 7 kids around the table too. Wow! Imagine that …food storage and kid storage too! lol

By: Richelle

Richelle — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:09:30 +0000

I glanced through and don’t think I saw this place listed, so if it’s a repeat sorry. But we live in Idaho and don’t have a basement but a 2-3 foot crawl space under our house and that’s where we store ours. You have to put down 2×4’s to keep it off the ground so you don’t have to worry about moisture etc. and it makes it easier to lift, but we’ve been able to store a whole year–for a family of 6 under there. It’s dark, cool and doesn’t go through the extreme temp. changes.

By: HW

HW — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:03:17 +0000

I live in a small apartment with very little storage and a lot of stuff. I’ve always found that when I go ahead and buy a lot of food storage items when they’re on sale and fit in my budget, I will always find someplace to put them, even if I don’t know where that is when I buy them. I just get more creative, find new places, or stack a little higher when I put my groceries away.