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- 10 Creative Ways to Add Wardrobe Storage to your Home
- Interior Design at Large: Cinema Turned Into Apartment in Stockholm
- Stylish and Captivating Bamboo Wall Panels by 3DWalldecor
- Extraordinary Eco-Friendly Home with a Charming Design
| 10 Creative Ways to Add Wardrobe Storage to your Home Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:18 AM PST Are you still trying to find more space in your home for storage for clothes and shoes? If it seems like your closets are getting smaller and smaller, than you need creative ways to add more storage. Wardrobe storage can range from temporary solutions, to renovating an area in your room to allow for a wardrobe closet. Often times your space may not be the problem, just the creative way the space has been laid out. Here are 10 creative ways to add wardrobe storage in your home.
1.) Give mudroom furniture a new use: Mudroom furniture that uses benches, seats, and cabinets for storage is excellent for wardrobe storage too. In bedrooms, especially kid's rooms use mudroom cabinetry to hang dresses, coats, and play wear. 2.) Add a clothing pole to a niche: Many rooms have niches in the walls that are unusable for furniture, but would be perfect for a wardrobe area. Wardrobe poles can be installed in this area to add usable storage and hanging area for clothes. 3.) Hidden storage: Vertical space above your hanging clothes is a good place to add wardrobe storage for your shoes and accessories. Build shelves or organizers to maximize space, and look in home improvement stores for self assembly kits to make the job easier.
4.) Use existing space more efficiently: If your closets have enough space, but you can't hold enough clothes, consider installing organizers. From shelving to drawers, and hooks, closet organization can improve your current space, and add efficiency when trying to find clothes quickly. 5.) Use the back of doors: Hooks for hanging belts, necklaces, purses and work badges are in direct eye sight for easy accessibility and it's a creative area to add storage. For an instant dressing room with limited space, install a full length mirror on the inside of your door as well. 6.) Divide dresser drawers with organizers: Depending on your drawer organization, you may be able to fit more with helpful organizers. Drawer organizers to divide socks, under clothes, and rolled clothing can hold more with helpful storage. Visit your favorite organization store for varying styles and sizes for your specific wardrobe needs.
7.) Organize your current wardrobe area: You'd be surprised at how much space you already have in your current closet if you organized it. Purge all unworn and unneeded clothing, shoes and accessories. You never know, you may find some space that already exists, and find that shirt that you bought two years ago! 8.) Turn an empty wall into wardrobe storage: If you are in the position to remodel, how about adding a few non load bearing walls to an empty wall to increase wardrobe space. Hire a general contractor if you don't feel comfortable with adding the space on your own. This idea works well for rooms that have wasted space that is being used inefficiently. 9.) Use portable wardrobes: Many online storage and organization home sites have products to store clothing and move to other areas in your home. This is ideal for a college student coming home from school for vacation or visiting relatives for the holidays. Portable hanging racks or wardrobe "closets" with zippered sides for camouflaging clothing while it hangs in your space are ideal for these scenarios. 10.) Limit your shopping: There is only so much room in your home. Ensure that you aren't buying more clothes than you physically have space for. If you do buy new clothing often, have a plan for purging and getting rid of clothing as you do so. Charities, churches, and schools may love your clothing donations!
Your wardrobe storage areas in your home can be improved with many of the tips above. Determine your budget, time, and resources before you embark on a big job. Your solution may lie in you purging, or you many just need temporary and portable storage. Assess your family's needs and consider the quantity of items you have. Seasonal items may be able to be stored under your bed or in a garage or utility area. There are always solutions to fit your storage needs. Freshome reader's share with us your creative solutions for your wardrobe areas. Have any tips to add on to our list? Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below !
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| Interior Design at Large: Cinema Turned Into Apartment in Stockholm Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:13 AM PST You’ve seen many uncommon buildings on Freshome being transformed into comfortable cribs. Here is another one that dazzles the mind. You are looking at a fascinating studio apartment that used to house Plaza-Astoria Cinema initially opened in 1931. We don’t know if this is the consequence of Astoria Cinemas being hit by the financial crisis, but we do know this one bedroom apartment located in downtown Stockholm (district of Vasastan) is currently up for sale here, for 3 216 400 USD. The total surface of the loft is 423 sqm with terrace of 39 sqm and an orangery on 22 sqm near the Vasa Park. Aside from its impressive size, the former cultural crib also features a large walk-in-closet, a luxury bathroom with adjoining sauna, a Japanese recreational area, a fire ring, a 5 meter high palm-tree (total ceiling height 7.8 meters ! ) and many more. Check out the sketches below for a better understanding of the project and let us know how you feel about this makeover.
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| Stylish and Captivating Bamboo Wall Panels by 3DWalldecor Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:01 AM PST 3DWalldecor is a a young design company, developing three dimensional wall decoration. We recently received a few “samples” of their work and liked what we saw. Here is an excerpt from the press release they sent us: ‘Dimensional Bamboo Wall panels are a unique wall covering. Modular, easy to apply and paintable. The exciting effects of light and shadows transforms the walls into spatial eye-catchers. The panels are made of environmentally friendly bamboo pulp and are perfectly suitable for decorating walls and ceilings in homes, shops, restaurants, offices and meeting areas. 3D-wall panels are suitable for both small and large surfaces (such as walls and ceilings). The convenient modular designs and simple application make this product suitable for professionals as well as hobbyists. The wall panels feel like solid hardboard and are available in four designs. The 3DWalldecor bamboo wall panels have had an extensive safety testing carried out. The wall panels meet all European standards with regard to; reaction to fire, water absorption, moisture resistance and expansion rate under various conditions.’
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| Extraordinary Eco-Friendly Home with a Charming Design Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST Designed by Jimmy Brattain from Design Works Studios, the Coffee Pot Residence is a large home built on 9,000 square feet. Both the interior and the exterior design of this home are magnificent. The outside is a white architectural jewel, with amazing corners and lines that can astound even the most humble of persons. The front facade plays with proportions and angles, but the overall design seems to be a very equilibrated one. On the other hand, the extensive interiors are adorned with all kinds of decorations that make the furniture stand out on the light coloured backgrounds. An impressive kitchen steals your breath away. By combining green and natural wood, the designer managed to overcome the natural instinct of creating a home in which everything seems to merge together. Marble countertops contrast with the modern green tiles and form an impressive style. The master bathroom adds to the feeling of grandeur with the help of the tall ceiling that accommodates an exceptional chandelier. Not only beautiful and stylish but also eco-friendly, this house features a roof rainwater collection used to flush toilets and irrigate the native landscaping, double insulated doors and windows, solar panels, and LED lighting.
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