If you are about to move into an apartment from a bigger home don’t despair. There are plenty of ways that you can save space so that you don’t need to throw away half of your belongings. It is a good idea to hire a professional removalist company to move your furniture and possessions for you as it is likely that they will have to navigate many flights of stairs, or pack furniture into an elevator to get it up to your apartment. You should also make sure that you change your home insurance over to cover your new apartment.
Built in robes
Every bedroom should have built in robes. This frees up a lot of space, which is important in a bedroom because the bed does take up so much room, and you do want to have space for bedside drawers and perhaps a chest of drawers too. Any unused space along the walls of your apartment might also be candidates for building fixed cupboards on to, especially at the end of a hallway that would just normally be a dead end.
Extra kitchen storage
If you are renovating the kitchen cabinets in your apartment make putting in as much storage space as possible one of your priorities. If you put in an island bench in your kitchen then have lots of cupboards underneath that go right around the entire underside of the bench. Also make use of the space at head height and have cupboards fixed above your benches.
Hidden laundry
If you don’t have your own laundry you can always have your washing machine and dryer tucked away behind big folding doors along one wall. Create as much storage space as possible in here too. You can buy things like ironing boards that are attached to the wall, which fold up when not in use, so look for other space saving items like this.
Tuck it away
Use each inch of space you have in a clever way. Like the folding ironing board, look for space saving ideas in homeware shops, at the hardware or in shops that are dedicated specially to storage solutions.
Arrange your furniture
When you arrange your furniture in your home make sure that you don’t have it blocking the flow of traffic through the space or so that it looks overcrowded. You can make your apartment look bigger simply by arranging your furniture in a efficient way.
Down size
You might find that you need to down size some of your furniture of appliances. If you are living by yourself or just a partner you might not need to have such a large fridge. If you have just moved to an apartment because the kids have finally grown up and moved out of home then you won’t be needing the chest freezer or such a large washing machine any more. You also might find that you are now living in an area where you will go out when entertaining, rather than having people over all the time, so you don’t need to have as much furniture to accommodate everyone.
Roller blinds
Curtains can take up a fair bit of space along the wall so install roller blinds instead which simply roll up out of the way.
Convertible furniture
Some furniture can convert and do two jobs instead of one. This helps saves a lot of space. For example you can get tables that convert to coffee tables and lounges that fold out into beds.
There are plenty of space saving ideas for apartment living, you just need to think a little creatively.
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