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16 bedroom storage ideas to organize and declutter your space

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Fresh bedroom storage ideas don't have to be purely functional — in fact, we are of the belief that storage and bedroom organizers can and should be as stylish as they are practical. But where do you start hunting down the best and most beautiful storage solutions for your switch-off and snooze quarters? 

Well we recommend you sit tight right here, because we've collated the dreamiest bedroom ideas to turn your snooze-snug from a cluttered mess, into the ultimate space for relaxation and beauty sleep. From how to make use of empty corners to tips for studio apartments, we've got something for every bedroom space and design aesthetic.  

1. Utilize baskets in more ways than one

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You can't go wrong with a basket, or 10! Not only do they provide versatile, transportable storage solutions in any space, but they also introduce those layers of texture, color, and a sense of artisanship that really roots a scheme. And if you're really tight on space in your boho bedroom, as demonstrated here, you can double-up your storage basket (or laundry basket) as a rather stylish and tactile bedside table — it's a win-win situ!

2. Make a feature with a floating bookshelf

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Do you enjoy a good page-turner to help wind down towards dreamy lands? Keep escapist reads within reach, whilst making the best use of an unused space or nook with a floating shelf like this one made from books.

We legit love how this pick from TEEbooks creates a hovering illusion, making for a charming 'pile high' feature in its own right, whilst utilizing the awkward space between the foot-end of the bed and the door.

3. Fill up recessed shelving

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If you're able to make bigger, structural changes as part of your bedroom makeover, then a couple of bedroom shelves is a wise move. Max out the storage opportunity with cleverly recessed finishes that you can fill with trinkets and bigger items for function and decorative appeal in one. 

A carpenter or builder can accommodate these when building stud walls. In a large master suite, you could even build a stud wall to help zone the space and add storage in the process. 

"Bespoke-designed tailored storage will always provide more functionality" says Kate Whitfield, founder of An Artful Life studio , noting how "you can achieve the exact aesthetic you want for a truly beautiful space."

4. Create (temporary) clutter corners

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OK, so not perhaps not a long-term idea, but also, why not? This is perfect for a studio or if you're ever in a state of panic trying to tidy up before your parents arrive. .. The humble room divider. Ideal for cordoning off a small area of the room, this is a stylish way to signal privacy, disguise laundry drying, or just that stockpile of outfits on the floor, because that happens.

Plus, if your bedroom serves as a multifunctional home office, dining room and chill zone all in one, this will help make the switch off by night that little bit easier — boosting both productivity and well-being in harmony.

Fez Upholstered Room Divider

Amber Carved Wood Room Divider Screen

Tolkning room divider

5. Don't overlook deep windowsills

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If you're really squeezed for space, look at your window — no, not out of it — on it. Sills are the perfect place to position your fave indoor plants to ensure that they get ample sunlight. It's also a brilliant spot for any solar-powered devices and gadgets you may have, as well as a perfect resting perch for book piles in lieu of a bedside table. 

If your bedroom is facing the main street, be sure to invest in a window treatment like blinds or a set of curtains so that your possessions aren't on show and tell.

Teak & Tides Genuine Leather Plant Hanger

ShopMyra macrame wall plant hanger

Bolo Hanging Planter, designed by Simone & The Toronto Design Offsite Festival

6. Elevate your space with above and beyond shelving

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Take your bedroom storage ideas to another level with above-the-bed decor. Install a floating shelf above your headboard and style it with a personality-fuelled assortment of potted houseplants, personal touches, and decorative accessories.  

If you're wondering how to get your best 'shelfie' on, learn how to style shelves like an interior designer.

7. Utilize space under eaves 

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If your bedroom is in a loft, maximize what is usually wasted space by carving out room for bespoke fitted storage solutions under the eaves. Cupboards are an easy fit, but drawers or shelving can help make the most of the space.

8. Add interest and optimize your wardrobe storage 

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As well as shelves and rails, there are tons of products to help organize your closet fast. Racks for scarves and ties, or shallow drawers to stow away watches and jewelry will streamline your storage. They also speed up your morning routine by keeping everything you need for your outfit in one place.

"A fitted wardrobe will maximize the storage potential of any room, particularly those with awkward/quirky features," says Melanie Barnes, creative director, Elixir Interior Design.  

A new wardrobe may come with these elements as optional add-ons, but there are retrofit options available from most department stores or DIY outlets. Designing your bedroom on a budget? Try Ikea for a range of affordable closet organization ideas.

Nikkeby clothes rack

Archie clothes rack

9. Ditch the wardrobe for something unexpected

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Closet space is a must-have, but it's not always an option, especially in rentals. So if you have to go without, a cute clothing rail may well do the trick, even if you only use it for your most worn items and keep a smaller dresser close by.

We love this rustic rail made using a birch branch which you could DIY if you felt up to sawing off a tree branch in your yard and securing it to the ceiling... Personally, we're here for letting Etsy help us get this look.

10. Favor width and height in a dresser

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Every bedroom needs a good-sized dresser. Go high and mighty with taller designs in smaller spaces with limited floor space, or share the load with wider proportions in more generous quarters. 

When choosing a chest of drawers, be sure to pick one with strong drawers and good quality runners or you will soon find that daily use takes its toll. The top of your chest of drawers is a good place for additional small storage (more on this later), or if you like to relax in your room it could be the perfect place to set the TV or vinyl player up.

This vintage bedroom is full of charm using a reclaimed piece of furniture for lots of charming quirks. Just look at that lampshade.

Rustic Chest of Drawers

Chatsworth chest of drawers

17 Stories Tharin 12 - Drawer Dresser

11.

Keep socks in check with drawer organizers

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Keep your underwear and other essential possessions in check with drawer inserts and that daily sock search will become less frequent. Use a selection of boxes and trays so that everything has a designated place. You might feel like you are reaching Monica Geller-Bing levels of tidiness by dividing your socks by color or event, but messy drawers do you no favors when you are getting ready at the absolute crack of dawn. They are also perfect for sorting jewelry, sunglasses, and belts.

Some furniture companies will supply trays designed to fit their drawers, but you can get dividers from the likes of  Ikea and Amazon . Any boxes small enough to fit in your drawers will do, you can even repurpose shoe boxes or those gift boxes that toiletry sets come in.

Clear Stackable Sweater Drawer

Simply Essential 26-Pocket Over-the-Door Organizer

Kleafs Handmade Scarf Hanger

12.

Choose a nightstand with integrated storage

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A bedroom wouldn't feel totally complete without a cute nightstand. Find one with drawers, cupboards, or some kind of storage, perfect for hiding away odds and ends. Drawers are great for chargers, your phone, watch, and glasses, but a cupboard is better for books or medication that need storing upright. 

13. Add storage to even the most awkward of spaces

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In a small bedroom, you really have to make the most of every inch of space, even if that space is a bit awkward. This is particularly tricky in loft bedrooms when you will be dealing with slanting walls, but check out this idea. Pop a bed in the eaves and wall mount your bedside table to save space.

A wooden peg rack is the perfect place to hang handbags and hats and doesn't need much room at all. Find a cheap, easily-installable piece of hardware at Home Depot .

14. Add a touch of luxe with a tactile ottoman

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Looking for some elegant bedroom storage furniture to hide away extra bedding and blankets? Try shopping for a bedroom storage bench with a hinged lid in an opulent fabric like velvet to create a boutique feel. 

Fabric storage bags can help you group items by type, and you could use vacuumable clothes storage bags (e.g: Spacesavers on Amazon ) to fit in more out-of-season stuff.

Tulare Upholstered Storage Bench

Baxton Studio Michaela Fabric Upholstered Storage Ottoman

Clor Fabric Rectangle Storage Ottoman Bench

15. Store items on a DIY headboard

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A great bedroom storage tip is to have everything off the floor. This DIY headboard made from OSB is a thrifty base for all your bedroom storage ideas. The kitsch pink handle and magazine rack are industrial chic, in a cool way, and we are here for it.

16. Make every inch count with concealed bed storage

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Some beds come with in-built drawers, but even if you don't want to buy a new bed, you can find drawers that roll away under your existing bed. This really is the perfect way to maximize that space under the bed and a great place to store spare towels, bed linen, or shoes. Some drawers come with dust covers or lids, others are just a good place to slide away all of those vacuum-packed textiles.

There are plenty of under-bed storage drawers on the market, but if you can't find some you like why not have a go at making them yourself? We love these simple but effective drawers by Medina Grillo of @grillodesigns which are made with a few planks of wood and some castor wheels (which you can find easily on Amazon) to easily roll out what you need.

South Shore Avilla Queen Storage Bed

Alvin Storage Bed

Latitude Run Brij Upholstered Storage Bed

11 Stylish Bedroom Storage Solutions

Think beyond closets and traditional dressers. These rooms have storage that’s innovative and good-looking too

Bedrooms need to feel peaceful and relaxing, so good storage is essential to remove any distracting clutter. Most of us opt for a mix of hanging space and shelves or drawers, either built into a closet or in a traditional dresser, but other, more imaginative storage solutions are available. From customized closets to humble secondhand finds, ingenious underbed ideas to the humble hook, there’s a world of space-saving, life-enhancing bedroom storage out there.

Go Modern Furniture

1. Combine storage styles. Here’s a tasty feast of storage, just right for a child’s or teen’s room. In a relatively compact area, this room contains closets, open shelves, underbed storage and cabinets that wrap around the corner and make use of space above the bed.

Respect is also due for the bold use of bright yellow, adding energy to a super-practical scheme.

Create the perfect bedroom for siblings to share

Kia Designs

2. Go under the bed. Instead of exploiting space above the bed, create a raised platform for it and build in lots of storage below. As this picture demonstrates, this idea works particularly well in a room with a lofty ceiling.

Kristy Noble Photography

3. Upcycle with style. Bedroom furniture doesn’t have to be custom or new to function beautifully. Witness this simple wooden crate, flipped on its end and doing sterling work as a bedside unit and home for books. We salute it!

Precious McBane

4. Take it higher. Vertical space is often underused, but the wall space above head height can be redesigned as valuable storage. You’ll need a ladder to access it, but this bedroom shows how stylish a floor-to-ceiling system can look.

Sigmar

5. Stay clear. Fitting glass into the doors of bedroom storage can help it be less imposing. There’s also the advantage of being able to see the items inside, so you can enjoy your things when you’re not wearing them and quickly locate pieces when needed.

Whitstable Island Interiors

6. Use every scrap of space. This small double bedroom is full of tricky angles and slopes, but that hasn’t stood in the way of storage. Mini shelves, hanging rails, bookcases and racks have been cut to fit the available space. It means that a great deal of storage has been squeezed into a compact area.

7. Enjoy an enhanced shelf life. Moving the bed to the center of the room and creating a headboard-style wall behind it creates the opportunity to build in some nifty shelves. These are beautifully lit too, which adds a classy touch. Clothes, meanwhile, are stored in super-discreet built-in closets along one wall.

Colin Cadle Photography

8. Keep it country. Sleek custom closets are practical, but if it’s country charm you’re after, go free-standing. Here, a handsome vintage unit, complete with chicken-wire doors, packs in lots of warm character along with abundant storage space.

Scott Donald Architecture

9. Make it minimalist. Even those who don’t mind clutter can appreciate the elegance of this built-in storage, which is designed as a continuous run containing drawer and desk space, as well as spacious closets. Push-latch doors mean no knobs or handles are required, making it clean, sleek bedroom storage at its best.

Joanna Thornhill Interiors

10. Create a display. A bookcase or open shelves work well for the tidy-minded — messier types will prefer cabinet doors on bedroom storage, so the disorganized riot of stuff inside is hidden neatly away.

There’s nothing flashy about this storage — it’s just a simple bookcase — but with careful styling, it has become a beautiful display as well as a handy home for shoes and more.

rigby & mac

11. Hang it all. No story on bedroom storage would be complete with celebrating the joys of the humble hook. Hooks don’t have the hide-it-all capacity of built-in closets, but look how beautifully they can organize a jewelry collection.

More: 14 Ways to Get More Bedroom Storage

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5 ideas for rooms of different sizes - INMYROOM

Interior decor

In search of a panacea for the ubiquitous mess, we have collected for you 5 best ideas for organizing storage in a bedroom of any size

The bedroom is the keeper of spiritual harmony. Order in it is not just a norm of behavior, but an important component of our emotional comfort. Today we will tell you how to think over the storage system in a bedroom of any size. Our selection of ideas will be useful for both owners of single bedrooms and happy owners of spacious boudoirs.

1. Without complexes

This idea will appeal to the owners of both modest and spacious bedrooms, as well as to all those who like to be the center of attention and are not shy about their own, even if extravagant, taste. While others try to hide all their belongings in closets and closets, we suggest you place the storage system in a conspicuous place, next to or opposite the bed. If you're ready to challenge stereotypes, you don't need much - a couple of shelves, a clothes rail and a floor hanger. Add a few accessories or a dainty chest of drawers in the center - the perfect piece of furniture to store linens, t-shirts and sweaters.

If bold provocations are not your style, but you like the idea, install transparent glass doors in your wardrobe. This will save you an escape route, while being able to simply replace the doors.

2. Hide at all costs


The worst thing that can happen to a small bedroom is daily clutter. If things are constantly scattered in the corners, and every time you reproach yourself and your loved ones for negligence, then you simply do not have enough storage space. Make sure that there is exactly twice as much space for all your things as the things themselves. You can place a sufficient number of drawers and shelves even in the tiniest room. Here are some tips:

3. Separate room for all your belongings


The best option for a bedroom is a separate dressing room. Moreover, it can be organized not only in large apartments. Often we underestimate the area of ​​the room. For a dressing room, even a small niche is enough to fit a clothes rail and shelves. It is not even necessary to install doors; you can hang a curtain to match the walls. Sometimes it is better to give up part of the hallway in favor of a storage system. Often, when we reduce the area for arranging built-in wardrobes, as a result, the apartment looks larger. If every thing is in its place, then there is more free space and visually even the smallest bedroom does not look cramped.

4. Under the ceiling

When it comes to storage under the ceiling, the image of a wardrobe hanging menacingly over your head appears in your head. However, ceilings can be used in different ways. If their height does not exceed two and a half meters, it would be logical to place shelves around the perimeter. If the height allows, you can raise the bed to the upper tier, and equip the space below with a storage system.

There is another simple tip for owners of both large and small bedrooms. If you are installing a wardrobe or wardrobe, always use the entire wall area from floor to ceiling. This makes low ceilings visually taller, allows you to organize more storage space, and looks spectacular and elegant in rooms with high ceilings. Choose the color to match the walls. You can complement such a cabinet with a ceiling plinth to create the illusion of built-in furniture.

5. Nanocube

The trends are such that traditional layouts are increasingly being replaced by conceptual solutions. So, for example, modern designers, including Italian Luca Nichetto, our favorite at the Maison & Objet exhibition, offer to fit an entire apartment in one cube. As a rule, a compact design is multifunctional and includes a bedroom, living room, bathroom and even a kitchen. Special attention is paid to a capacious storage system.

And even if you do not accept this idea completely, you can use the meaning - a single closed independent space. With this approach, you can completely abandon a separate bedroom, and create something like a "house in the house", which combines a bedroom, a rack, a chest of drawers, a wardrobe and even a ladies' table. This is a bold and uncommon decision. For some, it will cause delight, for others, an attack of claustrophobia. One way or another, it can be an inspiration for an individual interpretation of bold design ideas.

6 ideas, 40 examples - INMYROOM

How and where to store things in the bedroom? This issue is especially acute in small apartments, but does not lose relevance in a large area. Introducing 40 options - from the simplest to the most tricky

Where to store things in the bedroom? This issue is particularly acute in small apartments, but does not lose its relevance in a large area. We present 40 options - from the simplest to the most tricky.

1. Seriously and for a long time

Perhaps the most popular way to store things in the bedroom is a built-in wardrobe or dressing room. This solution has a lot of advantages: things are always at hand, the apartment does not need to be cluttered with unnecessary furniture, and in the depths of the closet you can hide clothes, bedding, and household items like ironing board. When planning a dressing room, make sure that it has optimal number of drawers and hangers. With the proper organization of such a zone storage in the bedroom from other cabinets in the apartment can be completely abandoned.

2. Lower bunk

The laundry box inside the bed is a good example of how make the most of your bedroom space. Today, manufacturers are releasing models with a built-in, often retractable drawer that takes up space inside the bed. This simple and very functional design solution will especially appeal to owners of small apartments: thanks to it, you can easily save square meters and not clutter up the room space with bulky wardrobes and chests of drawers.

3. Traditional look

Chests of drawers, cabinets and nightstands are not only important style-forming elements of the bedroom, but also storage areas. Large or decorative made in the style of minimalism or art deco, they will not only hide from strangers eyes are superfluous things, but they will also help bring the interior to a single style denominator.

4. Nothing to hide

Interior trends of recent years tend to be open. Scandinavian minimalism dictates the rejection of those design elements, without which it is quite possible to do without, and we are talking not only about decor. open hangers have long moved from shops to small apartments. Is that the clothes hung in plain sight, has its pros and cons. On the one hand, open hangers somewhat blur the idea of ​​privacy. On the other hand, they occupy significantly less space than wardrobes, and the right outfit can be chosen by covering hanger at a glance.

5. Easy solution thick cardboard, wicker baskets and chests. This approach is for any wallet: buying boxes will definitely not hit the budget, but a forged chest, especially from an antique salon, will cost substantial money.

6. Transform surfaces

Easily adapt any horizontal bedroom surfaces - from the head of the bed and hanging shelves to the windowsill. So Thus, in the bedroom you can organize both a bookcase and a work desk, and presentation space for awards or souvenirs.

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