The biggest key to living in a small place is utilizing wall space. For our apartment, we repurposed one of our bookshelves and our entertainment center. We also bought two large storage units.
One of our bookshelves stayed a bookshelf, but the other is holding most of our kitchen stuff, because we don’t have enough kitchen cabinetry. Our lovely entertainment center is now holding a mishmash of kitchen appliances, living room appliances, and cookware. Our two shelving units are holding office supplies, shoes, recycling bin, etc. One thing I like about our shelving units is that they are made with a minimal amount of materials. Both are open on the sides and back, and the shelves on our metal unit are racks instead of being solid.
Of course when it comes to aesthetics, our set-up is not much of a winner. Having the pressure cookers on the entertainment center with the TV is not exactly classy. Nor are cups and bowls on a bookshelf. Also, having almost everything we own out on display can be visually overwhelming. One possible solution to this problem would be to cover the fronts of the bookshelves with some sort of curtain. We’ve decided against it, though, as this would interfere with functionality. On the bright side, it seems that the high ceilings help to alleviate the feeling of clutter in this place.
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