16 Space Saving Interiors You Will Love

It is a natural habit to accumulate stuff when you have your own living space, especially if it holds sentimental values. Over time, stuff will turn into clutter and your living space interiors becomes more cramped than ever. Time to get things sorted and organised.  Do you have a shoebox sized living space?  Adding square footage where you never thought possible, here we show you how to create space saving ideas for your home that are simple, yet practical.

LIVING ROOM

1. Shelves compartment 

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Place a ceiling to floor designed cupboard with loads of shelves against a wall to store items. Whether it is books, ornaments, DVDs, photo frames, flower pots, electronics, or any display items, you can place strategically of the said items on the shelves making it into an artsy fashion.

2. Understairs storage

I’m sure you would have heard of understairs storage but this technique is both an efficient and clever way in usage of space. However, you would want the storage compartment to be built like a pull out drawers in compartments instead of a single closet room. If pull out drawers seems impossible, building shelves would utilize every corner of the room.

3. Stair Drawers

A clever creation having pull-tabs on the last two stairs that when pulled, reveal drawers hidden inside the stairs. Source

If your house is already lacking of space, no one will appeal to the idea of a bulky show shelf although it is a very necessary piece of furniture in a household. So, design a stair drawer! Not only will you be able to save space, you can hide your shoes from guest viewing as well.

4. Sofa Bed

This is a well-known technique and most sofa or couches have been used as bed, if not it is mostly a pull out bed. But have you heard of a pull out bunk bed sofa? If you have a family with children, this could be the best way to place in the tiny room. Day time, it can be used as a sitting area for homework or when playing games, while in the night, you can pull it out as a bunk bed.

5. Hollow Chair

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Armchair that is hollow on the arm rest and the bottom of the seating area is the current fashion hype nowadays. Not only does it save space, it fits perfectly in the living room area and it’s comfortable.

6. Compact Chairs

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A Cubsita ottoman chair cleverly designed to save space.  You can find five chairs in one, where you can pull them out individually, in different sizes for multiple guests or you can gather them back into one big chair to save space.

7. Pet Bowl Drawer

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Instead of pet bowls being placed on the floor, you can use the lowest drawer on your cabinet to keep the dog or the cat bowls. Put a plank board in that specific drawer, cut two holes that is perfectly fitting to the animal bowls. You can close the drawer when not using and simply pull it out when feeding.

KITCHEN AREA

8. Dining Table

Get a dining table set where the chairs can be pushed underneath the table, creating a cylinder type table. Not only it is a great design but imagine no more toes stubbing into the legs of the table.

9. Fold Down Table

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A multifunctional furniture works best for space saving techniques.  Fold down table is the commonly used space saving technique. It can be used as a dining table or as a working table and simply fold it back up when not in used.

10. Closet Storage

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Interior designer Tania Tuckerman from Torq Design recommends to use good quality drawers whenever you can. A tower pantry is a necessity in a kitchen as it allows you to pull out your entire drawer to access your items. No more searching at the back of cupboards on all fours! 

Instead of just using available shelves for storage, we have the back of the doors for hanging things.  Use hooks, containers, and holders to attach onto the back of the door to also organising similar items. 

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11. Fusion of a dining and pool table

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Perhaps a pool is unnecessary but for some guys, it’s an essential. An already cramped space cannot afford a pool size table but if fused and combined with a dining table usage, voila! We have a 2 in 1 space saving pool table/ dining table. A dining table that has a secret pool underneath the planks, complemented with a beautiful mirror is a brilliant idea.

BEDROOM

12. Mirrored furniture

 A stunning mirrored buffet enlarges the space with its reflections.  Check out our Rochester Mirror Buffet for a similar look. source

Mirrored furniture pieces are a great visualization in deceiving the size of the living space. It’s a way to have lots of furniture without the room feeling cluttered because of the reflective surface makes the furniture recedes and stretches the space of the room by creating a light and bright atmosphere. Besides you can mix in anything in the room because the mirror will only reflect what you put in there without any awkward contrasting colours.  Check them out at Shine Mirrors Australia. 

13. Ironing Board Mirror

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A standing mirror which becomes an ironing board is another great way to save space if you are living inside a shoebox. It’s a combination with the same goal to make you appear put-together.

14. Upper Storage

Many people forget that the space above your head can be used as storage space as well. For an example is a shelf can be fixed on the top os the space above the room doors. You can either use lines of strings to store lightweight items or planks of wood for heavier items

BATHROOM

15. Sliding door

Add a sliding door outfitted with a full-length mirror instead of a normal traditional swinging doors to save space and the additional convenience of the mirror on the door instead of the wall, where the wall can be utilized for a compact cabinet storage.

16. Window Blinds Washing Rack

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You can customise your window shutters or blinds into a washing rack by creating partitions so you can use it to hang clothes as well. And the shutter that you pull off to be used as a washing rack will be directly under sunlight.

Take a look at these Australian- made space saving furnitures to add to your list: 

Toy Cube storage is a lovely and practical way to store the children's toys, and can also be used as a bedside table. 

The Gin & Tonic tables are designed to fit under each other for easy storage.

There are numerous ways to create spaces for your interiors using the right furniture and being creative with the little space you have. Every nooks and crooks of a living space can be a potential space saver. I hope the techniques that have been listed here can instil some creativity and perhaps you can make your own furniture from what you have.  Do you have any other space saving ideas? Feel free to share them.

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