Monday 16 August 2010

Top 10 space wasters.

It’s incredible to consider how much precious space in our homes is wasted by near-useless items that we seem to tolerate at the expense of improving our daily lives. It’s not just space either, but money too that could be saved just by improving your home storage situation.

Objects big and small

Everyone has their own definition over what is a waste of space and what isn’t, but to get you focused here are 10 we’ve found around the house to help you get started:

1. Kitchen gadgets: Take a look into the dark recesses of your kitchen cupboards and drawers. How much stuff is in there that you haven’t used in over a year? Sure, at the time you bought the product it seemed amazing and an ideal solution to an obscure recipe. But perhaps now you realise that by the time you’ve cleaned it and figured out how to work the thing you could have made the meal using simpler and more commonly used kitchen items.

2. Old clothing: Perhaps they don’t fit, are beyond repair, or you just don’t like them. What’s keeping them in your wardrobe? Maybe you don’t want to throw them out because they were expensive to buy in the first place. Time to take a deep breath and consider that someone else might use them. Take them to a charity shop, or if they’re quality, then you could always sell them.

3. Tools: Is your garage cluttered? Garage storage can be a constant effort. Help by selling old tools you rarely use or have more than one of. It’s surprising how many duplicates you could find.

4. Magazines and books. It’s great to have library at home, but consider your collection, with magazines especially tending to pile up and occupy space. Time for a clear out in this department?

Making space

5. Get the right shelving and storage. Sometimes it’s not the just amount of things we have that waste space, but the way we store them Get a good
storage solution for your home. Make the most of wall space rather than pile things from the floor upwards.

6. Organise your home storage. Keep your storage solutions in the garage and home simple and efficient. Thing you use more should be in easy to access places.

7. Sort out the garage. Don’t use the garage as a dumping ground. It should be there to protect your car from the winter weather and a workable space for DIY and other home improvements. Get some shelves and throw out old stuff.

8. Use vertical spaces in all areas of your property. Hooks and rods make for great space savers. A home is for living in – not just cluttering.

9. Compartmentalise. Try to keep a theme for home storage. Saving space should be for your ease of use of the things you need, for example clothing in the wardrobe and books on the bookshelf.

10. Old gadgets. Used electronics and home appliances can be recycled. Throw them out for more efficient products, saving money on bills as well as valuable household storage and living space.


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