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34 Studio Apartment Storage Ideas That Don’t Sacrifice Style
I lived in a 410-square-foot studio for three years, and for the first six months of it, my bike lived in my kitchen. Not leaning against a wall in some cute, curated way — just parked next to the stove, because there was genuinely nowhere else for it to go. I share that because a…
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32 Under-Bed Storage Ideas for Tiny Bedrooms (That Actually Work)
I lived in a 9×10 bedroom for three years before I figured out that the space under my bed wasn’t “wasted space,” it was just unorganized space I’d been ignoring. Once I actually measured the clearance under my bed frame — 7 inches, for the record, which ruled out about half of what I’d pinned…
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33 Vertical Storage Ideas to Maximize Every Inch of Your Apartment
The ceiling in my first apartment was 9 feet high, and for two full years I used approximately none of the top 3 feet of it. That’s the thing nobody tells you about small apartments — you’re not actually short on square footage as often as you think you are. You’re short on floor footage,…
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31 Hidden Storage Ideas for Small Rooms You’d Never Guess
My stepstool lives inside my staircase. Not next to it — inside it. The apartment I rented in Providence had these boxy wooden stairs up to a lofted bedroom, and I noticed one of the risers had a seam that didn’t quite match the others. Turned out the previous tenant had cut a little door…
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25 Small Apartment Storage Ideas That Actually Work (Not Just Look Cute on Pinterest)
I used to keep my winter coats in my oven. Not because I’m insane — because my first apartment in Chicago was 375 square feet, had zero coat closet, and I genuinely could not find anywhere else to put four coats between October and April. I finally bought a $40 wall-mounted rack from a hardware…