Furniture & storage
Putting blankets and spare bedding away between seasons
Blankets and spare bedding need a clean, dry place that suits their material. Choose the container after deciding where it will live.
Furniture & storage
Choose furniture around what it needs to hold—and leave room to reach it.
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Furniture & storage
Drawer dividers should follow the things you own
The best division is the one that fits the things returned to the drawer every day. A grid of equal compartments is not always useful.
Furniture & storage
A small home for the paperwork you still need
Paper storage can be modest when current tasks, records to keep and documents waiting for a decision are separated.
Furniture & storage
Keep desk storage within the work you do
Desk storage should support the work in front of you. Its position matters as much as the number of drawers it contains.
Furniture & storage
Organising cleaning supplies without losing the labels
Keep products identifiable and secure, then arrange the cupboard so the items used most often can be removed without disturbing everything else.
Furniture & storage
Bathroom storage outside the splash zone
A bathroom cupboard should keep its contents reachable without asking shelves and containers to tolerate conditions they were not designed for.
Furniture & storage
Using a narrow utility gap without wedging everything in
A narrow gap can hold a trolley, but only if the trolley can move, the adjacent equipment can operate and its contents remain easy to reach.
Furniture & storage
Finding a home for kitchen overflow in a dining room
A dining-room cupboard can hold serving pieces and table linen without becoming a distant extension of every kitchen cabinet.
Furniture & storage
A blanket box at the end of the bed: useful or in the way?
A chest at the foot of the bed offers storage and a strong visual edge. It also occupies the route where people dress and move around the frame.