Our top 20 space saving tips

Tuesday 16th July 2013

Did our blog last week help at all? Nothing makes you feel more cramped in your living space than clutter and confusion. Follow our tips to help you minimise the mess and tidy up your space. Here are some more practical ideas that you can do yourself around the home.

•    Banish room-darkening shadows with additional light fixtures.

•    Put glass shelves across deep-set windows.

•    Use a chest or an ottoman with storage inside as a coffee table.

•    Put low bookcases along a sofa back: they'll double as a sofa table.

•    Keep the flooring throughout a small space the same for visual continuity.

•    Line a room with a shelf high up on the wall.

•    Keep window treatments simple.

•    Run a low bookcase underneath windows

•    Place a large bucket for magazines next to your favourite chair.

•    Line a hallway with bookshelves.

•    Use a wicker hamper as both an end table and storage space for blankets.

•    Buy a coffee table with a drawer for remotes.

•    Carve out shallow display space between wall studs.

•    Use fewer, larger pieces of furniture and accessories to reduce visual clutter.

•    Choose sofas and chairs with plain or textured upholstery rather than vibrant prints.

•    Add window seats with lids.

•    Run shelves up to the ceiling.

•    Buy a magazine rack or stack magazines in flat-bottom baskets underneath a console or coffee table.

•    Take advantage of wasted space with corner bookcases.

•    Think monochromatic.