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Small bedrooms challenge your organizational skills. Room for clothes, shoes and personal items is at a premium. Other personal items such as books, collectibles and electronics can threaten to overrun a small space. Add in seasonally used items such as wrapping paper and decorative items, and you cannot help but spill over. Fortunately, with some organization techniques, you can corral the clutter.
Downsize the Bed and Upsize the Storage
One technique to conserve space in a small bedroom is to use a smaller bed. A king or queen size bed may be replaced with a standard full-size bed. Another technique is to put the bed frame on risers. These are commonly available at bed & bath and home improvement stores. By increasing the height of the bed, you increase the height of the under bed storage area. If your bed is standard height, you can use shallow, long plastic containers and slide them under for storage. If you employ risers, you can use taller plastic tubs to give you added storage space for off-season clothing or other uses.
Shelves, Baskets and Cabinets
Shelves can add needed storage space to a small bedroom. If you keep the shelf height high on the wall, you gain storage in otherwise unused space in the bedroom while you leave the space closer to the floor open.
Baskets can be used on shelves instead of a dresser to hold folded clothes. Unlike a chest of drawers, the basket and shelf combination uses either no floor space or a much smaller space.
You can also add utility or decorative cabinets high on a wall in a small bedroom. If you add them over the bed, you can mount a reading light in the space under the cabinet. This technique is one commonly used in recreational vehicle and boat design, which serve as common examples of small sleeping areas where space is at a premium.
A caution about open shelves in earthquake prone areas should be noted. If you live in a region where temblors of any magnitude occur, you increase safety when you keep the area above the bed free from potentially falling objects.
Multipurpose Furnishings
Choose your furnishings for their ability to achieve more than one goal. Use an open table as a nightstand. Cover it with a floor-length table cover. The area underneath can then serve as storage space. Or, find a low book case, fill it with books except for the top shelf. The top shelf becomes your night table or a television stand. Another furniture piece that can lend versatility is an armoire. It can house a television or other electronics with room to spare for clothing. If you have room for a chair and ottoman, make sure the ottoman is one with storage space under the foot rest.
Employ Decorative Hooks
When bedroom space is tight, closet space is often limited. Decorative hooks can help you organize. Hooks placed on the back of a door or other bedroom area can be used for hanging purses, belts and clothes where they are easy to find and not in the way.
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