I'm moving into a new apartment and i need ways to help me store my stuff because the room is tiny?

Question

Im moving into an apartment and its room sizes is 11 X11 or 8' 6 X 11 and am having a full size bed in the room which is 137 X 191 cm or 54' wide 75' long. Im going to have a desk in the room. But i have a lot of clothes and i need ways that i can store them in my room. Also some deocorating ideas that will make the room look bigger since its going to be cramped

Answer 1

Store out of season clothes in under the bed plastic storage bins, the ones on rollers work most easily. Use night stands with drawers and put lingerie, jewelry, scarves, stockings in the small drawers. Put a second hanging rod halfway down in your closet, and you can hang your shirts and shorter clothes in two rows. Leave a little splace on one end for dresses and coats to hang full length. Store sweaters in plastic bins on the top shelf of your closet, if there is a shelf. If there's no shelf, install one, using particle board and some metal L brackets. Also, buy pegs and use them to hang things like scarves, ties, belts, etc, on the back of bedroom doors. You could also install some shelving units over the desk, and put some storage boxes there for smaller items. Even a shelf over the headboard of the bed could work, but not if you are in earthquake prone areas.
The room will look bigger if you keep extra furniture to a minimum. If you can use the desk next to the bed as a night stand on one side, and have just one other night stand in the room, that would help. Use one big, tall dresser instead of two smaller ones. The fewer things you leave around the room to clutter it, the bigger the room will look. So hide things in baskets or decorative hat boxes, etc. to keep things looking sleek.

Answer 2

I lived in a tiny place before & used large plastic stackable bins (with lids) to put clothing & bedding in. Put a nice table cloth over them & they can be used as a table to put a lamp on.
The laminate pantries also have a lot of storage in them. A pegboard to hang your coats on by the door ...you can also use a trunk for a coffee table & one for a tv stand. I've also tried the underbed storage bins...but they are a pain in the butt on cleaning day.

Answer 3

Keep only clothes that are seasonal in your apratment and store the rest somehwere else (friend's, parents, storage unit). You don't need winter clothes when it's summer anyway.

Answer 4

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