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One of the most untapped storage resources in your home is your vertical space. This valuable real estate can allow you to store items off the floor, reducing clutter and making your items more easily accessible for use. Looking for ways to maximize the storage space in your home? Check out these vertical storage tips.
When picking furniture items for your room, avoid shorter pieces and go for ones with a lot of height and versatile shelving. Since these pieces will already be taking up valuable floor space, why not use them as your storage? Find pieces that have shelves and cubbies to hold baskets and other large items to keep them neat, organized and out of the way.
If you are someone who constantly uses your can opener or always wants to have paper towels at the ready, consider mounting options instead of freestanding ones that can take up counter space. If cupboard space is a problem, put up some hooks on an open wall and add some decor to your kitchen by hanging your nice pans. Stainless steel and copper pans can add a metallic accent that can really bring some unique touches to your decor.
Closets can be the ideal place to make the most out of your vertical space. If you have a lot of shoes, ties, scarves or accessories, consider using the inside of your door to store these. You can find over-the-door hangers in a number of sizes that can accommodate almost any items you need to keep organized and make more easily accessible. Over-the-door organizers can also be of great use in the bathroom, where you can store your bath, facial and makeup products without cluttering up your counter or shower.
Coats towels and other items that need to be hung up can take up a lot of space, especially when you use a bulky coat rack or shelving unit to hold them. Instead, place hooks directly in the wall so that they can give you more space to walk around and take advantage of unused wall space. If you have limited wall space in your bathroom, mount some hooks directly below a window to keep your towels up and out of the way.
Maximize the vertical space in your home to take advantage of storage space you may have never considered before by trying the few tips above. You will enjoy a more clutter-free and organized home in the end.
I'm John Mahan, Sales Associate with William Raveis Real Estate, Harwich Port Office.
Throughout his childhood, John Mahan spent summers on Cape Cod at his parents’ home in Dennis Port. His intro to the Cape was, as he puts it, when his parents “carried me down the stairs at Sea Street Beach when I was a week old.” With a lifelong connection to Cape Cod, it seemed only natural for John and his wife, Mary, to move to Harwich – where they still reside – with their two young children in 1996.
Prior to moving to Cape Cod, John lived in the Worcester-Auburn area where he worked for Mass Electric for 10 years and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Utility Workers. When John and his family moved to the Cape, he worked at NSTAR for six years.
John began his career in real estate in 2002 when he joined Team Waystack Realty in Harwich Port. He has been a consistent top producing realtor in the Harwich area for the past 20 years. John’s approachable demeanor, combined with an integral understanding of the Cape Cod residential real estate market, have allowed him to build trusting, long-term relationships with his clients – both sellers and buyers.
