People with tiny homes! Talk to me about space saving and storage!

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I have a teeny tiny terrace house. I have very little cupboard space in my kitchen, and a 2yo DD with toys that seem to breed when I'm not looking :-/ I am getting a bookcase for christmas from my mum (the excitement!) so that will be more space in my living room but I would love to hear your ingenious space saving and storage ideas! I'm on a teensy budget too, so unfortunately can't just buy lots of things or have a new kitchen fitted!

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When you run out of floor space, build upwards.

You don't need to buy expensive furniture, all you really need is an electric drill, MDF (B&Q will cut to any size), paint and imagination. Look on Pinterest if you don't have an imagination.

Some good ideas here. We have a small house and yard and we have a little shed and have had the attic boarded. Then I filled all that space
I am currently decluttering. And being ruthless. It's taking me months though. rotate toys, put half away and swop them over every couple of weeks. If you don't use it, get rid! I've stopped buying 20 deodorants and 12 fabric conditioners at a time (yes really! ) and as kids age, their toys get smaller!

We have these as side tables in the front room and put the DCs toys in them. You can stain them to match your other furniture.

Sorry it's taken so long to reply. This willbe our home from the next 5 or 6 years. The kids will just keep on sharing. The plan is to pay off our mortgage on this house and that'll be our deposit for another house. We'll maybe divide the room with a4x4 ikea divider. We bought the house before I got pg withdc3. It was a repossession and we got it for a song.by the time we'd made it liveable it was too small.our options were to sell it and end up with a few thousand a no house or all just squish in. I know the kids are wee but I really don't think that you need an actual separate room for each child. I think as long as a child has some space of their own. We've been in the house 2 months now and it's great. I've been on top of the cleaning and the washing which I have never been since I had my second child. Minimalism is the way forward.

de-clutter, de-clutter de-clutter. Then have a gin cup of coffee and declutter all the stuff that survived the first sessions!

We have halved our possessions in the past 6 months - moved house twice in the past 11 months and I couldn't face a big move with two vans, so gave myself the challenge of fitting all our stuff from 3 bed house into one small luton van.

I miss nothing. Literally - I probably couldn't name half the stuff I chucked.

Our new house (small 3 bed cottage terrace, 3rd bedroom a box room) feels so light and airy even though it is small. But I agree that good storage for what you do have/keep is vital. Stuff lying about everywhere is stressful and will make any space seem chaotic.

We are lucky to have 2 built in wardrobes/large cupboard things which we use for most of our clothes, but we had a full wall in the study shelved for all our books and will do another corner and above the doors so we can get rid of another book case, as well as de-cluttering more books.

In my experience built in shelves are always neater and less "looming" than stand alones.

We live in a tiny 2-bed and here's my tips:

• declutter. Any thing you don't use store away (garage/attic/storage locker), sell or give away. This means everything, from furniture, clothes, toys to kitchen utensils!
• Stack your attic vertically making uses of all the space, board under eaves if possible too.
• Everything should have a home and don't accept anything else without making room.

We have a couple of Ikea Expedit units in our lounge with a mix of drawers, cupboards & boxes. DD's toys are in the boxes and she also has an Ikea toy box. When it's full, that's it.

We also have a storage locker (20ft x 8ft container) around the corner and it has revolutionised our life. We've kept all our baby things in case we have another so needed somewhere for the buggy, car seats, cot, clothes & toys!!!

Definitely look up though, we have shelving high in our bathroom for cleaning stuff & loo rolls. Look to use all the height in your kitchen, use shelving to organise understairs areas etc and look for ottomans or foot stools with storage so they're dual use.

Clara your plans sound great! I also don't think children 'need' separate rooms.
We're in our tiny home for the long haul so our two DD's will be sharing even when they are both teens.

purple how much does your storage locker cost per month?!