Ottoman bed storage- what's in yours?

[LucysSkyDiamonds]

We have very limited storage in our house. We need a new bed so I've ordered a super king with a full ottonam base. But I'm not quite sure what to put in it. It seems reasonably easy to access so I was thinking spare bed linen, winter clothes, etc, but I'm open to suggestions of what works for others.

I have an IKEA Malm storage bed in the spare room. I use it to store bulky but frequently used stuff - mainly climbing and mountaineering stuff, rucksacks, wild camp tent and sleeping bag, walking poles, walking boots, crampons etc, as it saves me having to go in the loft every weekend. Plus my toolkits and a pair of stepladders (!) as I only have a tiny garden store and very little storage in the house. Spare room wardrobe is for winter clothes, and the drawers in the divan in my room are for bed linen, extra towels etc.

Books. Embarrass to admit. But books and bedding. So much nicer than trying to find storage boxes that fit under beds

I have a divan with 4 deep drawers so they fit loads.

1 - drawer for hiding Xmas and birthday presents for dd's
2 - spare school uniform outgrown by dd1 but will be needed for dd2
3 - bits and pieces I have on fb marketplace that haven't sold yet.
4 - Xmas cards / paper plus a selection of presents for dd party invites.

Bedding. Winter/ summer clothes. Spare toiletries. Jewellery box.

King sized bed here with huge drawers. Bedding on one side, and all towels on the other.

Suitcases, spare bedding, suit carriers, all the clothes my children have grown out of but keeping for third baby

Wrapping paper, sandals/summer clothes in winter and jumpers in summer. Spare bedding and towels.

Suitcases. Large bags. Toddler bed. Various bits of baby kit, baby gyms, etc.

The plan after all the baby crap is gone is to store seasonal clothes under there.

Spare quilt / pillows, bedding, towels, winter coats, blankets

Spare bedding. Winter coats and jumpers. Blankets. All sealed in vacuum bags.

Out of season clothes, shoes, coats. Small suitcases. Box files of paperwork. Spare school uniform. Space for all the Christmas presents. Christmas books and DVDs. We could fit quite a bit more in.

Spare bedding, towels, blankets, winter clothes and space for Christmas presents!

Bedding and fabric kallax cubes with shoes in! It's great for shoe storage. Then outgrown kids clothes for charity

Skiwear, waterproofs, back packs

Spare bedding and towels, but with fresh cotton scented sheets layered between as find it can get a bit musty...

Then skis, Christmas decorations, cabin sized suitcases, spare laptop screen.., random things really but we live in a flat with very very little storage!

We bought a new bed with ottoman storage in it. We have our bed linen, towels, my shoes and handbags, wrapping paper/giftbags. And bizarrely a 2man pop up tent! 🤣🤣

Spare duvets, bedding and towels.
Christmas decorations
Wrapping paper
Blow up bed
Suitcases
Toilet rolls stores

Shoes and dust bunnies.

Spare sheets and duvets, and an inflatable bed.

Thanks for all the suggestion, I'll be sleeping with my nose touching the ceiling at this rate

Just one word of advice, if you have cats, don't leave the bed open and unattended. I have been woken by a scratching sound from inside my ottoman bed before now and found a pissed off cat in there.

@EverythingDelegated

Just one word of advice, if you have cats, don't leave the bed open and unattended. I have been woken by a scratching sound from inside my ottoman bed before now and found a pissed off cat in there.

Mines got two sections, one side has bed linen and spare pillows the other side has dressing up clothes and wrapping paper 🤷🏼‍♀️