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Home Storage Ideas: Stylish Ways to Stow Away Everyday Clutter

As storage needs increase, getting clever with our furniture choices can keep our belongings out of sight but easy to access.

January happens to be the time of year when the sudden absence of Christmas decorations and the slight increase in daylight starts to show up our interiors shortcomings, including shabby paint work made worse by winter months of open fires usually being the culprit. 

New Year resolutions for home lovers are less about hitting the gym and tend to revolve more around decluttering, storage and, as the weeks progress, some good old fashioned spring cleaning. 

Post-Christmas Decluttering and Storage Solutions

Storage is likely to take priority as the Christmas decorations come down, broken baubles are slung out, and the determination not to stuff metres of fairy lights back in the storage box in a tangle this year but carefully wound around a piece of cardboard, means you’re ready to go when next Christmas comes round. 

But what we rarely factor in post festive season is the volume of new products that Santa Claus brought down the chimney; toys, books and gadgetry among them. All need to be homed whether it’s stowing in the attic or finding space downstairs for day to day access. 

Storage doesn’t have to consist of plastic lidded containers, although these are invaluable for putting things used infrequently out of sight in the attic or garage, but growing storage needs mean we need to think about our furniture purchases and maximising their use.

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Lyra Dark Natural Oak Slide Door Desk

Sideboards and Display Units for Dining and Living Spaces

New glasses and tablewares need careful storing, particularly if you’d rather have special occasion and partyware out of sight behind closed doors, safe from the rigours of everyday life and the chip-inducing dishwasher. A sideboard like the modern Calia is specially designed to take care of that, with its handy mix of drawers for napery and cutlery, and shelved cupboards for wares. The ample surface offers plenty of opportunity for curating little vignettes of vases, candlesticks and plant life. 

If you want to keep your glass and wares safe and dust-free but they’re worth noticing, the Camille display unit is a mix of glass fronted doors to show off the good crystal to which you’ve applied your best styling skills, with some solid door cupboards for things you’d prefer to keep out of sight.

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Kona Natural Light Oak Wooden Display Cabinet

Drinks Cabinets and Storage for Entertaining

The next consideration is the accumulation of bottles of wine and spirits gifted over Christmas which might now be attracting dust on kitchen counters, so a little New Year splurge for the connoisseur might prompt a purchase of the Indus drinks cabinet. 

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Kona Natural Light Oak Wooden Wine Cabinet

Bookcases and Open Shelving for Modern Homes

In a houseful of readers and cooks, biographies, crime novels and cookbooks have probably featured large in Santa’s swag, and while some of them have made their way onto a bedside table, eventually they’ll need a permanent home. 

Bookcases and open shelving are no longer crammed full of our favourite tomes like a library but are also home to objét d’art to break up the density of books and provide some irresistible styling sessions. 

Spring for something a little quirky that also makes a style statement in the living room or even in a larger hallway with the Camden rustic oak. Its A-frame legs set it apart from the typical bookcase look. In the same range, the design quirkiness continues with the Camden chequered cabinet and its mix of cupboards and shelving cubes. 

But if you like a touch of industrial try the pared back Indus shelving unit. Get creative if you have a long blank wall to fill and opt for the Hudson with its open shelves and low-level cupboards and run two or three of them together in a row for a ‘70s shelving look. 

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Quest Dark Pine Wooden Bookcase

Bedroom Storage Furniture: Ottoman Beds and Clever Solutions

Bedrooms have a huge requirement for storage, not just for clothes and shoes but spare bed linen too. The Stella ottoman bed frame is hiding storage under the mattress and the perfect place to keep spring and summer duvets along with clothes you’re not likely to need until warmer weather arrives. 

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Stella Beige 5ft Ottoman Storage Bedframe

Multi-Functional Furniture with Hidden Storage

Anything to do with storage inevitably leads us to multi-functional furniture. Storage boxes and ottomans can double up as seats and footstools. The Spencer fabric storage bench adds a touch of luxury to a bedroom while also being a seat. In a living room, the Alana footstool might be just what’s needed to sling small toys after the kiddies are in bed and the living room becomes grown-up space. 

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