Welcome to part two of our three part series on how to clean and maintain your
small space. In this video, we are going to talk about how to maximize the square
footage you do have, by coming up with some interesting and unique storage ideas.
I'm going to walk you through some of the coolest storage products designed
specifically for small spaces. You could either buy these, or you could look up DIY
versions for yourself. All right, let's get to it.
With small square footage, kitchen and bathroom storage certainly does come at a
premium. I know because I did live in a pretty small condo for a while, and I had
to deal with that myself. Something I didn't consider, but I kind of wish I did
were these shelf expanders. In a kitchen in a condo you've got limited shelf space,
so you have to figure out how to maximize that. These shelf expanders literally
double up the space that you do have. So you can store more plates, cups, cans and
other dry goods. Now, the thing to keep in mind here, is you don't need as much stuff
in a condo that you have in a house. If it's only one or two of you living in the
condo, you don't need a full set of eight dishes. Maybe just stick to four or six.
For canned goods, don't grocery shop and get huge purchases. Just pick up what you
need, store it, and then replenish as you go. You can pick up more expensive
versions of these wire racks with plastic and rubber grips and pretty things, but
honestly these serve the purpose. They're cheap and I like them.
Now if you want to get really crazy and use some space that would otherwise never
be used, pick up one of these. It's an over cabinet storage basket, it just hangs
on the edge your cupboard it gives you some extra space. You can store saran wrap
boxes, oil and vinegar, condiments, or anything else that will fit into this
basket. The idea is, you're just getting some free space.
Next up on our quest for maximizing our small space, we are making friends with
the back of our door. This is a really cool unit that we picked up. It was about
$40, and it actually extends all the way down. We just only put it in half way, and
as you can see we hung it up on the back of this door using space we otherwise
wouldn't have had access to. It's providing a whole bunch of extra storage
for cleaning products, we've got our paper towels here, you can also use this for
laundry. You can put your detergent any stain removers, any fabric softener
products. This is great, and I also have a hook here which I'm using just to hang a
cloth but you can honestly use it to hang other things like jackets, or if you have
a mop with a hook handle on it you can use that too.
Now if you want to get extra creative, and not spend as much money, you can pick up
one of these. A lot of people talk about these. They are shoe organizers, they're
fairly inexpensive, and they will free up a lot of extra space for you to store all
kinds of interesting things. Again, maximizing that space on the back of your
door.
Condos are notorious for super small closets, and you know what? We've got to
make the most of what space we have. Now there are tons of products that I could
talk about. I'm going to cover them on our blog cleanmyspace.com/smallspaces. So you
can check out all kinds of ideas, including extra storage space going up,
and storage space going down. But here, I'm going to talk about specifically, how
to maximize your wire hanging rack. To kick things off, we'll talk about these
teeny-tiny, narrow little hangers. These are amazing because per inch they get more
hangers on your wire rack and who doesn't want to store more clothes in their
closet? I mean, I do.
The next thing I love, are these S hooks. You can pick these up anywhere, I got this
idea from retail stores. They are fabulous because, you can hang multiple pairs of
pants on there which is great. You can also use them to hang bags and scarves,
really brilliant and a very inexpensive solution. Finally, I really love these
this is from my bedroom, it is a hanger with six sub-hangers. So you can get extra
clothing without taking up extra hanging space. It looks great and streamlined and
slim and you look cool and you get more stuff in your closet. So I think these
three things are really great to consider when you're figuring out your closet
solutions for small space. I want to go back to the concept for a
minute here about the fact that yes we're trying to maximize our small space but at
the same time we have to remember that we have to slim down our stuff before we go out and buy these
storage solutions. So I've got up tons more ideas up on
cleanmyspace.com/smallspaces. I couldn't cover them all here today for you, but
check out that blog post where you'll see lots more cool products, as well as some
DIY ideas. There's a button down there that lets me know you care, so click it if
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installment of this series, part three and that's coming up real soon! Thanks so much
for watching, and we'll see you next time!
Here we are at the end of the video where I get to share with you two other videos
that I think you're going to love so I have two videos on folding. It is all
about how to save space and how to fold neatly and efficiently. That is something
you're going to need in a small space, so you can check out part one and part two
right over there. Remember to check out our blog cleanmyspace.com for all kinds of
cool cleaning information and remember to stay tuned for part three of this series.
I know you're going to love it! See you next time!