Beautifying your Walls with Storage!

All images from Better Homes and Gardens

Storage has come a long way from consisting of square bookshelves and plain shelving from years ago. Today, organization and storage is as important as decor and often becomes the functional decoration of the room! From colorful architectural niches in the wall to hanging baskets, get inspiration to store it on your wall!

Colorful additions:

Storage on the walls is a great way to introduce colors – whether complimenting or contrasting. Use contrasting color inside of cubby hole shelving for a dynamic and eye catching design idea. Use coordinating baskets and storage bins to add another layer of visual interest to your storage wall.

 

Eye catching focal point: Why not transform an entire wall with functional and eye-catching storage ideas? Organization stores have a wide variety of shelving configurations to fit your design style. From traditional to ultra modern, use a wall shelving unit to intermingle decorative vases, collectibles, books and add pops of color where needed.

Wall storage should be an extension of your personality and can act as an extra piece of furniture to your space. Whether it’s as simple as shelving affixed to a wall to intricate built-ins that can transform your wall, every piece of wall storage is valuable. It helps make more room for your family to live and enjoy your home and it creates a welcoming focal point for all of your memories, decor and colorful additions. 

Enjoy creating beautiful ‘wallscapes’ of storage!

Renia

Finding Hidden Treasures Under the Stairs

One of the most useful spaces and often forgotten areas for hidden storage is under your stairs! While many homeowners use the space for stashing old boxes there has been a trend in interiors to make this area a useful part of your home. Whether you want to use it for function, like a mudroom with a bench and storage area, or you have enough room for a powder room; look at these great ways to take advantage of the hidden space below your stairs.

Finding function under the risers

Under stair area is almost like a bonus room to your home. It can be treated as that extra area of functionality that you’ve always wanted. It can make a perfect area for your pet’s bed, or it can house your children’s extra toys and roll around play items that you like to be out of sight when guests come over. If you are fortunate to have enough height under your stair, consider using it for a powder room or some call a half bathroom. You can never have too many bathrooms, right?

  

Summer house inspiration

Another hidden treasure about the space under stairs is the ability to bring themed decoration into your hidden area. For summer and beach homes, how creative it is to bring in nautical elements with rope, anchor ties, and boating elements to your stair? While the space under the stair can be outfitted with wood batten doors to carry out the nautical theme and provide privacy for a bathroom or storage spot for tucked away items.

Under your stairs lies an area full of creative options waiting for you. This functional and often forgotten area can add storage, a playful refuge for your pets, or can be used as an office away from the rest of the house! Ensure you have enough space and height for what you want to accomplish. Even if it’s only a small space, you’d be surprised what a few built in shelves and drawers can do. It can transform your under stair area into instant decorative display. Let me know what creative uses you come up with in your home!

Renia

 

 
 

Wardrobe is a girl’s best....room!

Let’s face it ladies, is there any room in your home that you love to spend more time in than your closet? Whether you’d like it to be bigger, more organized, or it to have a bigger wardrobe, your closet area speaks volumes about you. It’s always fun to look at other wardrobe closets to get ideas of how to improve yours….trust me, there is always a way to add or enhance upon what you already have. Here are some ideas to implement in your wardrobe closet.

Organization is key

While we would all like a larger closet, organization is actually more important than size. For organization gives you the ability to go in, choose what you want, get dressed and be on to other tasks in your day. Organization of shoes, hanging garments, folded garments, jewelry, dressy and casual attire, the list goes on. Choose organization shelving and drawers to match your lifestyle and clothing.

Make your wardrobe closet comfortable

Your closet will get a lot of foot traffic from you. In fact, many women spend more time choosing their clothes than any other room in the house! Ensure your closet area is comfortable with seating options, plenty of mirrors, and natural light if possible. Natural light will help you see how you will look in ‘real light”, and it will also help you feel better as you decide on your wardrobe choices. If you have space, bring in collectibles, pictures, and artwork to personalize your closet area.

  

Your wardrobe closet is more than a utilitarian space. It is a room of your home that helps you create your signature style. Create a closet that is inspiring to walk into everyday. Bring in coordinating colors from your adjacent bedroom, lamps, and small amenities from your living room areas to make your closet one of a kind. Assess your lifestyle and how much time you spend in your closet. The sky is the limit in choosing beautiful colors, display, and organization touches!

Renia

 

 

THEY DESERVE A PLACE IN OUR HOME AND IN OUR HEART!

Our pets are cherished as much as our own children, and often times keeping up with them and their organization can be a challenge! 

I renovated a house with a garden lately and the lady of the house had asked me to find a solution for her cat’s to enter in and out of the garden. To solve her dilemma, I made a very small swing door at the bottom of her kitchen door that locks also for the night!

She loved how it worked for her cat and I was so pleased to find a solution that worked for her and her pet. From that experience and from my own dog experience (I have a 13 year-old pequinese dog) I realized my readers could benefit from some pet organization ideas and solutions. I hope you find this post useful! 

A place for everyone

Whether you are organizing for people or pets, the idea of having a place for everything doesn’t change. Since most pets don’t clean up after themselves, we need helpful solutions to make your pet access their area easily and still make your interiors look great. Determine what the lifestyle is of your pets. Whether they are indoor or outdoor, and how large of an area they need for eating, playing and resting. Design your home to reflect their lifestyle and yours! The eating area can be customized into your kitchen cabinetry, or can be hidden in clever wall and furniture units.

Comfortable and stylish sleeping areas

Determine if your furry family member needs his or her own bed, or if an integrated area within a communal area is ideal. For larger pets consider if you need the ability to close them off, or if the sleeping quarters can be open to the rest of your home. The possibilities are endless for your pet, look at these ideas:

Easy access

When planning your pet’s area, ensure there is easy access for your pets to feel independent and happy to roam. Creative solutions can mean adapting pet doors, customizing cabinetry, and even designing a pet area of your home that is solely adaptable for your pet. Ensure this area works for the rest of your family too.

And this is my lady!!! She is a Pequinese and she been with our family for 13 years now.She is nice and sweet… and likes to hide among the pillows :)

Organize and design your home with your pet in mind. While it may seem frivolous, your pet brings you and your family joy and ensuring your home allows for both of you to enjoy your interiors is essential. Let me know if you have any other pet organization and interior ideas you’ve tried in your home, I’d love to try out some new ideas!

Renia