If you’ve got a window in your bedroom, then you can rest assured that a smartly designed bay-window can definitely help enhance the storage of your home in a smart, sophisticated way. Note that the bay-window design doesn’t have to accommodate a seating space. It can just be used in the capacity of a credenza, like the one featured in this bedroom!

Book cabinets are multipurpose. They can be used to feature more than books. You can showcase your favorite baubles, small collections, and other beloved items on them. They’re a smart way to enhance your storage as well.  Fully concealed bookshelves can be used to stow away daily use items, but the ones that come with glass cases also add to the decorative value of a home.

Sometimes, especially in open floor plans, furniture is used to create separations between different zones of a home. This furniture can also be used to accommodate various storage features. Alternately, it can just be used for décor as well. The end result totally depends on your desired aesthetic.

Any packing master can tell you that compartmentalization is the key to awesome storage, which is why you have to emulate it in all your units. Tall compartments can be used to hang long clothes, larger ones for folded loads, and closed ones for the precious things. The best part is that compartmentalization can make the overall design so much more compact than the open one could be.

 

Horizontal storage also needs to be carefully rationed so that everything can fit nicely into their allocated spaces. The study room and living area are prime locations for this kind of storage. Media consoles and custom designed study desks are the perfect way to emulate horizontal storage ideas in a small amount of space. This image features the perfect hybrid of these two concepts.

The thing no one ever tells you about designing is that there are literally no boundaries – except the ones you set on yourself. So if you want to hook in some extra storage space in your media walls, you can simply stylishly extend your console all the way horizontally, and balance it out with some clever material application and continuation on the upper half to make the whole thing seem seamless.