How to organize and optimize your space.
Does your clutter have more control over your house than you
do? Are the kid’s rooms and guest bedrooms storage units instead of cheerful
dwellings? At Kensington, we have the furniture, the style and the experts to
give you back your home and to take over that scary clutter bug!
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Super cool loft beds add space and style
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Let’s start with bedrooms; I know kids can be
messy at any age so finding the right furniture will solve this problem. Going
with beds that have storage is a great way to maximize the full space of the
room and not cluttering it up with dressers and plastic wheelie carts. Storage
can be under the bed drawers or a head board with compartments. (Captain style
beds are great for the kids and it looks really cool!) Another idea is loft beds;
they are great for removing the size of the bed from the equation and being
able to utilize the entire floor space. Perfect for the office, guest room,
college dorms and studio apartments. An extra great bonus to loft beds is the
fact that you can have two beds and still have room for a desk and seating.
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| Hide away all of that unwanted clutter |
Multipurpose storage furniture is a must
have. Ottomans, coffee tables, end
tables, cabinets, galore. If the room does not have large closets, or the house
is lacking storage space all together, clutter can and will accumulate. Storage
ottomans should become your new best friend. They can replace a coffee table,
add extra seating in the room and hide all that unwanted clutter. You can keep
it simple with a basic storage ottoman or jazz it up and get something that has
your name written all over it. They are both great for storing blankets, board
games or even seasonal decorations. If you place them in a kid’s room or the
play area, they are great for toys but give the kids another cool place to watch
some TV or read a book. Not a fan of storage ottomans? Maybe they do not fit
your style, that’s okay because there are plenty or coffee or cocktail tables,
end tables, and sofa tables that have storage as well. Nesting tables are all a
great way to optimize space by taking them out when guests are over and placing
them back together when they are not needed.
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| Style |
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Practical
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Sleeper sofas: have a den or a study? Even the
main sofa in your living room can be a sleeper. With new trendy fabrics and
designs, sleepers are the perfect way to optimize your space without
sacrificing style! Kensington has sleepers and futons in all sizes and styles
to meet your needs. They really are a great way to provide more space in a room
during the day but the ability to put up your guests for a night. Kensington
offer plenty of styles and options to customize the furniture to match your
style and the amount of space you have to work with.
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| Great room divider |
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Perfect storage opportunity
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Does your home have an open concept but you wish
for a little more separation?
Bookshelves and cubed shelves are a great
room divider without losing the openness of
the room. Double sided book shelves
sold at Kensington are perfect room dividers as
well as a great way to store
your books, serving ware, or knickknacks. You can place them between a dining
room and a living room or wall off a studio apartment without feeling too
cramped. Cubed shelving can create a halve wall in any part of the house or use
it for storage in the den or play room. You can place them back to back or side
by side. Awkward layouts can be fixed if you add shelving behind the couch to
wall it off just enough to create the perfect space.
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| Place it in the room |
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| Hang it on the wall |
How do you make a small room look bigger by
adding pieces to the room? If you use a
large mirror as a piece of art work or accessory it will immediately make the
room feel bigger and brighter. Mirrors reflect light around causing the
illusion that the room is larger than it really is. Keep in mind that if the
space is painted bright neutral colors, the mirror will reflect those colors
brightening the space enough more. A little side trick is using glass cocktail
tables or vases, solid pieces fill the room as where transparent pieces keep it
feeling open.
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Add two more chairs or use it as a desk
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Tables are a great multipurpose piece of
furniture as well. No formal dining room or separate office? How about a multipurpose table. You can use
it as a desk when home browsing the web, but easily slip away the laptop and
serve dinner for four. Are you planning on having more people over? Find a table that has multiple leaves for
seating four to eight guests.
There are endless small room ideas that let you
peacefully live in your home instead of sharing your space with clutter. If you
have a bike that you do not have storage for, you can hang it on the wall. The
Bicycle has great movement and will create an awesome piece of art. Jewelry and
sports equipment? You can hang them as well! Placing hooks on the walls and
filling it with necklaces or your sports gear will give that clutter a new home
and automatically add color and art work around the room.
Storage is a crucial part of organizing, if you don’t have
the tools how are you supposed to do the job. Repurpose, reuse, recycle. If
there is a piece you don’t want in your room any more it is most likely because
you are sick of looking at it. A dresser or a night stand can be painted and used
in another room in the house. Repurposing is not always a chore, when looking
for a desk, a small dining table could work or vice visa. A bedroom hutch could
work great in a dining room. Nightstands for end tables and so on. Design and
functionality can go hand and hand. If your house is the size of a mansion or a
New York apartment, you still have to figure out what works best in each room
and how to maximize the usage of each room.
