Free cheat sheet · Small bedroom

Under the Bed: Yes and No

Under the bed is the biggest hidden storage in a small home, and the easiest to ruin. The rule in our place: if it goes under, it goes in a container, and it is something we need a few times a year.

The sheet, in text

  • Loose items and bags → Low lidded bins, or bins on wheels
  • Shoes you wear every day → Out-of-season shoes, boxed
  • Paperwork and photos → Spare bedding in vacuum bags
  • Anything you need weekly → Off-season clothes and coats
  • Unlabelled boxes → A label on the side that faces out
  • Filling it edge to edge → A gap, so you can pull bins out

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