As you know our family will soon become a family of four and if I’m like the majority of pregnant woman I will start nesting in preparation for the new arrival. Well, the thing is, I’m quite an untidy person. Yep, I’ll put my hands up and say I’m messy. Don’t get me wrong, the mess is organised and I know where things are, it’s just usually in a few piles around the house! Lets call it organised chaos. 😉
Well, enough is enough. We have a small house and it needs to be adapted to make room for the many products a baby needs. Lamb has his own kitchen cupboard and baby will need one too. The thing is, they are all full – overflowing even. His bedroom lacks storage yet we will have a whole new collection of clothing, nappies, muslins, bibs etc to find a home for.
It’s time for me to ‘nest’. I’m looking at ways or adding storage here and there.
We are very lucky to have a cellar. A cellar that was renovated by the previous owners and is a usable room. Laminate flooring, electricity and heating. Not like your typical cellar.
For the nearly 5 years we’ve lived here the cellar has been used for storage. Christmas decorations, multiple prams, gym equipment. When Lamb was born I realised I desperately needed a tumble dryer so we have that and our freezer down there, and since launching my brand I began using it to store my leggings.
Things were getting a little out of control and we needed more storage racks and I’ve been asking hubby for a work surface for months. My super duper in laws love a project, especially if it involves home improvements, and last weekend they kindly reorganised everything down there. My father in law is a DIY whizz and built me the most amazing work surface that sits over the tumble dryer and freezer. He also gave me another set of shelving racks to store my boxes of leggings.
Having that room organised has really lifted a weight off my shoulders. I’ll soon have tonnes more laundry to sort and now I can use the work surface to keep the piles of clean washing neat and tidy for when I have the time to put it away. No more screwed up piles on the floor!
My leggings are beautifully organised into different tubs meaning it’s nice and easy for me to access when I get orders, like this week, when I had 10 to pack up after going on sale.
My wonderful father in law has also built me some shelves above my cellar stairs. Such a clever idea! I can now keep small items like medicine bottles in little tubs and free up some cupboard space in the kitchen for the baby. I’ve also decided to keep cereal boxes on the top shelf as these take up so much room in the kitchen! There’s so much you keep in a kitchen, but rarely need, so I’ve found these shelves so helpful already. I’m sure I’ll swap things around until I find the perfect balance of what I want in the cupboards and on the shelves but at least baby has his own cupboard now!
We are also going to be putting coat hooks along the lefthand side wall above the cellar stairs so I can hang things like spare carrier bags and winter coats. The little ledge along the side will probably become home to our wellies boot too. 🙂
I love how much difference these little changes have made to organising my clutter. Let me know of any clever little storage solutions you’ve done in your home that I might be able to do too.
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Your cellar sounds amazing! I want one 😉 We are lucky that we have storage in the eves of our house so we have chests of drawers in there for summer/ winter clothes when not in use and boxes of baby clothes Bella has now outgrown! Looks like you’re getting super organised, it really does make you feel so much better when everything has a proper home!! xo
Your father-in-law is an absolute genius. Can he come over to our house please? Those shelves are just brilliant. We are still contemplating having our basement converted. At the moment, we don’t know whether we will just use it as a good storage room/ utility room or we will develop it into a play room for the kids. But we need more space too. Who knew that having two children would take up so much more room?! I think that I need to get into serious nesting mood and KonMari our house before Little Mister H arrives. Hugs Lucy xxxx
I absolutely love your A-Z blogger challenge. Your house looks organized, unlike mine lol x
Oh what I would give to have a cellar. It’s so handy and a lack in Ireland. When I was still in Germany we had a huge cellar with 3 rooms. I have to look out for one in our new house.
It looks great and I love how organised everything is! I’d love a cellar, so I would have enough room to sort washing etc, without taking over the other rooms in our house! x
Wow you’ve really transformed that space!! It looks awesome.
I want a cellar if it looks like this and not cold and dark. Those shelves are a fab idea, you are lucky to have DIY people in your family x
This is brilliant, your fatherinlaw is a genius! You’re right, having a new baby means needing more storage space, I need to make space in our kitchen too somehow. Have no cellar but will figure something out! X
You’ve just made me want a cellar! Or just another room for stuff! I love a good clear out and tidy-up- some great storage solutions! My best buy was the ikea wooden storage with plastic boxes that slide in and out (we’ve got several of different shapes and sizes), they are fab for the kids toys and are still being used by my 10 year old for crafty stuff! xx