When it comes to living, storage is always an everlasting topic. Most people hope their home is neat and well organized, and also expect to spend less time and energy on sorting out things. Moreover, they do not want their valuable house being occupied by sundries.
It's hard to make you learn how to break or throw away things, how to control your desires, and how to possess the right amount of belongings. So we hope to help you to plan the storage space to make your home neat and clean by professional design. As a result, many people are now customizing more and more cabinets, hoping to store all the clutter well.
But，is it true that more cabinets will be better?
Secret 1
The most ideal storage area in a room = 20 ％ of room area
Do you think that minimalism style means there is no cabinet and clutter in a house? Definitely not.
According to the needs of ordinary families, at least 10% room space for storage for small and medium-sized houses is necessary. But if it exceeds 20%, people will feel crowded when living inside.
▲Centralized storage by one wall will be tidier than the scattered ones.
Secret 2 The “2/8 rule”
The so-called "2/8 rule" refers to the cabinet design which includes 80% cabinet with doors and 20% open cabinet, to create the harmony of aesthetics and practicality visually.
▲It should be reminded that the open panel should be placed in the usual height range accessible by hand, which is convenient for reaching objects and daily cleaning.
Secret 3 Built-in cabinet = Looks slim
One of the advantages of built-in cabinet is that it can be integrated with the house, taking full use of the distorted corner to create a whole cabinet that is flush with the wall, which not only modifies the room shape, but also save space.
▲There is a concave on the wall in dining room. A customized full wall cabinet is a good choice to fill the wall. In this case, you can get a large sideboard with 3㎡capacity.
▲Taking full use of the doorway to make an up-to-ceiling cabinet will help you to enlarge the storage space at least 1㎡, which enables to put paper towels, laundry liquid and other household goods.
Secret 4 Up-to-ceiling=Looks tall
Many people think that the up-to-ceiling cabinets will definitely look heavy and depressing. In fact, if you follow the three principles below, the cabinet will be looked thin but with good capacity.
★ Cabinet door width < height
★ Handle: push-pull or long handle
★ Cabinet door: light color or transparent glass
▲Long door shape design will have high and thin visual effect. In contrast, it looks heavier if the cabinet is not to ceiling.
▲The transparent glass can also create the effect of light and thin visual effect without pressure.
Secret 5 Storage Secrets
"Storage"
It means putting the most commonly used things in the most convenient position.
For example, children like playing in the living room, but the toy cabinet is in the children's room. Over time, the toy will spread throughout the living room and the toy cabinet will be leave unused.
The essence of storage: Specify the proper position for each item.
If the wardrobe for couple which lacks a reasonable partition, may cause the "family war" because of the trivia. For example, husbund can't found the socks, or the wife complain husbund's belts take up the position of her bag.
Customize shoe cabinet to fit your shoes
Loose shoe cabinet with fixed shelves inside is not so practical to keep shoes because the height of different shoes is various. In this case, customized shoe cabinet is a good choice.
▲With adjustable shelves, you can put the frequently used shoes to the most convenient position. And also there is a specific space for bags, umbrellas and baby carriage, which helps to keep the shoe cabinet clean and well organized.
In total, it doesn't mean that the more cabinets, the better. Only those cabinets which can help to make your home tidy and well organized are the good ones.