9 Clever Understairs Storage Hacks For Your Home
Declutter your house by making clever use of the space below the staircase
Wondering what to do with the empty area under the stairs? Design it as a space for extra storage. By installing built-in lockers, drawers, shelves and even custom-built cabinetry, you can transform this often overlooked nook to store books, dry groceries, shoes, clothes, pottery and much more. Here are nine ideas to turn this tucked-away corner into a storage blessing for your home…
Book nook
Create wonderful and compact built-in shelves for keeping your prized books. Depending on the number of books you own, you can decide how big or small you’d like the shelves to be. To make the open-shelving look stylish, as shown in the picture, match the paint of the shelves with the staircase so that it looks like a complete set. Adding drawers at the bottom is a definite value addition since it helps maximise storage.
Ingenious ways in which book racks divide a space
Create wonderful and compact built-in shelves for keeping your prized books. Depending on the number of books you own, you can decide how big or small you’d like the shelves to be. To make the open-shelving look stylish, as shown in the picture, match the paint of the shelves with the staircase so that it looks like a complete set. Adding drawers at the bottom is a definite value addition since it helps maximise storage.
Ingenious ways in which book racks divide a space
Minimal and pretty
The architects of this house – Structures Building Inc – have given simple open shelving under the staircase a new twist by constructing horizontal and vertical built-in shelves for displaying books, hanging bags and storing things in reed baskets.
Genius storage ideas maximise an apartment space
The architects of this house – Structures Building Inc – have given simple open shelving under the staircase a new twist by constructing horizontal and vertical built-in shelves for displaying books, hanging bags and storing things in reed baskets.
Genius storage ideas maximise an apartment space
Stow away
Instead of inserting a fancy cabinet under the stairs, built-in wooden drawers have been made for better organisation. Since the drawers are relatively big, they can be used to keep groceries, house linen, electrical gadgets, and so on. The triangular niche above the drawers is a clever idea: it lightens the visual impact of the stacks of drawers. Here the space has been utilised to display a lovely vase full of fresh flowers.
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Instead of inserting a fancy cabinet under the stairs, built-in wooden drawers have been made for better organisation. Since the drawers are relatively big, they can be used to keep groceries, house linen, electrical gadgets, and so on. The triangular niche above the drawers is a clever idea: it lightens the visual impact of the stacks of drawers. Here the space has been utilised to display a lovely vase full of fresh flowers.
Innovative storage solutions for everyday items
Computer friendly
Now, isn’t that innovative? This work station under the stairs is replete with storage space. The area around the desk has been put to good use with small drawers and cupboards. The grey wood wall, the staircase and the beige work-station area come together beautifully, especially with the subtle lighting shining from underneath individual stair treads.
Tip: Lack of lighting could be a bit of an issue under the staircase. Placing spotlights or a good table lamp, as shown in the picture, might help.
Now, isn’t that innovative? This work station under the stairs is replete with storage space. The area around the desk has been put to good use with small drawers and cupboards. The grey wood wall, the staircase and the beige work-station area come together beautifully, especially with the subtle lighting shining from underneath individual stair treads.
Tip: Lack of lighting could be a bit of an issue under the staircase. Placing spotlights or a good table lamp, as shown in the picture, might help.
A cellar so good
The architect of the house, Brillo Home Improvements, has managed to fit in a wine rack, a fridge, a black granite sink and cupboards in that tiny space beneath the small staircase. The puck lights highlight the stacked-stone wall and warm, wooden cladding while the fish hooks and wall art remind us of the interior of a rustic ranch.
Tip: Wine needs to be kept in a temperature-controlled area. Hence, it’s best advised to seek help from a wine company or a sommelier.
The architect of the house, Brillo Home Improvements, has managed to fit in a wine rack, a fridge, a black granite sink and cupboards in that tiny space beneath the small staircase. The puck lights highlight the stacked-stone wall and warm, wooden cladding while the fish hooks and wall art remind us of the interior of a rustic ranch.
Tip: Wine needs to be kept in a temperature-controlled area. Hence, it’s best advised to seek help from a wine company or a sommelier.
The perfect bar
The bespoke cabinet bar by Porebski Architects, with sturdy shelves and shiny barware, is perfect for people who love to entertain. Apart from optimum utilisation of space under the stairs, the bar fits like a glove with the white interior. In fact, the white beautifully offsets the unusual combination of the dark-brown bar, the dark-grey flooring and the black wooden centre table.
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The bespoke cabinet bar by Porebski Architects, with sturdy shelves and shiny barware, is perfect for people who love to entertain. Apart from optimum utilisation of space under the stairs, the bar fits like a glove with the white interior. In fact, the white beautifully offsets the unusual combination of the dark-brown bar, the dark-grey flooring and the black wooden centre table.
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Secret drawer
For those who are really hard pressed for space, this brilliant hack of concealing shoes in the stairs is a real boon. The small LED lights on the white wall ensure that shoes can be found anytime, night or day.
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For those who are really hard pressed for space, this brilliant hack of concealing shoes in the stairs is a real boon. The small LED lights on the white wall ensure that shoes can be found anytime, night or day.
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Hanging up
Here, the vintage coat rack gets a modern makeover from California Closets. Instead of using the entire space for hanging clothes, the architect has cleverly divided the area to accommodate a small seating area, open compartments to store daily essentials, drawers and small wall cupboards. The black-and-white flooring, the wall paintings and the chandelier complement the clothes corner, making it all come cohesively together.
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How to Make the Most of the Space Under the Stairs for Storage
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Here, the vintage coat rack gets a modern makeover from California Closets. Instead of using the entire space for hanging clothes, the architect has cleverly divided the area to accommodate a small seating area, open compartments to store daily essentials, drawers and small wall cupboards. The black-and-white flooring, the wall paintings and the chandelier complement the clothes corner, making it all come cohesively together.
No built-in wardrobe? Here are 7 solutions
Read more:
How to Make the Most of the Space Under the Stairs for Storage
Tell us:
Do you have any inventive ideas for storing under the stairs? Share in the Comments section below…
New York-based Raad Studio designed the LED-lit, slidable black pull-out wooden drawers under the stairs of this home. Such an arrangement of drawers seems ideal for this man’s den so that he can have quick access to his things. As seen in the picture, he can use one drawer for hanging shirts and the other for storing accessories.
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