Here are some ways we’re sneaking storage into our space.

The coffee table has extra storage for remotes and magazines. It’s a repurposed piano bench that works perfectly in our small space.

Our pantry is pulling double duty as a microwave cart. We were worried where the microwave would live once we got here (I’m not sure what that says about us!). We used to keep it in our pantry at our last house and thankfully that worked here too! It definitely helps keeps our small amount of counterspace free.

Do you have any sneaky storage at your place? Feel free to share your tips!

I love to read and we both had a ton of books that needed a home. We decided to add built in shelves. This was really inexpensive and relatively easy. I say that because I was mainly the photographer and the painter. Doug (the handyman extraordinaire) and Matt handle the demo and rebuild. But in all honesty, they framed out the shelves and the actual shelves are pre-cut and sized from Menards.

Here they are cutting out the wall to make way for the shelves

All framed up!

All painted up and ready for accessories. FYI-this is before we installed new floors.

After- A new reading corner. I added our books and the baskets are a perfect place to stash magazines and other what nots. The pew was an addition from Matt’s Aunt Pam and Uncle Bart. They were downsizing and gifted it to us. I stripped all 372 layers of paint on it and stained it to match our other furniture. I love it!

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