Continuing the mini-tour of our apartment I wanted to share a vignette from our hallway and some more makeshift answers to our lack of storage. As I mentioned before, our apartment has a great amount of living space, but not much storage. This has caused us to have to get creative.
Our bathroom in particular offers little storage room, except for under the sink and a basket we've placed over the toilet. But with boxes of toiletries and stacks of towels and washcloths, we needed more than that provided.
We ended up placing an extra bookshelf in the hall outside the bathroom and turning into a storage station. After buying a few packages of white, cardboard boxes from IKEA (originally intended for coralling CDs), I was able to label each box and organize our toiletries: One box holds all our medicines and first-aid type needs; another hides toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss; another is for shower gels and soaps; another for haircare; and a last one for miscellaneous goods.
Over the bookshelf and our stack of clean towels, I put up a hodge podge of thriftstore-find paintings and framed photographs in a gallery-type arrangement. For a long time, I'd wanted to try something like this, and I like how it gives place and purpose to the bookcase, sitting randomly in our hallway.
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I LOVE your framed art/photo collection, Carmen. Beautiful! I see a bird's nest and birds, too. Yay! :)
ReplyDeleteYour picture arrangement is beautiful! I love old mismatching frames.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Most of them are from thrift stores or the dollar store that I've had for years!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely absolutely absolutely love it!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this. Our last bathroom had no storage as well and I had to get creative too. But THIS is beautiful and brilliant. I love those framed pictures too.
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks! Sometimes I feel a little funny about having a bookshelf in the middle of the hallway, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Better than keeping the extra towels stacked on the back of the toilet, right?!
ReplyDeleteInteresting info! I enjoy reading these types of posts.
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