When you need more space in your home, there are numerous choices to consider and your budget will point you in the right direction. You can re-purpose existing space like an attic or basement, which is more cost effective than putting on an addition which  requires excavation, a foundation, framing and roofing.

Sometimes you just need more visual space and you can achieve that by changing the configuration of your walls or eliminating them altogether. Many homeowners are opening up their kitchens to one/more adjoining rooms with kitchen/family rooms and kitchen/dining room being the most popular. Last and most expensive, you can add more living space (square footage) to your existing home. READ MORE

Linen closets provide great storage space in your home. The most common things stored in a linen closet are extra supplies for nearby bedrooms along with bathroom supplies. You might keep extra towels, a spare shower curtain, pillows, sheets and blankets in your linen closet and when you use them infrequently, it’s fairly easy to keep them organized.

What’s Hiding in Your Linen Closet?

When you buy in bulk or have a hard time letting go of things, you end up storing items in places that don’t lend themselves to being found. If you store kitchen overflow, laundry supplies or winter clothing in your linen closet, you’re not likely to find them when you need them. READ MORE

Bathrooms are really small. They’re the smallest rooms in the house and we try to stuff an incredible amount of “stuff” into our bathrooms.  The problem with too much stuff … is you can’t find what you want, when you want or need it. If you’ve had this problem, you’ll want to explore with us, how you can find and/or create more storage in your bathroom.

Adding hooks to the back of your door is a perfect solution for storing extra towels. Most of the time, the door is open and noone will even see what’s hanging behind the door unless you’re in the bathroom. Depending on your door style, you can install hooks on the top and bottom of your door which is very helpful with young children. Hooks are available as singles, doubles or there is quite a selection of multiple hook fixtures such as the one shown here (purchased at Lowes). READ MORE

This kitchen window seat was a winner, adding seating and storage for over sized kitchen pots. The homeowner originally wanted to add a matching kitchen cabinet with open shelving on the angled sides.

We looked at the framing required around the cabinet to support the weight of 2 or 3 people sitting there, and explained how much space would be lost to frame and integrate 3 components. Several sketches later and everyone agreed that a custom window seat would provide maximum storage with a white cabinet painted to match the shutters. READ MORE

Are your garage and basement organized or full of clutter? Do you have enough shelves so everyone in the family knows where to put things and more important, where to find things when needed? Too often and especially when company is coming, people hide their clutter in the garage or basement. It’s quick and you can close the door so no one sees the clutter.

Guess what? Rarely does anyone remember to go back and sort out the clutter, so the piles keep growing. Even worse is when it’s too difficult to find something, you go out and buy another … you can fill in the blank! Let’s look at some simple shelving you can put in any basement or garage, so you can find what you need next time. READ MORE

We never seem to have enough storage in our homes, as we like to collect … things! Some homes come with generous storage while others never seem to have enough storage. The problem is often exacerbated in condominiums which have smaller rooms. Imagine a 3 bedroom condo with a single, kitchen pantry on the first floor so we needed to find more storage solutions.

Our customer bought a 3 bedroom condo and working with our interior decorator, Jennifer Myers, we came up with numerous ideas for adding storage. It turned out this client was much more interested in places to display collections than functional things like hanging coats. Here are ideas we shared … READ MORE