【新家收納整理EP2】狹小公寓櫥櫃DIY增加收納空間/ 給老公做張極簡”辦公桌”/沒空間也要創造空間

Two months ago, we moved from a 125-square-meter house to a small 70-square-meter apartment, and storage space is very limited. The most powerful storage solution is this small cabinet in the living room. It took some effort to transfer items from the 4-square-meter storage room in our previous home to this small cabinet. The storage space design in our previous home was perfect. Whether it was the entrance, kitchen storage room, rooms, or closets, the structure was wide left-to-right and shallow front-to-back. This way, no storage space was wasted, and it was very smooth to use. The new home's cabinet structure is narrow left-to-right and deep front-to-back, almost a square, which is the most difficult type to use 💦. It's hard to take items out, it gets messy easily, and it wastes storage space. To measure the dimensions, I took out the middle shelf. Items were temporarily placed in the living room. The cabinet only had four shelves, which I found insufficient. I decided to DIY and add two more shelves. I needed to buy dowels of the same size. At the home center, you can find the dowels size; ours is 5mm. Just buy the corresponding size. I bought three wooden boards, costing about 9000 yen and asked the store to cut them to the required size. The staff cut all three boards for us smoothed the edges. . Heading back home - it was so hot outside, I didn't want to go out 💦 These two shelves are for the cabinet, size 58cm x 55cm. The dowels I bought look like this. Insert them into the existing holes, three in a row. Find the correct distance and insert three dowels on the opposite side. The additional shelf can now be placed. Success 🎉. There was a bit of trouble when placing the original bottom shelf. It was obstructed by these two objects, and the board couldn't go down 😱 By moving the top shelf up a bit and trying different directions, finally found the trick. Tilting it upward at the front avoided the obstructions. The additional shelf was also put back in place. Transferred the items, just roughly placed them for now, still need to organize properly. Cereal and other food items really need a dedicated shelf, so I moved the bottom shelf down two notches and added another shelf. Adjusted the position of the dowels All shelf movements and additions are complete two more shelves added, greatly increasing the storage space 👏. [Shelf size] Length (left-to-right): 58cm, Width (front-to-back): 55cm. Four MUJI file boxes (three large, one small) can fit inside. Items are categorized and placed inside the file boxes: here, sugars and alcoholic beverages are stored. Originally, opened rock sugar was stored in a fresh-keeping box, but to save space, I replaced it with a ziplock bag. Grains and beans: various beans were also stored in fresh-keeping boxes before, but now there isn't enough space for these boxes, so I replaced them with ziplock bags. Powders, including flour, takoyaki powder, tempura powder, soy flour, etc. Noodles, such as spaghetti and somen. An unexpected issue! The spaghetti storage box was too long and couldn't fit. I swapped its position with the bottom shelf. Problem solved ✌️. This area is for party supplies and snacks. move the piping bags and paper cups to the party supplies section. Here are straws, bamboo chopsticks, paper bags, and oil-absorbing paper. Bagged food items are placed directly into the storage cabinet. Transferring food items like cereal into uniform fresh-keeping boxes would indeed be more organized and aesthetically pleasing. However, if appearance isn't a concern, ziplock bags can be used directly without the need to add another chore of transferring ingredients into specialized fresh-keeping boxes. The added shelves are relatively thin and don't support as much weight as the original ones. This shelf is used for storing light foods. Whole bags of Korean seaweed are easier to handle if removed from their large packaging. The number of fresh-keeping boxes in the refrigerator has been reduced from over ten to four. Tablecloths and placemats have been reduced by half. These are the few essentials that remain after decluttering. Bento box dividers: the downside of deep cabinets is that items at the back are hard to reach. The solution is to leave some space at the front so you can easily move items and access those at the back. A blender and food processor, leaving only these frequently used items. Tall wine bottles can be placed horizontally. Use bookends to prevent them from sliding. Bento boxes. MUJI electronic scales can also be stored vertically with the help of bookends. Taller items can be placed horizontally. Items/foods that are not frequently used are placed high up, all in a basket, making it easy to pull everything out at once. In the front space, place more commonly used items like the deep fryer and the enamel box for salads. Less frequently used glass baking dishes are placed on the top shelf. Baking tools that are not often used are placed at the topmost, innermost position, reduced from over twenty items to four or five 💦. The BRUNO electric griddle remains. Don't waste the remaining front space. Folded triangular garbage bags and photography tools can be placed there. Leave some space so it doesn’t interfere with accessing items at the back. This setup is somewhat like a mechanical parking garage in a city mansion, where you have to wait for other cars to move when retrieving or parking your car. This can be quite troublesome. However, it’s also a good way to think about space utilization. At times like this, I really appreciate the convenience of parking in a standalone house! Organization and storage are complete~ 🤗. uch a large space needs to be subdivided into smaller spaces to fully utilize it and store as many items as possible. Next, I want to solve the issue of utilizing the MUJI drawers. It always feels like a waste not to utilize the space above the drawers. If items are placed directly on top, the middle tends to sag So, I cut a board to the size of the MUJI drawer. One edge is rounded. It can be used as a bedside table or a desk. It can also serve as a workspace for my husband when he occasionally works remotely. Although the conditions are a bit tougher compared to our previous home 😆, it still feels quite cozy 💛 Using a wooden board can save space by serving as an extra table in a small home, highly recommended!