5 Bedroom Storage Ideas

Despite its limited square footage, Denise Schipani’s first apartment had very high ceilings. So when she and her husband ran out of storage space, they looked skyward. "We installed deep shelves high above our heads," she says. "They were great for stuff you don't need often, like luggage and boxes of off-season clothes."

To avoid extending shelves into the room itself, consider removing some drywall and creating recessed spaces between the studs. You can add doors to enclose them or install shallow shelf inserts.

If you have limited space around the bed, ditch the bedside tables in favor of a headboard with cabinets to hold lamps, books and glasses. Look for tall, narrow dressers and armoires and corner cabinets to stretch your small bedroom’s storage space. Opt for a compact entertainment center for your TV, stereo, and related media, or free up floor space by wall-mounting towers for DVDs and CDs.