Home tour: storage ideas from a small-space home
Maximising your storage can make your whole home less cluttered and more functional. Mercedes uses smart storage and organisation to make life easier in her compact apartment. Here are her ideas for each room.


1. Open up your kitchen storage. Smart storage doesn’t mean everything has to be hidden away. Keep crockery and kitchen utensils stacked on a long shelf and in open boxes on the worksurface, so everyday items are easy to reach while preparing food.
6. Encourage creativity. Make it easy for kids to find inspiration in their bedroom. Mercedes’ daughter Emília (6) has shelves and boxes around her desk for all her colourful art supplies and toys. She picks out new pictures for her walls every few weeks and Mercedes helps her display them using washi tape.
We love to see our customers get creative with our products. Go for it! But please note that altering or modifying IKEA products so they can no longer be re-sold or used for their original purpose, means the IKEA commercial guarantees and your right to return the products will be lost.
Made by
Interior stylist: Sam Grigg
Photographer: Ben Robertson