WARNING- This is not a pretty post! But it is practical!
When we bought our house off plan, I immediately realised that the sacrifice to live in such a pretty place, would be that storage space would be limited.
We are a family that needs storage.
Therefore, within 24 hours of completing on the property, ‘The Loft Man” arrived
. Actually, three men turned up, boarded the loft, installed two lights and a ladder, then voila – one usable space was created!
Most things are packed into clear boxes so we can easily see what each contains.
Hanging rails contain dresses that I rarely wear.
Mulled wine glasses are safety stowed until the season calls for them.
There are actually two shoe racks and a box contains my ‘going out’ shoes.
I have a bit of a shoe thing, if you follow me on Instagram you might have seen that I have brought three pairs of the same shoes back off my holidays – sorry – not really ha!
Moving on, I now have somewhere to store the heavy winter coats, in the summer.
There are also hooks for various overnight bags and rucksacks.
First Communion dresses and a shared christening robe are carefully stored at the far end of the space, with the odd evening dress.
Finally, every loft contains Christmas decorations and ours is no exception.
These pictures might look a bit messy but I know where everything is.
This arrangement has made living in our little house possible.
Where do you store such necessities?
Have a lovely day!
Into The Glade! 
Your loft looks highly organised to me!!!! I am generally not allowed into our loft, as hubby likes to do the going up there, the stuff is in boxes, but I am sure that there is a lot of stuff that we don’t need and I am always trying to weed it out! As for what we do, just cram it in all over the place! You always need more storage!!!! xx
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I so need your loft. We have things stored in the wardrobes, on top of the wardrobes, under the beds and even in the boot of our car you can find Ella’s bike lol. I think it’s safe to say we need a bigger place!xx
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It’s so difficult when they are little, there is never enough room because everything is so big and bulky! Ha! Inventive idea for Ella’s bike though xx
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Indeed and they have so very many toys lol. We do try 😘.xx
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I LOVE posts like this – real problem solving! I did a similar post with our understairs cupboard a couple of weeks ago. Great organisation on the storage front too and well done for it getting it sorted so quickly! X #HomeEtc
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Thank you, it really does make a difference x
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Wow what a fab storage space! And really organised too! We have just moved in our new home and have a garage (we never had this before) and a 5th bedroom which I plan to use for extra storage so I am in heaven!! Thanks for sharing yours, this looks great.
Jess x #HomeEtc
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We have used the garage for storage in our last few houses, I was determined not to do it again this time. Thanks for hosting Jess x
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I blooming LOVE the fact that there’s a ‘Loft Man’ — or 3!!! I think we need them to come here!! We have a little storage space in the roof above our ensuite bathroom but I don’t think it’s boarded — or habitable — at the mo. The last time I opened the hatch, lots of ancient bird poo fell out!!!! YUK!! Thanks so much for linking up with #HomeEtc — hope to see you again next week! x
Caro | http://www.thetwinklediaries.co.uk
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Ha! They were three nice/wise men and they had the job done in double quick time. Thanks for hosting lovely x
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This is so organised, I love it! Such a great idea to use your lift space #HomeEtc
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*loft space!
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I knew that’s what you meant, after all, I don’t have a lift 😜 x
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Thank you! It does make such a difference x
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Our loft is full of stuff too – although we’re gradually reducing what’s up there. It was mainly baby things. Goodness knows where we’ll put everything if we do a loft conversion! #HomeEtc
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Oh when we moved we had to get rid of all our baby stuff! We couldn’t ever have a conversion because I just couldn’t give up that much storage space ha! X
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We have a cellar and it is so full of stuff that I don’t know what we would do without it. It is a bit musty, so I don’t like to store clothes there, but kitchen stuff, Christmas decorations, tools, etc. all get stored there. Your attic look A LOT more organised though!
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Fionnuala from http://www.threesonslater.blogspot.com
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Thank you! It is really useful and I’m not sure we could do without it now x
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Ha I got so much stuff in the loft… We too have a problem with storage space and our little loft isn’t quite enough 😦 would really need to de clutter… Yours doesn’t look too bad though! Plenty of space for even more stuff 🙂 #homeetc
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Oh yes, there’s a thought! Room for more shoes ha! Thank you x
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Wow, you are the storage queen! 😉 We have a loft but are not allowed to use it – which is probably a good thing as I’m a terrible hoarder and would most likely fill it up with junk! Xxx
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It looks very organised and probably the best use of loft space I’ve ever seen. We don’t have a loft because we have two bedrooms and a bathroom in our roof, so while that gives us the extra room space we do miss out on storage a bit. We’ve a massive built in wardrobe in the larger bedroom which has things like christmas decs in and our winter coats (actually all our coats) and the spare duvets – the other god send is a divan with drawers 🙂 #homeetc
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