Do you need a little inspiration to keep spaces in your home organized? ClosetMaid is here to share with you new ways to keep your home organized in a convenient, but attractive way for your lifestyle. With many new storage trends, you’ll be sure to find an organization style that works for you and your home.
Today’s homeowners, on average, can be expected to stay in the same home for 10-13 years – a significant increase compared to the period prior to the housing downturn in 2008 when the average stay was 6-9 years. As a result, more and more homeowners and homebuyers are expecting their homes to reflect their personalities. In fact, storage trends are falling right in line with lifestyle trends and preferences.
Enter Trend: Open Storage Design
Much like an open floor plan, an open storage design seamlessly integrates distinct functional areas into one harmonious living space. A master closet does not have to be confined within conventional boundaries of a walled-in area. Whether creating his and hers personal dressing areas, elegant display spaces for prized collections, or sorting shopaholic finds, homeowners and buyers welcome options for organizing their homes to fit their lifestyles. No longer do storage spaces need to be tucked out of the way in their own areas. Now they can be “designed in place” where it’s more conducive to one’s daily routine – blending in with the overall design and décor of the room.
Strategic Storage: Enhance Space, or Add Extra
While homes may have set floorplans for the kitchen, pantries, bedrooms, mudrooms or laundry areas, storage can be designed to enhance the efficiency of unused space and create more dynamic areas that speak to the homeowner or buyer’s lifestyle and preferences. Storage and organization systems have come a long way with modular, flexible options that can be tailored to their needs.
Available professional design services offer a helping hand with appropriate storage configurations based on the home and the buyer. For example:
- Laundry areas need a working surface and a combination of open shelving, closed storage, and hanging area
- Reach-in pantries can benefit from pull-out baskets, for visibility and accessibility
- A master closet designed for living makes it stand out, along with a luxurious bath
Modern Updates That Survive Passing Trends
Homeowners and buyers are happy when their organization is taken to the next level – when storage is integrated into either open floor plans or tighter spaces with storage systems that match the quality and aesthetic of cabinetry used in the kitchen or bathrooms. Simple and easy storage can also be stylish – and achieving the right balance means choosing options that will ‘survive’ passing trends. For example, modern gray tones, shaker and slab styles are popular transitional elements that homeowners gravitate to when choosing styles that can look fresh and current for several years.
Visit CustomClosetMaid.com to browse products and services that can help with open storage design.
