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Ample storage should therefore be a major feature of any renovation and it should also be a consideration when buying new pieces of freestanding furniture.
Purpose-built storage maximises space efficiently, so items to be stored should be measured before the joiner is called. Drawers make the most efficient method of storage as the back of a drawer can be more easily accessed than the back of a cupboard. Wardrobes in bedrooms and cupboards in kitchens should go all the way to the ceiling. Fill top cupboards with items needed less frequently and buy a fold-up step ladder to access them.
There is no place for so-called 'dead' space in an apartment. Many bed bases now come with built-in drawers; otherwise, roll-out bins can provide under-bed storage - the ideal place for blankets, seasonal clothing and bulky sports equipment. Depending on width, hallways can become walk-through libraries with purpose-built shelves fitted along part or all of their length.
Because of the size and placement of windows in Sydney's Horizon Apartments (roughly 600 millimetres below ceiling height), some apartment owners have installed custom-built storage cupboards that fill the otherwise unused space between the tops of the windows and the ceiling. Painted the same colour as the walls, some cupboard bases have been fitted with halogen downlights. Other owners in the building have taken up the option of extra storage to be added to their car parking spaces, in the form of short but deep lockers that sit on stilts at one end of the car space so that the bonnet of a car fits neatly underneath, Holding every-thing from beach umbrellas to paint tins, they are an apartment owner 1 s version of a shed.
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