40 DIY Home Storage Ideas to Tame the Clutter

You can never get enough storage space in the house. However, creating storage space doesn’t only entail to having bigger rooms and more cabinets. Get creative with your storage and create a clutter-free home in the process. These create storage and organiser ideas and designs will make use of idle spaces in your house, recycle, and encourage creativity in managing space and clutter.

1. Hooks and Slats

Take advantage of empty wall space and create this flexible storage and organiser. You will need recycled wood slats, a pair of metal rod and a pair of wall hooks. Attach the slats to the rods and then fix the hooks. With hooks, you can hang, organise, and display just about anything on your wall organiser.

2. Pink Crates

A few recycled crates will give you this functional and charming organiser. Clean and dry the crates, then arrange them as befits your needs and the space the organiser will be situated. Glue or nail together the crates for more stability. Paint with your favourite colours.

3. Wall Baskets

Effortlessly add storage space to your kitchen with this DIY wall organiser. Secure wall planks to the wall, and then attach basket pockets. Ideal for storing and organising produce and small sundries in the kitchen.

4. Console Table

Organise your living room clutter with a DIY console table. You will need a few wood cuts, varnish, and basic carpentry skills. Design your console table according to your needs. This rustic console also serves as a display centre and TV stand.

5. Hexagon Shelves

Turn used pallets into this stunning hexagon shelves. Clean and dry the pallets. Cut according to the size of hexagons you need, then put together the sides. Arrange the hex shelves as preferred or according to the wall space. Vertical, horizontal, or create a beehive!

6. Can Dispenser

Storing canned goods can be chaotic. It is not easy to see all the stocks you have, and cans can be suck at the back end of the drawer or cabinet resulting to spoilage and wastage. This can dispenser and organiser will solve the problem. Everything is on display and manage usage with its first in first out scheme.

7. Bed and Storage

The space under the bed is a great storage space. You can create more storage space by lifting the bed, creating pockets or drawers, or by adding organisers. This DIY pallet bed includes ample storage space underneath.

8. Bathroom Ladder Organiser

Modern, chic, and easy to create! This striking towel ladder can also hold and organise your bathroom items like tissue paper, magazines, and toiletries. You will need two wood pieces and smaller sticks for the ladder steps. Paint or varnish as preferred and add hooks and baskets as needed.

9. Craft Room Caddy

Turn a regular caddy into this amazing storage and organiser on wheels. Add side pockets on the caddy trays using recycled plastic containers. This can be a useful art school on wheels, a makeup organiser, or a nursery caddy!

10. Basket Shelving

Stunning and creative, this basket shelving is also easy to recreate. You will need a few produce baskets, recycled or you can buy them at the crafts store. Just glue or nail the baskets to the wall as need. Viola! Here are more beautiful and stunning bathroom ideas to inspire you.

11. Open Wall Closet

This open wall closet plan is ideal for smaller bedroom where space is a premium. The best wall to build an open closet is the one that is least visible from the entrance. This open wall closet made use of the space above the door and made things accessible with a moving ladder. Clever!

12. Framed Secrets

These wall frames double as secret storage for valuables. Speak of hiding in plain sight! You can create these secret hiding places by making thin wood boxes and using the picture frame as its flap cover. Paint the boxes the same as the frames to create a more cohesive look.

13. Pantry Lid Rack

Pantries can be easily overtaken by the confusion of pots, pans, and lids. Use the pantry or cabinet doors to stash the lids, away from the pile and easy to locate. Add wood planks to each side of the door to create space, then add bars that will hold the lids. Smart idea!

14. Under the Bench

Benches can double as storage and organisers. It provides an accessible yet discreet place to store and hide away household items that will otherwise clutter your home. Add drawers to your window seats, breakfast nook banquettes, or end of bed benches.

15. Repurposed Tyre Ottoman

This recycled tyre ottoman is also a secret storage space. Ideal for holding magazines, shoes, books, wires, and cables. You take away the clutter but kept the items within easy access. To create the ottoman, just glue sisal rope around a cleaned used tyre. Line the centre hollow with a sturdy cloth material and make the seat/cover with a round piece of upholstered plywood.

16. PVC Shoe Rack

An ingenious idea of organising shoes while keeping them close and accessible. Cut a large PVC pipe to the ideal length, then stack the pipes against the wall. Each pipe will serve as a slot for a pair of shoes. This a great idea for the mudroom or back entrance.

17. Bin Organiser

This bin organiser can be easily installed in rooms that can get cluttered easily – playrooms, bedrooms, and even in the kitchen. Build the bin stand according to your storage needs and the space where it will be situated. This playroom bin organiser incorporated a bench seating ideal for play or reading.

18. Ladder Shelves

Ladder shelves are portable and can easily be moved to where it is needed. This striking DIY ladder shelving is slim enough to fit in small crannies of the bathroom. It’s four steps/shelves offer ample storage and organising space for towels, toiletries, and other bathroom sundries.

19. Raised Bed

You don’t need a bigger room for more space, you just need to be more creative. This raised bed idea creates ample closet and storage space. The inner shelves can hold clothes, bags, and jackets, while the other shelves are great for displaying mementos, collections, and for organising bedroom items.

20. Repurposed Chic

Create this chic shelving from discarded window shutters! This pretty and charming bathroom shelving offers additional storage and display space, it also adds an air of vintage elegance to the room. Here is a DIY guide to creating shabby chic furniture.

21. Slide-Out Pantry

These slide out pantries let you maximise the use of space available in your kitchen. Do not let awkward space go to waste, build a slide-out pantry for it. Advanced carpentry skills and a couple of days might be required to complete this project. But this will dramatically improve your kitchen’s accessibility and organisational standards.

22. Pegboard Organiser

An easy to build, flexible, and functional storage idea. To DIY this pegboard storage and organizer, you will need a frame that will hold the pegboard against the wall. Add shelves, boxes, baskets, and hooks to hold various items. Ideal for the nursery changing station, home office desk, and the craft room.

23. Hanging Shelves

Want to add some shelves but don’t have any carpentry skills? Hang them up with ropes! These hanging shelves are suspended by sturdy ropes strung to its corners. Sleek, modern, and ingenious!

24. Neat Entryway

Make your entryway neat and welcoming with the help of this space-efficient DIY storage and organiser. The system includes a rustic wall made of recycled planks, hang hooks for bags, jackets, and hats, a bench, and slots for shoes underneath.

25. Bench and Books

Window benches are ideal reading nooks. You get a lot of natural lighting, they are comfortable to lie down but not to sleep, and you get to enjoy the outside views when your eyes need a respite. Complete the window reading nook by adding book slots underneath the bench. It will organise your books while keeping them within easy reach.

26. Palette Shelves

These unsophisticated and organic recycled pallet shelves and drawers provide a beautiful contrast to the smooth and modern finishes of the room. An amazing design win, the shelves are also perfectly functional, offering storage and display spaces to help manage clutter and organise small items.

27. Wire Wall Organiser

Quickly and easily add storage and organising space to your home office space by installing a wire mesh against the wall. Use clips and hooks to hold baskets, clipboards, and small bins for various office items. That will keep your desk free of clutter while having the stuff within easy reach.

28. Corner Boxes

Don’t just throw away used produce boxes! You can repurpose them into this corner wall shelving that will provide ample storage and organising space in your kitchen, garage, bedroom, or craft room. Just clean and dry the boxes then install them to the wall with strong glue or nails.

29. Crated Shoes

You don’t need to spend much for a shoe rack. This recycled crate shoe rack features crates installed against a wall with inner shelves added for more room. The top layer even serves as a console where you can display mementos, pictures, and plants!

30. Hanging Ladder

Create a towel ladder without any carpentry work! To complete this DIY project, you will need sticks for the ladder steps that will serve as the towel bars and a length of sturdy rope to hold the sticks. Bore a hole on both the ends of the sticks and strung the ladder through it.

31. Produce Boxes

Get your produce drawers more organized by just adding used boxes or crates. This is not only great for separating different types of produce, but also for tracking which ones you need to consume first. Just clean and dry fruit boxes, vegetable crates, and even regular product boxes!

32. Wall Pockets

Don’t just throw away those large detergent, shampoo, and bleach bottles. Turn them into this functional and efficient DIY wall pocket organiser. Best for busy and easy-to-get-cluttered rooms like the craft room, kids’ playroom, and home office.

33. Hat Display

Items cannot be considered clutter if they are beautifully displayed. This hat hanger showcases the many beautiful hats. Instead of hiding them away, they are displayed for everyone’s delight. It’s a décor and organiser in one.

34. Bed Frame

A smartly designed bed frame that is also a bed side table and storage facility. The frame is bespoke to the mattress and bedroom. Open drawers line the bottom and foot of the bed, while counters to the side and bottom of the bed serve as table and workspaces.

35. Jewellery Organiser

Don’t get frustrated with your jumble of necklaces, earrings, bangles, rings, and bracelets! Keep them nicely organised and displayed with this DIY jewellery organiser. You’ll need a few wood planks for the back base, lumber pieces for the frames and hooks to hold the jewellery pieces in place.

36. Hanging Crates

Can’t commit a space to build a shelf or a cabinet or the time to build one? This hanging organiser is your perfect solution. It is easy and fast to assemble, cheap, and don’t require carpentry skills. Just collect some crates or boxes, clean, and paint with your favourite colours. Then strung and hang them where it is most convenient and needed.

37. Doorway Build-Ins

Ideal for smaller homes or apartments, this home storage and organising idea will provide the needed space without eating up a lot of square footage. Doorways are traffic heavy, placing the items within easy access. Best for bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom doorways.

38. Wire Baskets

Better organise your pantry, closet, or garage with these wire baskets. They can be stacked and stowed when not in use, the contents are visible, thus less hassle in finding stuff, and reusable. It makes moving stuff for cleaning a lot easier too!

39. Cardboard Dividers

A little creativity will get you far in terms of organisation and keeping clutter at bay. Adding cardboard dividers to this drawer makes it look a lot better and its contents organised and easier to find. Do this for you home office drawers, your cutlery, and utensils drawers, and even for your kids’ study and arts table.

40. Canvas Pockets

A brilliant idea to add storage space where there is none. Stitch up canvas or any sturdy cloth material to create this space efficient wall pocket organiser. Design the organiser according to your needs – add pockets, hooks, loops, and bars are necessary.

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