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6 Ways To Use Utility Space In Homes

A utility space is a place in the house where you keep things you do not need. This could be a small store room or a covered terrace attached to the house. The moment we see a utility space in our homes, we get excited. While looking for an apartment, we are very happy to find a utility space in the prospective house. We mentally make a plan to use this utility space when we move in. But once we move into the house, we dump everything we don't need at the moment into the storage space.

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You need to do some planning even when you are using this utility space. If you plan well, you can fit a lot of stuff into the utility space in your homes. But if you dump mindlessly, you cannot use the utility space in your house wisely. Storage space at home has to be utilised to the fullest. And for that you have to work smartly.

Here are some tips to help you use the storage space in your house wisely.

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Make A Mental Map
Always make a mental map of how you will place things in the utility area in your house. You need to keep in mind the size, shape and dimensions of the things you are storing when you arrange things in the utility area.

Have The Space Cleaned
Before you start dumping things into the store room, have it cleaned thoroughly. Usually, the store is full of useless junk like broken glass, loose pins etc. You will only be adding to the accumulated junk if you do not have the place cleaned up.

Do Not Dump
When you are moving into a new house, you tend to dump first and decide later. This is the wrong way to arrange your house. Don't just dump anything in the utility area because you do not know where else to put it.

Keep It Accessible
Your utility space should not be so cramped that you cannot access it later. You must arrange your storage space just as you arrange the other spaces in your house. Or else, what goes into your store will lie there till the time you move again.

Have Some Order
Always store things in order even in the utility space. The things you keep in the storage room must be useful to you in some way. And if they are not, then you better discard them right away.

Mark What You Store
When you store things in a storage room, mark them with sketch pens. Preferably, keep these things marked and stored in packing boxes so that you can retrieve them when need be.

These are some tips to use the utility space in your homes wisely.

Story first published: Monday, April 21, 2014, 18:05 [IST]
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