DECLUTTER & ORGANISE
Faced with cluttered rooms and overflowing cupboards, four homeowners found smart solutions to help them get more organised
FEATURE AMELIA THORPE
THE FIX
Roísín and Max have busy jobs and wanted to transform their bedroom into atranquil retreat to relax in after long days in the office. ‘The key was to create organised storage with the right amount of hanging space and shelving, so it was easy to find our clothes and shoes, and we didn’t feel overwhelmed by clutter,’ says Roísín. ‘I also wanted adressing table, with space for make-up and ahair dryer.’
The couple began by clearing out their clothes and reviewing how much hanging space they needed. ‘We also looked at the length of our clothes, because too much room for afew long dresses and coats would simply have meant wasted space,’ Roísín says. Approaching John Lewis of Hungerford to make the classic Shaker-style furniture they had in mind , they opted for three double wardrobes, with shelves, drawers and short and long hanging space.
The neat built-in dressing table includes drawers for make-up and hair dryer attachments, while the Carrara marble top has acut-out niche to accommodate the cord for the hair dryer. Painted in agentle grey, the furniture has acalm elegance. ‘It looks beautiful and the room feels so much more serene for beingquietlyorganised,’addsRoísín.➛
THE FIX
Thinking about the owners’ love of entertaining, as much as their enjoyment of arelaxed evening watching afilm, Cathy began by focussing on spatial planning. ‘The room needed to work in a multifunctional way, and the key is well-thought-out storage,’ she says.
Half the room is devoted to adining table to seat acrowd, positioned close to ne
