Seven Ways to Transform Unexpected Areas of Your Home Into Storage Space

Find storage in unexpectedparts of your home.Reworking the shelf heights in your cabinetsor bookshelves might be the easiest wayto improve your storage options.Adding storage to the back of your closetdoor is an obvious solution, but it worksfor other doors in your home, too.Shelves mounted towards the top of yourwall—about 14 inches lower than theceiling—offer out-of-the-way storage.For a simple way to store often-used items,try baskets designed to sit on your stairs.Use pegboards and hanging basketsto make the most of your wall space.With attractive trunks, suitcases,and boxes, you can store thingspretty much anywhere, Lisa Zaslow of Gotham Organizers.Finally, while investing in customcarpentry is more complicated, it is along-term solution to many storage woes