10 Ways to Find More Storage Space in Your NYC Apartment

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Closet space might be at a premium in New York City apartments, but organization and creativity will help you find some extra storage space.

A well-organized closet can help not just your piece of mind, but the eventual resale of your apartment. While some NYC apartment buildings are known to offer generous closet space (like The Mill Building in Williamsburg and Downtown by Phillipe Starck at 15 Broad Street in the Financial District) most don’t—but there are places in your apartment to find more stowaway space.

10 Ways to Find More Storage Space in Your NYC Apartment
1. Don’t be afraid to use kitchen storage for non-kitchen items. (You don’t have to keep your shoes in the oven, but those way-up-there shelves above kitchen cabinets often go to waste.)
2. Add shelving in closets.
3. Put up hooks in hallways and behind doors for coats and other hang-ables.
4. Make use of under-bed bins.
5. Keep seasonal items in suitcases you rarely use, or vintage trunks. You can use them as table space or decoration.
6. Radiator covers can do double duty as book and media shelves.
7. Hang cork boards and use them to pin up important papers to keep them from piling up.
8. If you’re handy with tools (or you know someone who is), build out a wall of closets.
9. Add a free-standing wall behind your bed. You’ll get a headboard on one side, with “found” closet space on the other.
10. Regularly make time to move barely-used items into storage space, keeping them off tabletops and other clutter-gathering spots.