Because empty rooms will be empty!

Last November we moved into a house with plenty of extra space. This was a dramatic change from our last house which was barely 1000 sq feet, 2 tiny bedrooms and no basement. There was no storage space except for the chicken coop (turned storage shed).

Our new house has 6 bedrooms, a separate office, cold storage for food, crawl space, garage and shed; plenty of space to keep everything in. In a way, we are still getting settled here. We decided that we did not want to use the extra bedrooms for storage. I would like for the rooms to remain perfectly empty or to be used for something more than storage. One has been turned into my craft room and I would love a guest room!

With that being said, it was time to put my sweetheart to work and figure out a solution. First, I want to say that I am not a pack rat in any way. In fact, I hate to store anything but there are a few things that simply need to be put somewhere. The only items that I will store are baby clothes and baby stuff (at least until we are finished having children), seasonal (decorations and clothes), my entertaining dishes, and a few memorabilia items (one storage bin!).

For light items (perfect for clothing) Eduardo created this:

This is on the garage ceiling.

Each container slides in, using the empty head space above the garage door.

A view looking directly up. A piece of white duct tape to label each one and we're set.

I know that we will have a few more storage projects in the future.

Linking up to DIY day at A Soft Place to Land