Dining room is an area where the family gets together and spends quality time. However, if this area is cluttered and unorganized, it may take the fun away from the mealtime. All the essential items that are required for meal times should be organized properly so that they are easily accessible. With constraints like paucity of space, it is important to have smart storage furniture to enhance the visual appeal and functionality of the dining room. Given below are some storage ideas that can help:
Chest Of Drawers: Instead of having cupboards, you can consider having chest drawers in the dining room. These have a number of drawers stacked vertically with sufficient depth, which makes them easier to use and store more stuff. The top of the chest can be used to keep items that are needed frequently, like cutlery or a fruit basket.- Curios: Sleek curios can adorn the corners of the dining room space and also be used to display items. Curios also come with frosted glasses, in case you wish to store things that may not be fit for display like daily use dishes, cups and saucers.
- Cabinets: These can be used for storing the crockery that you use for daily meals. Glass fronted cabinets are a great option to highlight the expensive crockery while covered ones can be used to store the daily stuff.
- Wall shelves: You can utilize the vacant space in the room by installing wall shelves to keep cook books, coffee mugs or family photos. These are available in different sizes and materials such as metal or wood. Wall shelves will not take up much floor space and make your dining room appear larger.
- Bench seating: If you have a window next or around the dining table, consider placing a bench near it. It could easily accommodate two people and the underside can also be used to store cushion covers or table covers.
- Side tops: Waist level side tops that have drawers and cabinets beneath are an ideal furniture item to store napkins, hand towels etc. They also give you a surface to serve food and provide an elegant look to the dining room.
Using light and easily moveable materials like wrought iron or light wood can give your dining room a spacious look. Keep them complimentary to the entire look and feel of the room.
