Open shelving can either be an eye sore or an aesthetically pleasing way of organising your home. When done right, this form of storage can dramatically alter the layout and style of your home, leaving you with an Instagram-worthy space.
Open shelving can be quite daunting, especially if you have hoarding tendencies. This storage method will leave you feeling like an open book with all your belongings on display, so there is no room for unwanted, miscellaneous objects.
If you want to get on this trend bandwagon, you’re in luck, because these Malaysian homes show you just how to go about it with some tips and tricks to boot.
When it comes to open shelving, remember that less is more. So, this is the time for you to get rid of unnecessary belonging so that your shelves don’t look over-crowded and stuffy.
An added advantage of using open shelving for your wardrobe is that you will be able to see all your clothes on full display, making it easier to make outfit decisions!
You never have to root around drawers or find your favourite sweater in a pile at the base of your closet when open shelving lets you have all your clothes at an arm’s length.
You don’t have to make your shelves and belongings look matchy-matchy. You can vary the height and colour of your items to give the area a sense of dimension and character. Your home isn’t an IKEA showroom, so don’t worry when some items seem out of place.
If you do a lot of offline reading, you are sure to have piles of books sitting around your home and open shelving is the perfect way to put them all on display. You can opt to colour coordinate them or just file them according to themes or author.
Turn an awkward corner in your home into a gorgeous display of all your favourite things. You can use the space to store all your favourite art pieces and souvenirs from trips, thereby turning that once odd space into a statement wall.
This open storage system clearly tells a story about its owner. Use your shelves as a way of curating your personal style and highlighting your favourite odds and ends.
Open shelving lets you admire the things you love. Why hide your collection of car models or figurines when you can proudly put them on display?
But if there are some items that you’d rather not have on full display, you can put them into storage boxes like this.
Did you know that you can use open shelving as a partition as well? We love how creative this interior designer was to create a room partition that also doubles as storage!
Whether it’s to display your gorgeous plates or make picking outfits every day easier, open shelving is the new storage system your home needs.
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Open shelving can either be an eye sore or an aesthetically pleasing way of organising your home. When done right, this form of storage can dramatically alter the layout and style of your home, leaving you with an Instagram-worthy space.
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