We need more space!!

Why is it that a space is so easily filled? We have so much more space than we've had in our previous homes, but we seem to fill it so easily.

I've started to try and find ways to effectively store things, without anywhere looking too cluttered. A challenge.

We started in the kitchen - it's tiny. For two very keen cooks, it's smaller than tiny, it's doll sized. All of my baking equipment (which fills 4 x 64 litre containers) is in the garage, and our herbs and spices alone would fill a cupboard. We considered adding shelving to the wall, but the only available space was immediately in front of you as you walked in, and as we have the door permanently open, you'd see the whole ugly side of it all the time.

I had a few old wine crates at the warehouse, so I brought one home and we painted the inside of it and hung it on the wall to use as a shelf. We bought some super cheap spice racks that we painted in white and hung asymmetrically next to the wine crate, then just kind of hung everything else around those - aprons, chopping boards, shopping bags and the cute plate we bought in Mexico a few years ago that we're too scared to actually use for fear of breaking it.

I like that it's not all matchy-matchy and it breaks up an otherwise bare and boring wall.

Next up.... the bathroom!