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LITTLE VICTORIAN

Modern Homemaking

Building in hidden storage

January 16, 2013 Decor, DIY, The Victorian

We have had to get creative around our house to store things since we don’t have any closets.  And our favorite kind of storage is hidden storage.

Can you guess where we keep our board games?

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They are in the landing!  The particular project I’m sharing today was actually done almost 2 years ago, it just hasn’t really been presentable until the living room makeover happened.

Sorry, I don’t have any decent photos of the project since it happened pre-blog, but it’s really simple.
We pulled up the floor boards that were covering the landing.  Then we put down a section of plywood, mounted by hinges on the inside.  It’s easier to show you than explain it.

Right now, it’s still just stained plywood, we will most likely be covering it in thin strips of wood to match the rest of the floor.  And then I need to touch up and caulk the baseboard, but we’ll get to that when we re-finish the stairs.

We are incredibly happy with it.  It was a relatively simple project that only cost about $25 and it’s totally hidden, that’s our favorite part.

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And, now that I see it in pictures, I really want to paint the inside, it’s so not pretty.  Another project for the ever-growing list!

Update: I covered the inside of the landing lid with some polka dot wrapping paper, and it now looks like this:

Storage in stair landing

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  1. Kyle Lefort

    January 16, 2013 at 10:58 pm

    It uses an otherwise empty space, and you can store the board games in the same room where you’d use them-without having the clutter problem. Genius!

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    • Christina O

      January 17, 2013 at 11:14 am

      Thanks, Kyle!

  2. onshore

    January 17, 2013 at 7:33 am

    Ingenious! I assumed there was a drawer under the landing, but this is way more simpler.

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    • onshore

      January 17, 2013 at 7:33 am

      Oh and what is under the stairs itself? Is there any storage?

    • Christina O

      January 17, 2013 at 11:19 am

      Thank you! We considered a drawer, but yes, it was more complicated and you wouldn’t get as much storage space out of it.

      Under those stairs are the basement stairs.

  3. Anonymous

    January 17, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    Best. Idea. Ever. I love my board games, but the OCD in me hates that the boxes are almost never the same size. We do keep them in the living room (where we play) but I have to do this in my next home if possible. Great use of space.

    Love,
    Kim

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    • Christina O

      January 25, 2013 at 7:56 am

      Yes! Even as a child, it bothered me that there was no standard box size and it still drives me crazy.

      Thanks for the nice comments!

  4. otterine

    January 17, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    That’s awesome! 😀

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  5. Mini Dork

    January 19, 2013 at 5:34 am

    Brilliant. Very clever and functional idea.

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  6. fabriquefantastique

    January 22, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    fantastic…I would keep my knitting there…

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  7. Kris

    March 28, 2015 at 9:01 am

    Wow, I wish I would have known about this idea back in 1972 when we built our house in Wisconsin.
    What a neat idea!

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