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SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
5 GAME-CHANGING BUYS
The products you need to store and order all your utility room
essentials for an efficient, functional behind-the-scenes space
WHAT
THE PROS
KNOW..
Professional
organiser Vicky
Silverthorn shares
her utility-taming
solutionsÉ
PLAN YOUR SPACE
Make sure your utility
area works efficiently. If
you need shelves to store
washed towels, go for
2 3 slatted ones as they are
best to let the air through.
MEASURE UP
4 5
Before hanging shelves
or building cupboards,
measure your appliances,
so you know they will fit
into the space. Think
about stacking a washing
machine and tumble
dryer, and choose a
laundry basket that will
fit under the washer door,
so you can open it with
the basket below.
ADAPT FURNITURE
TO YOUR NEEDS
Squeezing the vacuum
cleaner or ironing board
into cupboards can be
tricky, so remove shelves
if possible. Or leave a gap
between the wall and the
edge of a cupboard to slide
them in there. Make use
THE CUSTOMISABLE giving everything its own THE ‘HANG IT of wall space to rig up a
1SHELVING place should keep things sorted. 4ANYWHERE’ RACK wall dryer for hanging
This versatile system can fit Skadis pegboard combination, Make the most of the unused washing and put hooks on
any space as the shelves simply White, 56x56cm, £29, Ikea space on the back of a door with the inside of cupboard
click into the wall uprights at this adaptable rack. It simply doors for dustpans.
any height. Build it around THE FREE-STANDING hangs from one hook at the top
your appliances to provide 3UPRIGHT and one at the bottom. Ideal for RESIST STOCKPILING
open shelving to store laundry Turn a porch, hallway or corner sorting bottles, pegs or towels. It might be tempting to
and cleaning products. of your kitchen into a space Elfa door and wall rack, laundry buy supplies that are on
Algot upright shelving system, for cleaning essentials with a room 1, £95, Store offer, but there’s no point
free standing unit, combining
from £45, Ikea
in storing products for
FEATURE HOLLY WALSH 2Keep surfaces clear of Arrange brushes and dusters 5Fill with cleaning products youneedavicky.com or on
shelving cubbies and hooks.
THE STACKABLE BASKETS
months – it just clutters
THE WALL ORGANISER
up available space.
to easily transport around
into buckets and caddies, and
Find out more at
hang peg bags and brooms from
the house, then when not
clutter and the things you need
in use, neatly stack away.
the hooks to maintain order.
within reach, rather than hidden
Instagram and Facebook
Smartstore basket with lid,
For similar, try Oak Furnitureland
at the back of a cupboard, with a
pegboard of hooks and shelving
@youneedavicky
or The Cotswold Company
shallow, £12 each, Store
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