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Whether you're moving or just wanting to declutter, storage is one of the most important aspects of your home or apartment. An optimized storage solution is a crucial way of making the best of your space. Here are 10 ways of optimizing your storage to make the best of you living space!

The easiest way of optimizing your storage is to go vertical. Door hangings are an easy way to do just that! The interior and even exterior of doors are great ways to improve your storage space. A wall hanging for shoes, creating a space for your tools (below), or cleaning supplies are great options.

Instead of using nails and worrying about where studs are, command hooks are great for simple wall hangings and hanging items along interiors of shelves, cabinets, and other vertical places around the house.

One place where it doesn't matter what it looks like to guests and visitors is your garage, so use it to your advantage! Building storage shelves on walls and even from the ceiling are great options for optimizing storage. 

Items like ottomans can double as storage! When you're in a storage pickle, utilizing every square inch of space is huge. Cabinets, ottomans, and space under beds and couches can be utilized without making to room look cluttered.

Plan your storage containers accordingly. Knowing your space is important for optimal storage. If you have a shelf with 24 square feet of storage, try to find storage containers fitting those exact dimensions with the same depth and spaced out evenly. Just some simple math can be key for optimization.

Corners can be among the hardest places to utilize as far as square inches, but a corner shelf can change that. A simple storage shelf like this can add over 400 square inches of flat storage space for items like candles, photos, decor items, and more. Not only a great place for storage, but a good way to improve the look of the room from a bare corner to a vibrant part of the house.

Photos of our loved ones on our desks and coffee tables are super common, but when you're in a situation where you want to optimize storage, hanging those photos on the wall or refrigerator is a great way to take those flat surfaces and use those for other storage uses. 

For the handyman or handywoman, a cool project is turning a wall into a shelf! This is one of the most efficient ways to use wall space in a home to turn purely vertical space, into a charming area for books, photos, or home decor.