{"id":36430,"date":"2017-09-11T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36430"},"modified":"2017-08-10T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T13:29:30","slug":"space-savers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36430","title":{"rendered":"Space Savers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we curated our latest idea book for Houzz, we decided to select space savers as our topic.\u00a0 With kids going to college for the first time or returning to college, we thought it was the right time to deal with this subject.\u00a0 Maybe you are planning to down-size in the near future and have more stuff than will fit into your new home.\u00a0 Selecting furniture and items that serve more than one duty can provide you with some much needed additional square footage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23152\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8063.jpg\" alt=\"Office storage - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8063.jpg 3088w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8063-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8063-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0In the Office\/Pantry<\/h2>\n<p>Space savers don&#8217;t always have to be grand.\u00a0 For instance, adding these<a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/07\/07\/bucket-list\/\"> tiny metal buckets<\/a> in the office area in Mom&#8217;s pantry\/office gave her some additional storage space.\u00a0 By using the wall, she didn&#8217;t clutter up her desk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36132\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/P2.jpg\" alt=\"Playroom - the 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/P2.jpg 584w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/P2-258x323.jpg 258w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/P2-300x376.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>In the Playroom<\/h2>\n<p>We turned a clothes closet in our <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/08\/06\/the-playroom\/\">playroom<\/a> into a toy closet by adding shelves and then hid them behind curtains.\u00a0 Having shelves is much better than tossing toys in a basket.\u00a0 The ones on the bottom might never be seen again.\u00a0 Oh no!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25075\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9229.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstered bench in the dining room - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9229.jpg 3088w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9229-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9229-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>In the Dining Room<\/h2>\n<p>Using a <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/11\/11\/new-upholstery-bench\/\">bench <\/a>or an ottoman that opens to provide storage is something Mom did in her formal dining area.\u00a0 She can store napkins and table cloths, and no one needs to ever know that the bench is more than just a bench.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33749\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1000.jpg\" alt=\"Adding storage to kitchen cabinets - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"1147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1000.jpg 2364w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1000-180x323.jpg 180w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1000-571x1024.jpg 571w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1000-300x538.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>In the Kitchen<\/h2>\n<p>And we can&#8217;t forget one of our most popular space savers ever.\u00a0 By adding three inexpensive Ikea shelves to the side of our kitchen cabinets, we created <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/01\/09\/how-to-add-storage-in-the-kitchen\/\">space savers <\/a>in dead space.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To see the items that we curated for Houzz, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houzz.com\/ideabooks\/90063412\/thumbs\/space-savers\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we curated our latest idea book for Houzz, we decided to select space savers as our topic.\u00a0 With kids going to college for the first time or returning to college, we thought it was the right time to deal with this subject.\u00a0 Maybe you are planning to down-size in the near future and have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13,11,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36430"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36430"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36435,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36430\/revisions\/36435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}