Small Space Need Storage

The new issue of Dwell is about homes under 1000 sq. ft.  Luckily, 10 Union is a bit over 1200 sq. ft., but I'm always looking for beautiful and smart storage ideas, which is why I was especially happy to see this issue in my mailbox.  

We actually like the challenge of working and living in a small space.  You wouldn't guess it by the look of our apartment right now, but we tend to like things tidy, simple, and neat.  We're in packing mode right now, so our home is nothing like that!  Oh, the transition.

This is one bookshelf in our current living room in Somerville.  We have SO many books.  We're up to 22 full book boxes packed already, and we still have three rows to go.  We really have to think about how we're going to store these books at 10 Union.  Our newest thought is to build bookshelves in the dining room, after some purging!

I'd love for our bookshelf at 10 Union to look like this one I found on the site Remodelista.

I also found this photo on Remodelista.  I wish the bathroom at 10 Union looked like that!  I love the towel rack.

But the bathroom at 10 Union looks like this.  Not bad, but we have some short-term ideas for improving it, and some long-term ones.  Unfortunately, there's little room for storage (like a cool towel rack), but we'll be creative!

Also from Remodelista, I was drawn to these kitchen shelves.  We will need more storage in the kitchen of 10 Union, and I'd love something like this.  Will is thinking of putting in some high cabinets and a bar along the wall below with stools, but I'm still drawn to this idea of lovely shelves.

This is the kitchen at 10 Union.  The shelves or cabinets/bar/stool combo would have to go on the left wall, just at Will's back in this photo.