The tidy home: furnishing allies

Furnishing ideas for a tidy home

A tidy home is not a mirage, in fact there are some furnishing allies that meet this need. This is true even in small homes, where lack of space is apparently one of the most common problems.

Thus, thanks to simple measures and space-saving furniture where objects can be stored, it is possible to breathe an air of order into any room of the house.

Eliminating the superfluous

Despite the best of intentions, one ends up accumulating a lot of things over time. Therefore, for a tidy home before anything else, it is necessary to eliminate the superfluous. This is possible through decluttering, the practice of getting rid of all old and unused objects. Another practice that achieves this is the Japanese Lean method, which consists of 5 ‘S’s:

• Sort: get rid of what is not needed.
• Set in order: organise and catalogue, putting labels on boxes and jars.
• Shine: keep the environment clean and tidy.
• Standardize: create standards to be followed regularly in one’s routine.
• Sustain: maintain this order over time.

Furniture for an organised kitchen

The kitchen is undoubtedly one of the rooms most prone to clutter. Ideally, a kitchen should be equipped with lots of compartments, pull-out drawers and storage compartments. However, one piece of furniture that meets this need is the modern sideboard. If cupboards and sideboards were once reserved only for spaces where sharing and preparing food took place, this is no longer the case. In fact, they are also perfect for the entrance and living room.

The choice of sideboard should be dictated by the space available and the style of the furniture. An important aspect is the choice of materials, e.g. in the kitchen, smooth, matt, easy-to-clean melamine surfaces should be chosen. While in the living room, a wooden cupboard would easily match modern, well-kept rooms. Finally, for the entrance hall, one could opt for a sideboard with a shelf, which is functional and perfect for placing plants, books and everyday objects within easy reach, especially when one is about to leave the house.

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The modern bathroom cabinet

It is necessary that the bathroom be an extremely functional space, in the arrangement of both toilets and furniture. Although the concept of the bathroom has changed dramatically over time, its furniture and accessories have remained basically the same. Today, this space is also considered a place for relaxation, where one can devote oneself and one’s body care, leaving stress and worries out of it.

Therefore, in order for it to be impeccable and super tidy, a useful trick to put into practice is to insert two sinks instead of one. Indeed, with only one sink the risk is that cosmetics and various products accumulate. In this way, the quantity of objects distributed between the two sinks creates a balance between the two locations.

Storage and storage cabinets with mirror

To keep the house tidy, it is good to divide everything according to different types of objects:

• food,
• objects,
• pots
• tools.

Storage trolleys and storage cabinets with mirrors are very useful for this purpose. The Tomasucci Kit Storage Trolley, for example, with its modern design and unique shape, adaptable to any type of decor, featuring several shelves and a wooden drawer is ideal for the kitchen.

Whereas, storage cabinets are storage elements that manage to fulfil two functions at the same time: a practical function and an aesthetic one in that they help maintain order in certain rooms. Useful in rooms without much space. The column cabinet, with its sober taste and simple geometric shapes, can be used individually, or combined or free-standing. This guarantees functionality and ergonomics and fully satisfies the requirements of order and domestic style, making the furniture unique and attractive.

Modern Bookcases and Shelves

At the base of a tidy home there are almost always walls equipped with modern bookcases and shelves. Perfect for storing everything, pleasing to the eye and therefore ideal for combining functionality and aesthetics. The bookcase, as well as the shelves, can be used to display photographs and various furnishings, a functionality to which is combined with that of visually filling a space with minimum clutter.

Bed with storage base

The bed with storage base is one of the most beautiful and useful pieces of space-saving furniture. It offers various departments for organising and storing various objects. The Osaka Noctis bed, for example, is a modern design with a curved, enveloping headboard featuring soft upholstery. In addition, the storage unit features an innovative and original Folding Box system, which allows the PVC bottom panel to be unrolled with a string, making daily cleaning easier.

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Night stands

Depending on the use to be made of it, there are various pieces of furniture that fall into the category night stands. In bedside drawers, for example, glasses for reading or a notebook and pen can be stored. While in the chest of drawers, sheets and blankets for everyday use. In the chest of drawers, on the other hand, one stores the more refined linens or guest linen. These space-saving pieces of furniture are very useful, easy to match and very beautiful. The chest stands out among them. This is undoubtedly a very clever space-saving solution for the home. It is a very attractive piece of furniture, but also very capacious. Ideal for the bedroom area, to be placed for example in front of the bed, is the Tomasucci Nice chest upholstered in black or white ecological leather, which is a comfortable seat, but also a practical storage unit.