THREE TO MAKE, BUY OR CUSTOMISE

Get all over your untidy shoe piles and jumbles of stuff by introducing some storage cunning. There are plenty of options to buy or you can fashion some yourself

1 Make The Shakers knew a thing or two about an orderly home: peg rails skirting around rooms were used to keep everything from tea towels to chairs off the floor. Channel a little of their creativity and make your own peg rail, fix on a wall or on the inside of a wardrobe door, and hang scarves, jewellery, bags and sundries on it. Buy screw-in hardwood Shaker pegs (these are from Ebay, £9 for 10) and fix to a piece of 4x2 timber at measured intervals. Paint your choice of colour and you’re all set. 2 Buy Shoe racks have their limitations – never being able to accommodate enough shoes being their main shortcoming – but there’s no denying their usefulness. Try to avoid the temptation to go cheap, though, and buy…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2018

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