We all have one — a weird corner that you don’t quite know what to do with. When you try, it either looks like a cluttered, half-thought-out mess or when it’s bare, you can’t help but think of the wasted space. We’ve totally been there. But with these clever ways to use corner space, you’re sure to come up with a brilliant idea for your odd corner. Turn it into a prime spot for toys… create seating… add shelving. The world is your corner! Get it? Once you’re done with your corners, here’s how to best use your space in the linen closet.
How to Better Use Corner Space In Your Home
1. Tiered Floating Shelves to Spruce up a Corner
Add floating shelves to an empty corner to house books, flowers, and framed photos. Your shelves can even be different sizes, but see the ones in the photo? They all have a lip around the outside edge, so you don’t have to worry about your stuff falling off onto the floor. Decide how much space you want between each shelf and the order you want them displayed, because it’s YOUR space to make your own. These shelves are not only gorgeous, but the design is amazing as well.
2. Organize Your Pantry With a Lazy Susan
How about those corners in the pantry? Has your pantry ever looked like a jumbled, chaotic mess, because you couldn’t find anything? If you have a hard time getting to all your canned goods there, try Lazy Susans on each shelf instead. It makes a world of difference, and now you can see all your cans with just a twirl. It also gives you a lot more cabinet space so you can store more pantry items neatly.
3. Great Way to Use Corner Space – Stuffed Animal Zoo
Get your kids’ bedrooms organized with stuffed animal zoos in the corner. I don’t know how many times I’ve gone into my child’s room, and couldn’t find the floor, because the stuffed animals were everywhere. When you ask them to clean their room, do they even know where to put all the animals? I know mine never did. This is a great way to corral them, especially if your child is getting older but still playing with them once in a while.
4. Genius Corner Desk
A corner desk is a genius idea… It’s like having (two desks) in one! How cool is that? And the floating corner shelves above the desk add storage without cluttering up the desktop. This would make a great DIY project and it gives you extra office space at the same time. We could all use a little office area to call our own because we never know when we’ll need to work from home once in a while.
5. This Sink May be the Best Use of Corner Space in the Kitchen
Have you ever wondered what on earth to do with an awkward corner in your kitchen? We love this corner kitchen sink! The double windows and the corner shelf above them make the corner look quaint and beautiful. Plus, you don’t have to worry about dead space because this corner sink idea is a great solution. I only wish I had thought of this sooner!
6. DIY Kitchen Corner Drawers – Amazing!
If you’re not a fan of Lazy Susans, consider replacing your corner cabinet with these DIY kitchen corner drawers. Aren’t they magnificent? We remodeled our kitchen without a corner cabinet (last fall) because I hate dead space and didn’t want a lazy susan. I wish I had known about this sweet option before. I know I’d love an extra three drawers in my kitchen!
7. Turn an Old Door into a Stunning Corner Shelf
Turn an old door into a shelf for the corner! This tutorial is for a regular door, but an old bi-fold door would be even easier. Then add shelves to the center of it, and you have an elegant focal point in your room. You can put things on the shelves, like books, flowers, bowls, or candles. Isn’t this just beautiful?
More Ways to Use Corner Space in Your Home
8. Creative DIY Lazy Susan
Love how a lazy susan can transform the dead space in the back of a corner into something usable This would work inside one of your cabinets as well, like a hard-to-reach area. What a super cool idea and you probably already have all the supplies you’ll need for this. You’ll need a few small items and you’re set to go! Who knew this could be so easy?
You’ll only need:
- Two round 8 or 9 shallow baking pans
- A few bags of marbles (enough to cover the bottom of one of the pans
- Items you want to add to your DIY lazy susan
What a clever way to make a lazy susan!
9. Shelves and Lockers for the Corners in Your Mudroom
This mudroom makes excellent use of corner space. With shelves, lockers, and more, there’s enough storage for everyone’s things. What a cool way to transform a mudroom so everything stays neat and tidy. I love how this blends in with the door and contrasts with the wall color. What a gorgeous room this turned out to be!
10. Fun Corner Space Use – DIY Desk and Shelving for a Kid’s Room
What an excellent way to make use of corner space in a child’s room! Here, a desk is built right into the corner with floating corner shelves above it. The shelves can be used for storing different items or maybe even for a small laundry basket. There’s plenty of room to decorate the walls with things like a pencil holder, a calendar, or a picture. Slide a chair underneath and it’s perfect for any kid’s room!
11. Full-Length Mirror in the Corner
Live in an apartment or dorm where you can’t put holes in the wall? I’ve totally been there! Try this instead! Add a crate, mirror, and a pretty vase of flowers to the corner. This is a simple idea that gives your corner space an elegant look but still remaining functional.
12. Magazine Holder into a Catch-All Shelf
Create an easy peasy corner shelf with a simple wooden magazine holder. It can serve as a catch-all for the remote, magazines, and those other odds and ends that are cluttering up the surfaces in your living room. Just flip it on its side, and attach it to the empty corner you want to transform. I never thought to repurpose something like an old magazine holder, but I’m currently looking for one now for one of my corners. Isn’t this the coolest idea!
13. DIY Corner Bench that Doubles as Storage
A corner bench doubles as storage and seating, and who couldn’t use more of both? I know we could! Although something like this is available at Pottery Barn, you can totally DIY it for way cheaper. The seats flip up for extra storage; how cool is that? You could also decorate it any way you like.
14. Create a Corner Command Center
Are you tired of having drop spots all over your house that just clutter the place up? Here’s a solution that will help, while at the same time, transforming an empty corner into something useful. Turn an unused corner into a family command center complete with a pencil holder, file slots, message boards, and more. You can really customize this to your family by adding other items like mail slots, a calendar, a menu, a whiteboard, or a key holder. What items would be most useful for YOUR family?
15. Dress-Up Corner for Fun Playtime
Does your little one love to dress up and play pretend? Add this dress-up corner to hang all those extra outfits that won’t fit in the closet or drawers. You can even make this more fun by adding creative stuff like curtains, a microphone, maybe an MP3 player, and some chairs. This would be a great place for the little ones to put on plays and invite the parents to come to the show! I can see my littles spending hours here.
Bonus Creative Corner Space Use
16. BONUS: Custom Built Cabinet for Storage
This custom-built corner storage unit keeps clutter at bay in the entryway. This is so beautiful and it’s a great way to keep things organized as you come in the front door. There’s shelving throughout this DIY storage unit, including smaller (upper) cabinets at the top (with doors) to keep some things tucked away nicely. This storage unit would actually look good in other rooms too, like in the bedroom, or the living room, or even the in office. What a gorgeous piece of furniture to add to your home decor.
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