victoria_mason83

Understairs storage ideas for old house

last month

Hi all,


We are currently in the process of renovating our old house and are wanting to make a better use of the understairs area which is a part of our entrance hallway (although we're intending the room to be used more of a 'snug' as we've taking out the wall to combine with the kitchen diner). Photos included of pre-renovation and current (during renovation).


The reason the current single cupboard door is not sufficient is that it's not full height and so things are either dumped straight in front of the current door, or just not put in the cupboard at all and are instead left on the floor of the room. As such, having something else accessible from the outside where the current white boarding is would be great (we're having to remove this to strengthen the stairs anyway).


All the ideas we can find online are really crisp, new-style drawer units which wouldn't match the old farmhouse style we're going for so I wanted to come on here and ask if anyone has any ideas?


Our final renovation design is to be gray flagstone effect flooring in the room, white 'slightly imperfect' skimmed walls, and matt black beams. Current wood doors and stairs are planned to be kept as they are, but the current understairs door could be changed if needed.


Many thanks in advance for any thoughts!


Thanks,

Victoria




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