Our Little Client’s Bedroom Makeover
Cremorne, Sydney
I recently completed a bedroom project for clients in Cremorne. This lovely family were quite minimalistic and loved to be organised, however the current storage in the home wasn’t allowing them to fully live this way. I’m currently working through all rooms of the home and this is a working progress- resetting the whole home flow so that every room makes sense, visual clutter is contained and every day items are easy to find and reach for.
A space just for her
The first room completed was the little girl’s bedroom, and this space had a slightly unusual storage problem. Her wardrobe was technically in her bedroom, but it was currently functioning as the main storage cupboard for the entire home. Inside were items like adult books, jackets, a suitcase, toolbox, cleaning products, puzzles, a yoga mat, Christmas tree, old Lego, printer, spare cat litter, cat carrier and vacuum cleaner, alongside a few of her own toys. Her clothes were mostly stored in a chest of drawers outside the wardrobe, but with school age looming we knew as she grew she would need a dedicated space for all of her clothing.
The family lives very minimally, so this wasn’t a case of simply getting rid of lots of clutter. The bigger issue was that there genuinely wasn’t enough storage in the home, and there wasn’t much room to add more furniture without making the spaces feel more crowded.
reworking the home as a whole
As this room was part of a larger project, rather than treating the bedroom individually, I worked through where household items could be condensed, rehomed and redistributed throughout the home. The goal was to give the wardrobe back to our little client, while still finding practical homes for the household items that genuinely needed to stay.
We were able to re-home a lot of the household storage from the wardrobe through strategic layouts in other rooms, although one section still needed to accommodate tall cleaning items such as the vacuum and mops. The small amount of remaining household items were grouped into pull-out boxes, with the bottom ones filled with items that belong to her. We chose a soft material that blends seamlessly into the wardrobe and gives no hint to cleaning products visually. (Except for our labels of course!)
On the other side of the wardrobe, we removed the lower hanging rail and added a chest of drawers inside for our clients’ daughter’s clothing. This created a dedicated side entirely for her clothes, with the hanging rail above used for dresses, jumpers and other items that benefit from being hung.
The top of the drawers also allowed us to create a small display area that can later be converted into additional storage, as she grows.
Making the most of every Centimetre
Because storage was limited, every product needed to earn its place. The tubs on the top shelf were replaced with matching tubs that fit the available space properly, rather than leaving wasted gaps around containers that were the wrong size.
The existing chest of drawers outside the wardrobe could then be repurposed for toys, which also helped create more space for toys from elsewhere in the home. We finished by labelling the storage so it’s clear where everything belongs and is easy for the whole family to maintain.
The result is still a bedroom with limited storage, but it now functions much more like a little girl’s bedroom. Her clothing has a proper home, her toys have dedicated storage, and the household items that couldn’t be moved elsewhere are contained, visually hidden and organised rather than taking over the space.
It’s one small part of a much bigger home organisation project, with the kitchen, living room and adults’ wardrobe still to come. Sometimes the biggest improvements come from reworking the space you already have, rather than adding more storage.
Shannon Willis
Founder + Senior Organiser
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