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HOW TO DECORATE AN EMPTY CORNER - Home Decorating Ideas
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Feb 26, 2025
Got an awkward empty corner in your home? Don’t let it go to waste! In this video, I’m sharing creative and practical ways to transform those empty spaces into stylish, functional, and cozy areas. Whether you want a reading nook, a plant-filled oasis, or a decorative statement, I’ve got you covered with easy ideas that work for any home style. | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 00:41 Artificial Trees & Plants 03:17 Cozy Corners & Reading Nooks 05:04 Tables & Shelves 07:22 Baskets & Trunks 09:31 Cabinets & Wardrobes 💡 Links & Resources: Artificial Trees & Plants Realead Faux Olive Tree 7ft - https://amzn.to/4hQp34n Artificial Olive Tree 6FT Tall Faux Silk Plant - https://amzn.to/4hexaGZ Aveyas 6ft Artificial Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree - https://amzn.to/41eCK63 Baskets & Trunks
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hi it's lindsy Diane from Dian
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decore.com in this video we're going to
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talk all about how to decorate an empty
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Corner in your home now odds are you
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have a corner that is either empty or
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feels a little bit bare or incomplete or
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underutilized we all have these spaces
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in our home sometimes it's because the
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corner is too small for a piece of
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furniture that we'd like to put there or
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it's too large and the pieces that we do
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have there seem to be kind of floating
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around and aren't really anchored either
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way I'm going to give you five different
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ways to decorate an empty Corner in your
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home starting with number one number one
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which is the most obvious and most
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common is to use an artificial tree or
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plant so here you can use a large
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artificial tree or you can use a cluster
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of smaller plants if you choose to use a
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cluster of smaller plants try to go for
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some
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teered planter stands that will help
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give you that elevation so trees are
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great because they add a little Greenery
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to your space they also add a lot of
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great texture into your space as well
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and they give you this volume that
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really fills out the upper space of your
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room now that being said trees can be
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very expensive especially the higher end
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silk trees they could be a couple
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hundred for a six or 7ft tree if you're
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thinking that a tree is just not in the
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budget first consider you can always
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Thrift a tree um they are harder to find
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but like the one that I have back here I
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would say this is a six foot tree and I
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got it for like seven or eight dollar at
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Goodwill it was the find of the year for
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sure but they can be found but also if
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you're on Amazon don't forget to look
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for the like new items normally they
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will give you the brand new price but
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below it they will have like new items
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and these are the ones that you want to
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look for the ones that are going to come
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from the Amazon warehouse these are the
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ones that are customer returns they have
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been inspected there's nothing wrong
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with them if you know you have highly
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rated item that people love and you see
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a like new I would jump on it because
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you're going to get a great price on it
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you're still going to have a return
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window just the same as if you had
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purchased it new so if you decide you
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don't like it you can always return it
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there's no risk to you you're just
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getting a discount because somebody
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already opened the box so think about
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that if you really want a tree but it's
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a little bit pricey consider going those
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two routes first if not you can always
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use a cluster of
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plants so like I said look for a tiered
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planter stand that will help you um give
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some elevation to your smaller parted
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plants or if you have some that are
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decent size already just get individual
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plants stands and maybe have two medium
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or large siiz potted plants and put them
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in the corner of your room if you still
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have vertical space to fill after that
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consider um using some wall art or
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mirrors behind those plants to fill in
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that space visually number two is to
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create a Cozy Corner so this is a cozy
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little reading Nook that is going to
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consist of just one single chair a
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lighting source and a little side table
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that's all all you need to create a Cozy
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Corner so if you have a space where you
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can just put a little armchair you could
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do a recliner you can do a glider or a
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rocking chair whatever you prefer go
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ahead and place that chair there if you
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have just a standard accent chair that
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doesn't recline consider getting a
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little foot stool to go in front of it
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so that you can kick your feet up and be
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comfortable and then go ahead and do a
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floor lamp or you can do a little side
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table with a table lamp on it either way
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you want to have a place where you can
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put a book down put a snack down and
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have some lighting you can also use wall
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sconces in the corner and wall mount
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your lighting source as well that's a
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great option either way you want
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something nice and cozy and you can even
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you can add another additional area rug
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around that space add a little
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decorative pillow and a throw blanket to
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mix in some texture into that space and
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make it really intentional the key with
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doing the Cozy Corner is to make sure
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that you have adequate Lighting in that
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space because you don't want to be
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huddled away in some dark corner if it's
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not cozy no one's going to sit there
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they will feel like they're being
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annexed from the main seating area in
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your room and it won't feel inviting but
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having those blankets the pillows a
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place where you can set up a snack a
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place where you can kick your feet up
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and most importantly some nice lighting
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will really create an additional
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functional space out of an empty Corner
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next up is something we don't really see
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that often anymore and that is to use a
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half moon table or you can use a corner
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shelving system now a half moon table is
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just that it's almost like having a
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circular table and you chop it in half
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so you have a flat end that goes up
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against the wall it's a real Space saer
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Furniture option and then it sort of
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bows out and rounds out on the front
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usually they are an open leg system and
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maybe have some shelves beneath them
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it's sort of a light Airy piece of
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furniture I would use a half moon table
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you can put a beautiful vase on top of
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it you could put um little decorative
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vignette and then above it I would mount
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a picture a framed piece of artwork or a
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mirror or some type of wall decor above
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that half moon table just to kind of
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fill out the space this works
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particularly well in if your corner is
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uneven so by this I mean let's say um on
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one end of your corner you have just a
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twoot space before you hit the window
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and on the next end of the corner you
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have more like four feet you have this
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uneven corner and this is something that
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may be difficult to put a corner
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shelving system because you really need
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sort of an equidistant space from the
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corner if you have a situation like that
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go for the half moon table but if you
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have an equal spacing or you have enough
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spacing in your corner that you can put
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a corner shelving system or um you know
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a corner bookshelf go for that because
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they're really designed to maximize that
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space and again it's an open shelving
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system so you can have things on display
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you can have little decorative accents
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dotted throughout the shelves you can
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have stacks of books you can have uh
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candles you can have a little figurines
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you can top it off with a potted plant
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the options are very versatile when you
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have these Corner shelving situations
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and they are really just designed to
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fill out that space properly so the next
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time you are thinking about decorating
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an empty Corner consider making it a
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little bit more decorative by having
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either a half moon table and a piece of
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wall art or a corner shelving system
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number four is to use a basket or a
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storage trunk a large wicker basket is
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something that I talk about all the time
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because they are just perfect for a
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living room a playroom a family room a
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home office pretty much any room you can
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utilize a large wicker basket you can
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use them to store blankets to store toys
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shoes magazines you can use it as a
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hamper and store your dirty clothes
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there you can use it to store books and
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game boards and puzzles and have it nice
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and tidy and out of sight keeps the
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Clutter at Bay and they're very easy to
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use because you can just drop your
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things in there and go if they have a
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lid on them that's even better but these
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are very easy Storage Solutions because
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they're one they're really pretty if you
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get a nice woven basket it's just a
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beautiful piece to look at the natural
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colors the natural textures you're
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bringing into your space will really
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accent your designs and they are just
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easy for everyone to access and for
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everyone to use which means that your
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space will stay tidy it stays
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kid-friendly so that your kids can pull
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toys out of it if they want and they
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know exactly where they go again when
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it's time to put them away there isn't
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an elaborate organization system you can
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just toss them and go now alternatively
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if you have a larger space instead of
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using like a rounded basket you could go
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for a storage trunk you can still go for
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a wicker storage trunk or you can get a
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wood one you can have a a you know a
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steel one with some like hammered metal
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on it they come in a lot of different
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sizes and styles you can get a really
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cool vintage style
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trunk you again you have the storage to
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put lots of things in there and then
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above the wall I would go ahead and put
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a piece of artwork to accompany that
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corner so that you kind of fill it out
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visually so the storage trunk and the
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basket are no-brainers they're easy to
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find there are so many different styles
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to choose from and they're a perfect way
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to decorate an empty corner and last but
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not least is to use a storage cabinet or
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a
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wardrobe so if you have a corner that is
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let's say off of your kitchen this is a
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great place to store your broom you may
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have like a um like a vacuum mop
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situation like I do you could have a
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robot uh vacuum docking station that
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goes right underneath the cabinet this
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is a great way to store away your
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cleaning tools but have them easy access
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by the kitchen so if you have a corner
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that is just empty and you really could
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use a little bit more functionality in
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an adjacent room even if it's not that
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room that that cabinet is in or that
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corner is in if it's an adjacent room
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consider using a cabinet there it's just
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going to look like a decorative piece of
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furniture when the doors are closed no
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one knows what's behind there but inside
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you could have a series of mops and
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vacuums and cleaning cloths and cleaning
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supplies remember a lot of these things
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that um if there things that you have to
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assemble on your own you don't have to
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put the shelves in it may come with
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shelves but you don't necessarily need
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to use them if you need the height for a
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vacuum or a mop or a broom instead use
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the little sticky command hook things
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that like allow you to um hang on the
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back of a cabinet or on the back of the
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wall
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use those to help hold up and organize
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your cleaning items and you will be all
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set you don't need to use all of the
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shelves that come in there make it work
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for you and you'll have a beautiful clo
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storage system in what was otherwise a
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underutilized empty corner of your room
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that's it for this video I hope you
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found it helpful don't forget to visit
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