9 Carpentry Ideas For Your Storage and Display Needs

Clever and creative ideas to make full use of the space.

(This article was last updated on 21 December 2021.)

Living in small homes is very much a way of life for Singaporeans, and as such, we’ve become experts at maximising every square inch of our living space. And while storage compartments are first and foremost functional features, you’d be surprised at how aesthetically pleasing they can be as well!

Scroll down to see ingenious ways to store, display, and organise things at home with unique carpentry that’s built specifically to cater to each household’s lifestyle.

For the entire home

1. Overhead cabinets

2. Built-ins with hidden features

To prevent small spaces from looking cluttered, get creative with carpentry and incorporate hide-and-seek features. For example, you can hide an entire vanity counter in one section of the cabinet, like this!

3. Tailored carpentry for extra storage space

Tailored carpentry enables homeowners to fully utilise every inch of space. Both bedrooms in this home have storage units built into its walls and floor, creating a chic, minimalist bed area that looks gorgeous and feels extra cosy.

4. Storage under bay window seats

Other than providing alternative seating areas, bay window seats can be functional storage spaces as well! Even better if you have a modular table that can be retracted whenever it’s not in use – like this one!

One way to showcase collectibles— especially the fragile ones — is to store them in shelves with windows. This keeps them protected and dust-free while still fully on display. Take notes from this 5-room BTO, which has its display shelf built within a fluted panel wall — one that conceals a ‘secret’ room entrance for a streamlined look!

6. Open shelves in various sizes

7. Open shelves embedded into storage units

For the bathroom

8. Open shelves next to the bathroom mirror

9. Customised storage for tight corners

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