How to Decorate a Long Narrow Room Leading to a Kitchen

How to Decorate a Long Narrow Room Leading to a Kitchen

How to Decorate a Long Narrow Room Leading to a Kitchen

Don’t think of the problems brought on by a long and narrow room’s clumsy shape when thinking how to decorate it when it leads into your kitchen. Rather, take the high road and consider all of the solutions offered by this room’s unique and different space. Whether your family requires a spot to store groceries or coats, or even a place to unwind and plan the day ahead, then this chamber can help your family weather any storm.

In Command

End — or at least tame — the early madness of trying to get everybody prepared for work and school by decorating the narrow room as your family’s command center. Adorn the walls using items that will help you keep tabs on family appointments as well as incoming and outgoing paperwork and mail. A large calendar functions best for people that have several activities to keep tabs on, but when the number of activities is good, one smaller calendar each person offers the best route. Make easy work of corralling family paperwork by hanging plastic or metal bins around the wall. Supply a bin for each member of their family as well as a bin for outgoing mail. Handmade labels for each bin adds function and offers you an opportunity to stylize them. Maximize the utility of this space by hanging either a cork board or magnetic board for notes.

As Clear as Mud

Utilize your long and narrow room as both a mudroom as well as an extension of a kitchen, a location for people to hang bags and coats and also to store essential, however unsightly, kitchen items. Put in a collection of heavy hooks for coats, backpacks plus one wall, then at different heights to install them inside a child’s reach. A seat with a reduced shelf, or a series of benches, offers storage as well as a spot to sit or to break your grocery bags. Outfit the space on the seat shelves or underneath the seat with bins devoted to sneakers, reusable grocery bags, dog leashes and other paraphernalia. Transform an empty corner of the space into your recycling center by keeping your bins there.

The Butler Did It

Compensate for lack of storage space in your kitchen by transforming the adjacent narrow and long room into a butler’s pantry. A butler’s pantry was frequently found between the dining room and kitchen in bigger homes and has been used to store dishes, silverware and other kitchen equipment. A combination of closed cabinetry around the underside and open shelving around the very top of at least one wall in the space maximizes storage space. A countertop operating along another wall, and with open shelving under, allows extra workspace, storage for commonly used items on storage and top for tall or bulky items down below.

Have a look at the Library

Produce a cozy nook on your long and narrow room by turning it into a family. Produce a library wall — or even two — using tilting shelves offering stylish storage for books, magazines and other reading materials. Devote another wall to family photographs, both framed and unframed for a more spontaneous appearance, children’s artwork masterpieces along with other treasured mementos. Produce a nook for quiet reading by tucking an armchair, floor lamp and little end table into an unused corner. Lay bean bags as well as floor cushions on the ground to motivate others, particularly children, to join you on your reading endeavors.

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