Could Modular Furniture Be the Answer to My Constantly Evolving Storage Needs

Anyone who follows me across any of my social media channels will no doubt have noticed my quite regular decluttering day announcements. These happen in my house more often than in most others. You see I’m not afraid that anyone here will suddenly be hit by the urge to become a horder; I struggle to find the space to store everything and seem to become regularly overrun by things.

We have a good sized house with two reception room, the boys have their own bedrooms, we have a utility room and a “man den/workshop” which could be used for storage if absolutely needed and yet I find myself filling the house with plastic boxes in a remarkable array of sizes and shapes in a desperate effort to find a home for everything.

I run a business from my home, have two children with a wide range of interests which means they have a large amount of “stuff”, books and nothing seems to have its own place, its own home.

Spotting Room4Interiors recently after they were featured on The Consumer Voice after winning a top customer service award I fell in love. Room4Interiors offer a number of modular furniture options for your bedroom, lounge, office and all of them look as if they could have fallen out of an interior design magazine rather than in one of those furniture catalogues that comes through the post unasked for at annoyingly regular intervals.

My office is in dire need of extra organisation and namely storage and this collection has me practically drooling! I could mix and match sections and set the office up in a way that works perfectly for me, with everything to hand and looking fabulous.

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You’ll see now what I mean here about the quality finish this furniture offers. I would happily re-gift my current office concoction of furniture to restart fresh with a Room4Interiors set-up like this.

What about everywhere else though?

The modular bedroom furniture also has me very excited as it would be perfect for Kieran’s room especially, keeping his clothes properly organised and of course drawers and cupboards could be utilised in any way to met his growing storage needs.

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The site even offers home accessories, office chairs etc to pull everything together and ensure that everything looks great as well as offers practical solutions.

In truth I’ve always shied away from modular furniture in the past simply because the examples I had seen up until now weren’t solid enough and didn’t look as good as these. I simply wasn’t prepared to pay out to create great storage at the price of having ugly furniture!

I am going to have to make drastic decluttering decisions soon if I don’t find a solution to the ever-growing amount of “stuff” we have in the house and R4I look likely to be my saviour.

My question for all of you today is this: Have you used modular furniture and if so what did you find the best thing about it?

 

 

Fabulous Home Office Supplies

The fact that I am a stationery tart will come as no surprise to regular readers, or indeed anyone who has dared venture into my office. When the lovelies from http://www.paperstone.co.uk/ got in touch and asked (obviously having heard about my need for a well-stocked home office) if they could send me some goodies I decided it would be rude to refuse.

Now I know I get easily excited but LOOK!

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This came as part of the package and as well as being great fun to look at, it makes grabbing tape quick and easy (and reduces wasted time spent breaking nails and swearing while trying to find the end of a sellotape roll). My 7 year old has his eyes on this and has been told in no uncertain terms the answer is no.

Roy has his eye on my new Sharpies and has been told he may borrow them as and when needed provided that they are returned to their rightful place in the pen caddy. I’m not sure what he meant when he saluted me but I assume it was a show of respect for my authority over all things stationery.

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This gorgeous brown Silvine notebook, with lined pages and a ribbon marker is described on the website as an executive ruled notebook and therefore this is clearly just for me. I tend to use cheap and cheerful scribble pads for paper notes however there are some projects and tasks that deserve a little more.

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Needless to say I am quite tickled by this bonus package of home office items, not simply because of the fact that I have new shiny stationery items to fawn over but also because I have found a retailer who will offer quality items at a reasonable price. Up until recently I had bought my work supplies at a local copy shop however the shop has now closed up and moved out of town so is no longer convenient for me.

Having done a comparison search on items I use for work I was pleased to find that Paperstone did offer competitive pricing, an easy to use website and now I know they offer free gifts when you spend certain amounts, they have become my business supplier of choice.

This decision had nothing to do with the fact that the final item in my goodie parcel were these…

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All joking aside, as a small business owner working out of my home it is essential that I don’t waste money on items that are “cheap” as opposed to affordable. Keeping my overheads and expenses to a minimum is important and choosing suppliers and service providers carefully is a part of the money saving process.

Now I just need to find someone to help me cut down the cost of my coffee habit during work hours!

 

*I was sent these stationery goodies for free with no expectation of a positive review. As it happens I am glad I’ve found the company (or they found me) as they have indeed been penned in as my stationery suppliers moving forward, a welcome bonus on top of the Kit Kats!