1) Double your bedroom wardrobe storage with space-saving gadgets like the "closet doubler". The closet doubler rod gives you a second closet rod/bar. It hooks onto your existing closet rod/bar by posts. So you can hang twice as many shirts in the same space. See a picture of the "closet doubler".

2) When shopping for shelving or storage cabinets, buy vertical everything --book shelves, file cabinets, portable pantries. The taller you go, the more shelving you'll have. You may want to invest in a few portable step stools or step ladders. They can be shoved under a table or hang on wall to keep handy.

3) Use a Lazy Susan , which is a turntable, to make use of hard-to-reach corners in kitchen cabinets and on countertops. Turntables are great for condiments, coffee mugs, spices---anything that suits your fancy. Some turntables have two shelves. You also can buy vertical revolving DVD/CD/Video Tape storage cabinets with two or four sides. Use the shelves for your paperback book collection too.

4) Buy under-the-bed storage baskets and under bed carts with or without the casters. These also can slide underneath futons and even some chairs. Use them for storing gift wrap paper, shoes, CDs, craft materials or sewing supplies. You also can buy "bed risers", also called "under bed spacers" or " bed elevators ", if you need more space between the floor and bed frame.

5) Sell some of your current furnishings and buy double-duty furniture items as replacements. For instance, get foot stools and ottomans with storage compartments. Replace four-leg end tables or cocktail tables with trunk tables. Get a shoe bench for the telephone center or garage. These are rectangular with a compartment for storing shoes; when closed they're a bench to sit on.

6) Replace your individual electronic items with all-in-one items. For example, in the home office, you now can have one machine that does copying, scanning, printing and faxing. Instead of individual portable CD players, cassette players and radios, get one portable or compact stereo system that does it all. You can even get some televisions with built-in DVD players, also called TV/DVD Player Combo.

7) Utilize the ceiling. You can hang more than potted plants from the ceiling. You can hang bike racks, pot racks, and multi-tiered hanging wire storage baskets from the ceiling. Use the wall too. Hang a mini hammock or netting in a wall-to-wall corner for your child's stuffed animal collection. Hang framed photos in collage formats on the wall that are now cluttering your tables and dressers.

8) Consider buying travel size items of things like irons, umbrellas, and hair dryers. Since these items serve as both your home and travel set now, you're using less storage space than you would with a full-size and a travel-size of each item.

9) Consider off the wall spaces. Hang your colanders on the side of the kitchen cabinets. Put a magnetic dish towel rack on your refrigerator. Put a double over-the-door hook on the back of your bedroom door for his and her bathrobes. Use a plastic hanging shoe bag on the back of the hallway closet door for pet leashes and supplies.

10) Use the trash can. Sure you can store long-handled gardening tools in a large trash can in the garage. But use the trash can in this tip means just that. Discard broken items in your home that will never be used again such as worn shoes, chipped dishes, broken radios and more. That's one tip that will add more space for organizing your home!