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If you live in a tiny house, in many ways your living room is your house. Usually the living room is combined with the kitchen. Though the two form distinct spaces in the house, there is rarely a partition between them.

That means that many of the smart home organizing ideas from tiny house dwellers are focused on this main section of the house. These same ideas can be used in a larger house as well to free up space and provide a more open feel. Let’s take a look at tiny house living room ideas for organization and storage.

• Get couches with storage underneath them. This is pretty simple, but it is also a great solution which more people should take advantage of who do not live in tiny houses. Tiny house sofas and couches often have drawers underneath them, just like tiny house beds frequently do. Consider investing in furniture like this for your own living room. You will be amazed how much room it can potentially free up on your shelves and in your other drawers and cabinets.

• Invest in multi-purpose configurable furniture. Many tiny house living rooms have small configurable items of furniture which can serve more than one purpose. For example, picture a small cushioned cube which can serve as a chair without a back, but can be pushed together with others to form a couch or a bed—but which also can be opened up and used as a storage container.

• Put storage under the stairs. Another genius tiny house storage technique is to install a set of stairs which also double as stepped storage cabinets or shelves. You can only use this solution if you are constructing your stairs yourself of course, but if you have the opportunity, take advantage of it.

• Utilize open free-floating shelves. Open, free-floating shelves work just as well as any other type of shelving, and provide a clean, minimalist appeal. You can also configure them as needed to free up more space.

• Build expandable shelving into your collapsible bed. One very cool and unique idea I recently came across for tiny house living room storage involved a sofa which could be expanded into a bed. When the bed part was collapsed in an upright position to reveal the sofa, a shelf could be unfolded above it.

• Use clear plastic bins for organizing. Finally, you will see plastic storage totes in use in a lot of tiny house living rooms. They can be used to store items inside cabinets and under couches. They also work great on shelves, and can easily be relocated if needed.

I highly recommend that you check out some photos of tiny house living rooms to see the kinds of brilliant small space organizing ideas that these clever homeowners have devised. Once you do, you may be inspired to try some different organizing solutions in your own living room. Whether your own abode is large or small, you can never free up too much space!