No matter what style home you live in—apartment or house, old or new—chances are good that you never have enough closet space. I remember moving into my first home years ago and wondering how I was ever going to use up all the closet space; two children and five years later I was looking at free standing storage cabinets, garage shelving units, and beds with extra storage drawers!

You can get more storage space if you buy extra storage-related furniture or you can toss out everything you don’t use on a daily basis. If you have storage problems you probably can’t spare the space for extra cabinets or storage-focused furniture. And it’s just not practical to throw away things that you need but don’t use every day. So you’re back where you started, wondering how to cram everything you have into your limited space. But there is a great alternative you may not have thought about—or maybe you have since you are visiting this site!

Spedalon Vacuum Seal Storage Bags can take care of a lot of your storage needs. Seasonal bedding and clothing, pillows, and sheets can all be compressed down to a pile about ¼ the size of normal. You can store the sealed bags on top of each other or stand them up on the floor of a closet or other place like books on a shelf. But hey, not all of my things can be stored in these great bags and I’m sure you have the same situation. So I thought I’d share some of my solutions.

• • I’m not a shoe fanatic but I have about ten pair. My solution for those that I did not wear often was a sturdy tension rod equipped with S hooks across the top of my closet. When I want a pair I climb up on my step stool and unhook the pair I want. This leaves my closet floor free for my everyday shoes and other daily essentials.

• • When I was very young I had a studio apartment and no furniture but a bed that doubled as a couch. An over-the-door shoe organizer served as my underwear and sock drawer. Much later, I used the same device to store toys for my children so they would have more play space in their bedrooms.

• • When I lived in a climate with harsh winters I had a lot of sweaters! Cardigans, pullovers, turtlenecks, you name it and I wore it. I bought a 6 shelf vertical hanging closet organizer and kept my sweaters there with some cedar to keep the moths away. Now I don’t have as many but I use Spedalon Vacuum Seal Storage Bags to compress my half dozen sweaters into a small fraction of that space. Plus, no more mothballs or cedar because the vacuum seal keeps the moths and other nasty things away!

• • Who doesn’t love holidays? I love decorating for a holiday and have tablecloths, napkins, table runners, wall hangings, and even special dinnerware for major holidays. But I hated storing them, especially when I opened my Christmas box one year and found that my favorite tablecloth had begun to mildew from some dampness that made its way into the basement. I was just glad that I’d stored my Grandma’s hand-made tablecloth in my bedroom closet rather than the basement.       Now I use—you guessed it!—Spedalon Vacuum Seal Storage Bags. I don’t have to worry about mildew, moths, mold, spiders, or anything else making its way onto my special, treasured decorations.

• • When you have children, bath time can be a lot of fun. I used to love watching my kids get creative with blocks that stuck to the bathtub wall tiles, drawing with special soap crayons, and making seascapes with foam ocean characters. But what a clean-up job! I’d have to dry everything off and put them in a basket in the corner of the bathroom. I repurposed that basket, though, when I started to use Spedalon Mesh Laundry Bags to store my children’s bath toys. They let the air circulate so nothing mildewed and my little boys found that they enjoyed putting their toys away in the bags. Yes, they threw the bags at each other but the soft quality mesh made them harmless.

Your home doesn’t have to be cluttered if you’re short on storage space. These are just a few of the storage solutions you can find with the right inspiration and Spedalon Vacuum Storage Bags as well as Spedalon Mesh Laundry Bags.