Hello friends! I'm getting back on track with sharing my Small Home Style series, sharing ideas to help make those tricky small spaces not only stylish but also practical. I love when design is both pleasing to the eye and makes sense in real life, not just pretty for pictures. As a small home dweller, I know the challenges people face when dealing with limited space, but challenges also create opportunists for fabulous ideas. Trust me it can be done! No matter how small or large your kitchen is, it can almost never feel big enough. However with a few design tricks that are pretty + practical, you can have an amazing looking and feeling kitchen.

I truly believe design should feel good, meaning every time walk into a room in your home it should feel good and feel you.

ONE. Add a Shelf Above your Kitchen Sink. No pretty window to look out of above your kitchen sink, no problem! Add a shelf or shelves and transform the dead space into use space to store cookbooks, small dishes or herbs

TWO. Go Vertical! If your existing cabinets stop stop of the ceiling, turn that dead space into usable useful space. Adding a shelf above your cabinets can create extra storage for your beloved serviceware your don't use everyday.

THREE. Peg Board System. Hang a pegboard in your kitchen to transform blank wall into a organized wall that can hold a variety of kitchen items: pots, pans, cutting boards and more.

FOUR. Go Bold with Color. I love love white kitchens, but a small kitchen is also a place where you can take big risks for huge impact!

FIVE: Use Your Counter top Wisely. Declutter your counters and stylish store items on your countertops and use trays to help corral items.

SIX. Open Up Your View. A full wall of cabinet doors in a small kitchen make a kitchen feel even smaller, nix your solid cabinet doors for glass inserts.

SEVEN. Bring the Outdoors Inside. Grow an indoor herb garden in your kitchen, place small planters in your windowsill, on the counter or hang on the wall. Adding greenery in your kitchen can give your small kitchen a boost of style + it's so practical.

EIGHT. Paint a Chalkboard Wall. If you have a small galley kitchen, chances are you can a blank useless wall, transform the blank with Chalkboard paint.

NINE. Floating Shelves. Go wide open and remove all your upper cabinets with open shelves, or remove 1-2 cabinets and install floating shelves. A few open shelves in a small kitchen can really open the style factor.

In my kitchen below, I placed three floating shelves between my cabinet and fridge. The shelves help create a focal area and perfect for storing my cookbooks, pretty bowls and misc service ware.

With a some stylish design tricks even the tiniest kitchen can be a perfect combination of pretty + practical.

Looking for more kitchen design ideas? Click here to read about my kitchen and how I transformed my dated 1950's merged with bad design from the 1980's into a kitchen that wows me and makes my heart happy every time I enter.

How have your maximized your small kitchen and given it style?

Welcome to my 3rd post about Small Home Style, sharing stylish ideas to incorporate into your home. As a small home dweller living in 1100 Sq feet with a family of four + a puppy, I've learned to design my home with intention and make sure our small home works of my family. Every Monday, I'm sharing design solutions for small homes, helping to tackle small home design dilemmas. Today, I'm sharing design solutions for small bathrooms. Chances are when you have a small home you also have a small bathroom. It can be challenging to create extra storage and make the most of your space with your bathroom is small. However, there are several ways you can make your bathroom feel larger & organized.

Add a Linen Closet

If you have room inside your bathroom or right outside, add a freestanding linen closet to help double your space. Store bathroom towels and misc bathroom items on the shelves.

Add Shelves

Shelves help create instant storage options, choose shelves wide enough that they can hold artwork, baskets, towels, soaps and misc bathroom items. Consider hanging three, above your toilet, odd number of shelves always looks best.

Take the Doors Off

If you have a linen closet inside your bathroom, consider removing the doors! Too many doors inside your bathroom can make a small space feel crowded. Style the opening shelves using trays to hold perfumes and lotions, use baskets to hold bath towels & curling irons etc.

Use All Surfaces for Extra Surface

Place a tray on top of your toilet to create a curated extra storage solution. The tray can hold artwork, photos, bathroom products, candles and jars. This is great way to stylish sneak in extra storage.

Another option is adding a small tray on top of your vanity to coral: toothbushes, candles, purfume etc. items stylishly in plain site

Hang it High

In my sons bathroom, that also serves as our guest bathroom. I hung our striped navy and white shower curtain extra tall, to help create the illusion of tall ceilings, which draw your eyes up and out.

image via Chic Little House HGTV House Feature

Think Outside the Box

Use a children's wall mounted book holder to organize your beauty products in your bathroom in a chic way. I just adore the dreamy way the a book holder was used in the bathroom below.

Add a small shelf under your mirror for holding perfumes & lotions. Also add an additional mirror to make your morning routine a breeze.

Use Baskets for Purpose & Texture

In my master bathroom below, I two used large baskets underneath our vanity to holder bathroom essentials: toilet paper and towels. This allowed our storage to double and helped create a small linen closet feeling in our petite bathroom. Plus the baskets add texture and color to a white bathroom.

Organize Cabinets & Drawers

Make the most of your vanity cabinets and get those drawers and bottom cabinet organized. Use a lazy Susan as a landing spot for bath products and baskets to hold your kids bathroom toys.

Add interior drawer organizers to keep your drawers organized, life is easier when everything is in plain sight and easy to find.

I hope you enjoyed today's Small Home Style post, please feel to email your small space design challenges at Hello@ChicLittleHouse.com I would love to help tackle those spaces.

How have you added additional chic storage in your bathroom? What design dilemmas are you facing in your bathroom?