The living room is the heart of your home. It’s where your family and friends gather for cosy nights-in and to spend special occasions together. With all these precious moments spent making memories in your living room, don’t you want to keep it open and clutter-free?
In busy family rooms, life can build up fast. It’s easy for your living space to become cluttered if you don’t have adequate storage, with stray books and magazines, children’s toys, and soft furnishings like blankets and throws that occupy your sofa and floor space. But, with just one or two simple storage solutions, you can reclaim your living room and keep everything tidy, organised, and in place, freeing up your space for whatever you need it to be.
At UBER Interiors, we aim to help you maximise the functionality and aesthetic of your living room with subtle and stylish storage solutions that seamlessly blend with your decor and enhance your home. So, explore our list of top 10 living room storage ideas today and transform your home back to its relaxing and clutter-free glory.
Top 11 Luxury Living Room Storage Ideas
- Sideboards
- Console tables
- Display cabinets
- Chest of drawers
- Bar cabinets
- Trays & trollyes
- Bookcases & shelving
- TV stands & media units
- Coffee tables
- Bowls & boxes
1. Sideboards
Starting with one of the most versatile living room storage options, the sleek sideboard. A sideboard can be filled with almost anything, especially if it has doors; its stylish design can hide the contents out of sight.
Pushed up against a wall, a sideboard offers an expansive space both inside and on top, allowing you to showcase family photographs, drink trays, and record players. Place decorative vases, a lamp or stack your favourite interior design books for an intentional display.
Inside, hide away board games, records, children’s toys and media, or even store the dining ware you keep for special occasions. The possibilities are endless with a spacious sideboard, which works as a decorative piece and a storage solution.
Choose classic styles to blend flawlessly with your decor, or opt for a modern piece that will get your guests talking. The Uttermost Swoosh 5 Door Cabinet is an impressive piece of furniture that will instantly elevate your living room while keeping it clutter-free with its ample space inside and luxurious, graceful curved design. For more sideboard storage inspiration, browse our complete collection.
2. Console tables
For a more open storage option, console tables are a fantastic choice. Usually smaller than sideboards, they are perfect for displaying family photos, lamps, vases, candles and trinket trays and boxes, adding stylish decor and depth to your living room without looking bulky.
For added, clever storage, choose a console table with extra shelves to store items at different levels, such as the Uttermost Palisade Wood Console Table. Alternatively, consider subtle drawers to hide necessities away, such as the Eccotrading Renmin 2 Draw Console, which keeps your space tidy while keeping your items close at hand. Browse our range of console tables to find one that suits your space and storage needs.
3. Display cabinets
For storing special mementoes and ornaments, consider a modern display cabinet. Perfect for storing fine dining ware, your display books, special items like sculptures, bowls, vases, or precious keepsakes such as photo frames or awards, a display cabinet will elevate your living room while also providing a safe and aesthetically pleasing way to display your prized possessions.
Display cabinets are available in a wide variety of styles, with the most popular choice for a sophisticated look being a classic glass construction, such as the Eichholtz San Bernardino Cabinet. Display cabinets with doors, like this one, will also protect your belongings from dust, making living room cleaning a breeze while allowing you to display your items with pride.
If you prefer to conceal your possessions, opt for a display cabinet with solid doors for added privacy and security, like the Eichholtz Jane Cabinet. For varied storage, we recommend the Eicholtz Canova Cabinet, featuring open shelving and drawers. For more excellent storage ideas for the living room, browse our complete storage cabinet collection.
4. Chest of drawers
Not just for the bedroom, a chest of drawers is the perfect storage solution for living rooms that require extra storage space. Dedicate each drawer to a different category and have the perfect organisation system for everything you need close to hand in your living room, from toys to pillows and blankets. The top of a chest of drawers is also the perfect place to display your living room decor.
At UBER Interiors, we offer a wide range of luxury designer chests of drawers in a variety of unique styles, perfectly suited for the living room, such as the Liang & Eimil Tigur Chest of Drawers. Behind the sofa or pushed up against a wall, a chest of drawers can serve as a replacement for a sideboard or cabinet, offering a unique take on traditional living room decor. Browse our curated selection today.
5. Bar cabinets
If entertaining is your forte, consider choosing a bar cabinet to place in the corner or an alcove of your living room, allowing you to offer refreshing drinks on hand to guests in the evening. Whatever your tipple of choice, these bar cabinets are large enough to store bottles and glasses. A bar cabinet, such as the Uttermost Brazil Bar Cabinet, will elevate your living room and make it the focal point for parties, as well as the envy of your guests.
More than just decoration, a bar cabinet is a stylish and practical storage piece that effortlessly blends with your decor, adding a new dynamic to your space while also keeping drinks and glassware in a tidy zone. For our full selection of bar cabinets, browse our collection to find the perfect drinks cabinet to store and display your favourite tipples.
6. Trays & trolleys
If you still want to display your prized bottles and drinkware on a more portable setup that is also less bulky, and perhaps you’re limited by the space on your living room floor, we would recommend a decorative drinks trolley, such as the Uttermost Bar Trolley. Bring the drinks to where the party is on wheels and keep your glassware neat, and give it a home.
Trays, such as the Uttermost Elevated Tray/Plateau, are also a fantastic way to keep your spirits and liquors stored neatly. Place these on a sideboard, coffee or console table and return them to their spot when you are finished. Trays can also house and display other trinkets, such as candles, vases, and small sculptures, making them the perfect storage option for display. Browse our trays and find a living room storage option that is stylish and flexible.
7. Bookcases & shelving
Utilise the vertical space in your home with a stylish bookcase or shelving unit and discover a range of book storage ideas for your living room. Whether you’re looking for something simple and contemporary or an ornate showstopper, we have a wide range of luxurious designer options to help store your home library, such as the Caracole High Rise Bookcase
Choose a bookshelf that is as wide or as narrow as you like, to suit the available space in your living room, and fill it with items that make your house feel like a home. Or, if you’re short on space, browse our selection of shelves, such as the Liang & Eimil Arundel Shelving, for living room wall storage ideas. Utilise alcoves in your living room with freestanding furniture; tall shelving units work best in these areas to utilise vertical space.
Not just for books, a bookcase or shelving unit can house media, records, knick-knacks from trips, as well as special memories and photographs you want to display. The option is yours to keep it minimal or have every shelf tell its own story. Discover the art of shelf styling in our comprehensive guide, “How to Style Shelves.” Discover our range of bookcases and wall shelves to organise your living room and display your items stylishly.
8. TV stands & media units
A media unit will tastefully house a television and media boxes subtly in your living room without tangled wires on display. Beyond its intended purposes, you can also optimise your storage space by choosing a media unit with built-in cupboards, shelves, or drawers, such as the Richmond Interiors Ironville TV Unit.
Fill drawers with media, console accessories or books and keep everything for entertaining all in one convenient place. If you love to be the host with the most, consider dedicating a drawer or shelf in your media unit to board games and accessories.
Frame your television with photos and memorabilia to maximise every inch of storage space this unit provides. Or, for a minimalist and subtle design, keep shelves stacked neatly with everything you could want close at hand, or decorative items such as books, plants, candles, and vases. Shop our complete collection of designer TV and media units to maximise your living room storage space.
9. Coffee tables
Coffee tables are also a fantastic storage solution for your living room, especially if they feature hidden shelves or drawers, like the Eichholtz Rialto Coffee Table or open for storage such as the Uttermost Heritage Chest Coffee Table, providing a smart way to utilise every inch of your living space.
Store items like books and magazines in an aesthetically pleasing way on lower shelving, or conceal remote controls in hidden drawers to keep your coffee table top clutter-free. Shop our coffee table collection and maximise your lounge space with clever storage.
10. Bowls & boxes
A vase, box, bowl, or jar can be a stunning decorative piece. Still, it also allows for subtle storage space for small keepsakes, such as the Uttermost Bitalo Bowl. A box, like the quirky Uttermost Novel Box, can act as a “drop zone” by the entrance to the living room to catch everyday items, such as keys, mail, and wallets, preventing them from scattering around the room. Browse our collection of small decorative storage options in our bowls & vases collection.
How do you maximise space in a small living room?
If your living room is on the smaller side, you may have struggled to decide on the storage options available to you. With our storage ideas for small living rooms, you don’t need to worry about straddling the line between cosy and cluttered.
We’ve already mentioned several ways you can maximise your living room space with clever storage, such as multi-functional storage furniture pieces. However, here is our comprehensive list of small living room storage ideas to help you find the best options for your space.
- Think vertically: When your floor space is limited, go up! Tall, slim bookcases, floating shelving and wall-mounted cabinets or media units will occupy minimal floor space and provide maximum storage.
- Choose multi-functional furniture: Anything that has hidden storage and functions as another piece of furniture is a win for your living room layout and storage plan. Think storage ottomans, coffee tables with storage, sofas with built-in storage and nesting tables.
- Maximise unconventional spaces: An awkward alcove or recessed area is a fantastic place to turn into a functional storage area. Some fantastic living room alcove storage ideas include small cabinets, shelves, bookcases or sideboards. Simply find one that fits!
- Smart storage ideas: Stylish baskets and bins are excellent for storing children’s toys, media, accessories, or magazines while maintaining a visually appealing appearance. Opt for a slim console table with smart storage that doesn’t occupy too much space. Trolleys and carts can serve as a movable side table or storage unit, and can be easily tucked into a corner when not in use.
Final thoughts
Now that you have considered everything there is to optimise your storage space in your living room, including living room storage ideas for small spaces, it is time to have fun finding the right storage solution for your home!
We hope that our living room storage ideas guide has helped inspire you on what to look for and the options to consider. Explore our full range of storage furniture and accessories available at UBER Interiors today.