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We Got Featured in Good Housekeeping: 3 Designer Tips to Maximize Storage in Smaller Homes
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Our Project Riverside mudroom has been featured in Good Housekeeping — such a fun and meaningful moment for our DnC family. It is always an honor to be able to inspire homeowners through thoughtful, real-life design solutions.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to contribute to several conversations around how homes are evolving in 2026 and how families are truly living in their spaces today.
Seeing these ideas reflected in national publications, Good Housekeeping, felt especially meaningful because they align so deeply with how we approach design at Design & Curations every single day.
For many families, especially those living in older or historic homes, traditional mudrooms simply do not exist. As I shared in the article:
“Historic or in-town homes simply weren’t designed with mudrooms in mind, and the main floor footprint is usually limited.”
Instead of forcing square footage that may not exist, we believe the better approach is identifying underutilized moments within the home and turning them into intentional everyday living zones.
Corners.
Wall pockets.
Laundry rooms.
Under-stair spaces.
The goal is not perfection.
It is creating calmer systems that support real life beautifully.
And for our DnC family, here are three practical design tips you can start thinking about today, BELOW!
Tip 1: Combine Laundry & Mudroom
Recently, Good Housekeeping featured our thoughts on functional “drop zone” living and the growing importance of intentional utility spaces within the home. And in this Project Riverside LINK has been featured for its clever usage of space for a multi-purpose room: Drop Zone + Laundry off the garage.
Tip 2: Use every possible space, like the understairs, for extra storage
Tip 3: Use every corner of the house for extra cabinet space!
In the same Riverside project, we have used every corner of the house. We had 3-4‘ space, and we added this radius corner storage for an additional mom command center with storage and a cute fluted finish.
BONUS Tip: More storage and organization. We recently shared this (below) playroom idea here.
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XO,
BurJu
