How do you store everything?

[rhianna]

Hi folks! So I'm having a dilemma. I am moving out of my parents' home and into a TINY (468 sqft, to be exact) 2 bedroom apartment. The bunnies will be sharing a 10x12 bedroom with me and there is no closet. Currently, I store most of their things in a wardrobe in my room, except their pellets, litter, and hay, which are in bins. The issue is that I will have practically no space for any of those things in my new room. I am trying to figure out storage solutions for their things - so far all I have is just shoving bins under my bed.

Anyways, how do you store your bunny things? Any tips or tricks for sharing tiny spaces with bunnies? I know that the majority of my room will be taken over by them, but I need to retain some space for myself as I'm a student and I need places to study and store my books. The buns' massive x-pen is definitely not going to help save space, lol.

 

[katiecrna]

I live in a small apartment too. I have a small storage ottoman thing that I bought off amazon for super cheap. I put it in my bunnies room, and throw a small little dog bed thing on top and it’s my bunnies favorite spot to sit.
In the ottoman I have her hay, pellets, a couple small toys, brush, nail cutter, her small emergency kit. It works great. The problem is I can’t store a lot of hay in it but I can fit two 40oz oxbow bags in there so it’s not that bad.

My kitchen doesn’t have a pantry, so instead I have a pantry/closet in my hallway and in there I put her litter which I use wood stove pellets in a Rubbermaid container. Then I always store the rest of my bags of pellets in the trunk of my car.

I had to get rid of a lot of my bunny extras because they wouldn’t fit so I now have the bare necessities plus a few toys.

You can also buy rolling storage bins that go under your bed. Like I said I have a small apartment too and I have maxed out my space lol.

When I get home I can take some pictures and show you if you want.

 

[lavendertealatte]

I'm wondering the same thing, since I hear hay needs to have air otherwise it will get moldy. Right now I just have a cardboard box sitting in the den where Bunster it is but it is quite unsightly. Thinking of getting a piece of furniture where I could store Bunster's supplies too.

Bunster's stove pellet litter stuff is in the garage in a plastic bin. At first I had it in the bag it came with just on the ground but then a roach surprised me that was hiding out under the shovel I had on it.. so.. no longer.

 

[Blue eyes]

Making your storage space double as bunny space (steps and platforms) may be an idea to maximize the space. The photo (not mine) demonstrates this idea:

 

[rhianna]

I love this advice! Super helpful. I'll attach a photo of the floorplan I finally came up with for the room. The bed will be 18" tall and I'll store their boxes of hay, pellets, litter, and their travel cage under there. The two things near the windows are 45" storage ottomans from Walmart which will hold all of their toys and accessories. The big rectangle to the right is their pen (3'x6'). They'll be out of the cage whenever I'm home, but my roommate has a dog so they have to be contained safely when they're not supervised. Hopefully this can help others, and I'd love to see more ideas if anyone has some

Tiny shared room layout

• rhianna
• May 26, 2018