5 genius ways I use vacuum storage bags around my small home, from protecting precious items to doubling my storage space

A bed with a patterned fabric headboard, white bedding with two blue throw cushions and a patterned bolster cushion. A wooden side table with a side lamp beside it. .

Struggling for space is a storage woe most of us are familiar with. Be it a closet that is full-to-bursting, or sentimental items we simply cannot part with, there never seems to be quite enough space to hold everything we own.

That's where I fall back on vacuum storage bags, squashing clothing and soft items down to take up less than half the space they usually do.