Hey all, I was looking to see if anyone had any storage suggestion ideas for this Dead space. I have behind my refrigerator. I’m only able to reach in. Probably about 3 ft or so, but the space is about 4 ft wide by 7 ft long. The floor of this space is also the ceiling of my basement, so I can’t see it supporting very much weight without being reinforced. Looking for ideas if you have any, thanks!
Drug money.
I mean, the trouble is you gotta move the fridge to get to it, yeah? So surely nothing you’d want to get at frequently.
Christmas/Birthday presents?
Really rare house supplies? Like, say, light bulbs?
One of them portable fireproof safes with important documents?
Have you thought about monsters
It’s for cadavers, that’s why they call it dead space.
Possessed doll display area.
Cut a hole in the floor in there to the basement.
Run a hotwheels track (or similar) from your countertop, though the storage area, through the floor, and down to the basement.
Or more practically, store big/lightweight items and use a reacher grabber thingy as others suggested.
Maniquin torso storage.
You could build some shelving and use it as a baking tray holder, with the trays facing vertical. They would be easy to slide in/out.
Agreed, but then the other 5 feet would equally be inaccessible
Homelab. Or a pantry with deep pull out shelves. Or open it up on the side of the room through that doorway and convert to a built-in bookshelf or cupboard and close it up on the kitchen side.
I second this. Especially if you’ve the means to vent it appropriately. It will help isolate noise.
And if youre feeling like some minor woodworking… They sell door framing for next to nothing at big box stores… A thinner one would vastly improve your light switch situation ;)
Thanks kind of where I’m leaning. Do you know of a track or something that would allow me to pull the storage out?
Rack tracks exist for this and if you are looking to not get smushed or see your equipment take a fall I’d strongly recommend it.
For a smaller lighter rack many racks can be bolted down and pulled out / rotated.
I’d start with IKEA, for inspiration at the very least. A lot of their kitchen stuff is very modular, so they may have something that could fit in without too much fuss.
Make an elevator from the basement to the kitchen. Or just make a hole to the basement, but your laundry basket under and throw your dirty laundry in the hole.
Great idea… Except the laundry is on the same floor :(
Then a system of vacuum tubes…
I think it is time to move down your laundry!
Move the laundry to directly under that hole, problem solved
secret weed grow
Seems just big enough to put in an other smaller fridge.
I’d make a pull out pantry but also consider wiring in a battery power station inside to power the fridge during power outages.
The fridge doesn’t go in front of it does it? I’d assume not cuz of the light switch.
Store bulk paper products like toilet paper, paper towel, and tissue boxes.
Sorry I probably didn’t explain it very well. Nothing goes in front of where that hole is. The way it works is more like that hole is just there and it reaches all the way to the same wall that my refrigerator is on. If that makes sense, I’ll see if I can post another picture
Another pic would be helpful, I’m not quite understanding the spatial arrangement you’re describing
What’s on the other side or the wall?
The “best” use of that space would be to punch a door in the wall and make a floor to ceiling pantry IMO.
I’m sure that floor is the same as the rest of the house, as floor is built first, then walls atop the floor.
So wouldn’t worry about the loads it can handle.
Steps, cushions, lava lamp ;)
