Storage Items to Clear up Space
Self-storage is a consistently growing business, with more and more people using it to save space in their homes or store things they want to keep safe. If you’re looking to downsize your home or you feel you need to open up some space, self-storage is likely an excellent option for you. Of course, you may be wondering what exactly to put in your storage unit. You’ve probaby collected a lot of items if you need to clear up space in your home, but it’s hard to decide which ones to part with while they’re in storage. To help you decide, we’ve provided a list of the primary items that are placed in self-storage. Hopefully, this list will provide you a guideline of where to start with your own stuff!
What Items Can’t Go In Storage?
Before going over the primary items to put in a storage unit, it’s important to cover what you can’t. These items have to stay stored in your home:
- food
- drugs/medicines
- gasoline
- fireworks
- propane
- weapons and ammunition
- money
Primary Storage Items to Save Space
Seasonal Items
Whether it’s Christmas, Halloween, or Fourth of July, you probably have a collection of decorations that collect dust in your attic or closet when it’s not holiday season. Instead of this depressing scene taking up your precious space, move these decorations to a storage unit. If you properly organize your items into labeled plastic bins, you can easily pop in and out for your decorations each holiday.
Old Items
Any items that you have sitting on shelves or in a spare room that are no longer used can go into your storage unit. This includes furniture, appliances, or CD’s that you aren’t currenty utilizing but do not want to part with. These items must be stored properly to avoid getting damaged or deteriorating, but once you take these steps they will stay safe until you need them again. Visit our blog for tips on how to properly store these items!
Books
Books look great displayed on your favorite book shelf. However, if you are an avid collector of books, you may find that your shelf is continually shrinking. Instead of throwing your books in the closet, consider placing them in storage. Like everything else, books must be stored properly; but if you go through the correct protocol they will stay safe in the unit until you want to read them again (or until you move into your dream mansion with a library).
Collectible Items
If you are a collector of stamps, trains, rocks, or anything else, you probably have a lot of experience figuring out where to store things. When these items pile up, you can put them in storage! Depending on what you collect, each item will have specific requirements to preserve it. If you clean, preserve, and organize them well, you can keep collecting to your heart’s content and keep these items in storae as long as you need.
Extra Clothing Storage
Clothing can also be stored in a storage unit. Whether you’ve gained or lost weight or simply don’t want to keep all your seasonal clothing in your closet, self-storage is a great place to store your extra clothes. If you take the appropriate precautions to protect your clothes in storage, they will be just like new when you’re ready to wear them again. Save yourself the precious closet space.
Toys and Baby Items
If your children have outgrown their toys and baby items, these items are primary candidates to go in self-storage. Of course it’s difficult to part with these sentimental items, so just keep them safe in storage instead. You can keep them in storage until the next generation is around to play with them, too.
Documents
Paper takes up a lot of room when you have a lot of records. Files and documents are great items to throw in storage because you may not need to access them frequently. If you organize your unit effectively, you can ensure that you can access all the files if necessary. In the meantime, they will stay nice in safe in a climate-controlled unit so you can clear up your office space.