How Can I Maximize My House Space?
Perhaps your family is growing, or perhaps you’re just feeling cramped and you need some room to stretch out. Whatever the case may be, if you’re feeling overcrowded in your home, you’re probably wondering if there’s anything you can do. While purchasing a bigger house or adding some more square footage would be ideal, unfortunately, […]
Spring Cleaning Self-Storage Checklist
Spring is just around the corner. After a long, cold winter, those longer, warmer days are certainly welcomed. For many, spring also sparks the desire to tidy things up. It’s the perfect time to purge everything that’s accumulated over the winter season; to open the windows, air things out, and breathe some fresh air into […]
Is Basement or Attic Storage Better?
Holiday decorations, off-season clothes, canned food stockpiles, and more… our lives are full of stuff. If we’re honest, some of it belongs in the trash, but one thing is clear — not all of it fits into our living space. You’re lucky if you have a basement or a storage attic,and even luckier if you […]
What Shouldn’t You Store in the Garage?
Oftentimes homeowners will use the garage as a default overflow storage area. Apart from the usual suspects — car supplies, gardening tools and supplies, and tools — it’s all too easy to accumulate random items in your garage. Want to keep it, but out of sight? In the garage, it goes! Hold on a second, […]
Which Storage Containers Are Best?
One would think that a storage container is a storage container, and one is no better than the last type of container that you could hope to buy. Or, maybe that’s just all in your head. Let’s be realistic: some things are just better than others. That’s why we read reviews before we buy. That’s […]
DIY Storage Ideas for Your Garage
A garage is a great asset for many reasons. Not only does a garage space serve as a protected area to park your vehicles, but it also functions as a storage space. If you want to make the most out of the square footage of your garage, however, you’re going to want to plan for […]
What is the Best Way to Downsize Your Home?
Home downsizing is this year’s big thing, though it should have been a trend that got popular years ago already. Downsizing refers to a reduction in clutter around the home, leaving you with more space to work with. There can be a lot of other great reasons why you should choose right now to downsize […]
How To Organize a Self-Storage Unit
Self-storage units are an excellent place to store items you don’t have space for in your home. Of course, they take on another role entirely if you’re a frequent traveler. In fact, some may not access their self-storage units more than once a year to ensure their belongings are safe. Packing strategies don’t matter as […]
How Big is a 5×10 Storage Unit?
Selecting the right unit size without viewing it in person can be tricky, especially when browsing for self-storage units in Council Bluffs, or the nearby areas. Storage unit sizes are often provided in dimensions, but storage companies don’t always specify the exact measurement details in their catalogs or ads. This often leaves customers guessing whether […]
Shed Drawbacks: Why You Should Rent a Storage Unit?
You have a pile of stuff that you don’t want to get rid of, but it’s taking over your house and you don’t know what to do with it. You have two options: you could purchase a shed for your backyard and put everything inside, or you could rent a storage unit. While the former […]
