Is Self Storage the Right Choice for Your Small Business Inventory?
Small business owners are always looking for more storage space. In fact, if you operate a seasonal business, you probably can’t find enough storage when the busy time of the year arrives. In today’s fast-paced commerce environment, it’s essential for business owners to have their inventory on hand when they need it. Having to go […]
How to Prepare Your Belongings for Long-Term Storage
Storage isn’t always something you can avoid. Short-term storage, three to six months, is usually easy. Objects don’t have a lot of time to gather dust and sustain damage from the conditions. When you intend to store items for longer than six months it then becomes long-term storage. With long-term storage of belongings, it is […]
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 […]
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 […]
