Organizing Your Storage Unit | {52 Weeks to a More Organized Home/Life}

While most of us try to use our existing space in our home to organize our belonging, a few of us have outside storage units, shops or even paid monthly storage. Organizing Your Storage Unit will make things easier to locate, all while keeping your possessions protected. If you are living in a smaller space and working toward moving to a larger home, keeping a storage unit may be the only way to keep your prized possessions without putting them in your home. Keeping them safe an organized is an important part of that storage.

Organizing Your Storage Unit

Upgrade Storage Tubs & Boxes: This one may be hard to do all a once if you are on a budget, but a few times a month you can easily put aside $5-$10 to purchase some nice plastic storage totes to transfer your belongings into. This may seem frivolous to some, but the idea of having an extra heavy duty layer of protection for your belongings in storage is worth it. Cardboard boxes are great, and often free but they don’t offer much protection from things like water damage or even pesky rodents or insects. Plastic storage tubs are a great upgrade for your storage unit that can really help you keep your things safe.

Properly Label Boxes: Nothing is more frustrating than having a box in storage with something you need to find, but not being able to locate that item because you didn’t label the box. Go old school with masking tape and a marker, or use special labels you have printed. Regardless of your labeling method, it is important to at least have an idea of what is in each box. If time permits, you can print a list and include in a plastic sleeve on the box for easy access.

Leave Room To Move Around: Over packing storage units is one of the worst things you will do. You want to make the most of the space you are paying for, but you do need to leave at least one walkway that you can move around in so you can access items as needed without dragging everything out of the unit.

Purge Duplicate Items: When households combine, there are often duplicate items that are found. This can be tough to do, but is also important. Go through the storage unit and purge items that are damaged or duplicate and will likely never be needed. Extra dishes, utensils, sheet sets and more can easily be sold at local consignment shops, yard sales or flea markets. You can also load up a few boxes and donate to your local Salvation Army or other shelter or provision location to help those in need.

Having a storage unit to organize is something that many families face. When you are trying to stay in budget, sometimes downsizing to a smaller home or apartment is part of that. A small storage fee is a lot better than a large mortgage or rent. If you are using a storage unit, it’s high time you start organizing your storage unit to make it user friendly.

{52 Weeks to a More Organized Home/Life}

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