Organize your storage room

At BOXIE24 we firmly believe that an organized storage room is one of the best “quick fixes” you can use to dramatically improve your everyday life.

A tidy space means a tidy mind

For a start, the old adage that a tidy space means a tidy mind does seem to ring true. In this era of working and learning from home, having space that feels as if it gives you the room to think is crucial to good concentration. In addition, making sure you are using your space as efficiently as possible will help you get the most out of your home’s potential.

This is important in a city like Melbourne, where expensive rental prices makes every square metre of space valuable. There are countless other benefits to organizing your items for everybody from students and families to working couples and senior citizens.

Tips for Organizing your Storage Room

Now that may all sound great in principle, but seem more difficult in practice. In many homes, “storage” is what we call haphazardly putting unused items into an extra room or space. The prospect of finding anything in this room, never mind attempting to organize it, is too much for most of us to bear. Luckily, BOXIE24 has a few top tips to make this process much easier.

1. Create an inventory
   The first step when it comes to organizing your storage room is knowing exactly what is in there. Create an inventory, along with the location of each item, to make keeping stock easier. It will also help in locating items when you need them, as well as managing what you would like to keep or get rid of.
2. Make items easy to find
   This will make your life far easier. A good rule of thumb is if you cannot find any item within 5 minutes you can organize yourself better. Label your bins, use clear or color coordinated containers and group items which are frequently used together. This will make finding the Christmas decorations, spare batteries or your old pasta machine much easier.
3. Recycle
   Far from being a chore, organizing your storage room can be a fun project which you can use to creatively lessen your carbon footprint! Repurpose items like egg cartons to make special storage spaces for items like jewelry, keys, or ornaments. If you want a challenge, try making your own shelves from scrap wood or metal. Be creative and find other custom-built storage solutions!
4. Make the most of your space
   Make sure you are getting the most out of every little bit of your space. We are all familiar with shelving, but there are so many other ways to store. Get the most out of your storage room’s walls with peg-board storage, hanging hooks or wall-mounted racks. Explore behind door storage for smaller items like keys. Even think about your ceiling, with many ceiling mounted racks intended to store bicycles, winter sports equipment and many other items.

External Storage Room Options

After organizing your storage room you may find having that extra space to be of such benefit to your life that you will never want to go back to claustrophobic living again. However, in cities like Melbourne, at some point, it will simply not be possible to be organized enough to hold onto all of your accumulated belongings. At this point, it may be intelligent to think about third-party storage options.

Benefits of renting a storage room

The major benefit of this option is the fact that it will generally buy you much more space than a simple reorganization will. Being able to store disused pieces of furniture, stores of documents or seasonal items, such as patio furniture or winter sports equipment could buy you entire rooms worth of space. While self-storages are an option, the fact that you are responsible for the moving and storing of your items means that in addition to the effort of transporting your items yourself, the chances of damage being done by improper storage are also increased.

Full-Service Storage

There is another option in the form of a growing number of full-service storage companies within Melbourne. Full-service storage means that a company will be responsible for the pick-up, transport, storage and return of your items for an all-inclusive cost. As a market leader in this field, BOXIE24 has assisted thousands of customers in 4 countries to realise their ideal, customised storage solution.

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Our storage size experts will be with your case from the first quote to the last return delivery, meaning you will have someone who is familiar with your case on-call for the duration of your contract. In addition, our state-of-the-art, climate-controlled, 24hr guarded warehouse, as well as our years of specialist storage knowledge will make sure that your goods are safely kept in great condition during their time in our care. The price of this convenience and expertise is well worth the extra room it buys you to breathe in Melbourne City. If you are interested in what BOXIE24 can do for you, give us a call at 1800-921-265.

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