Box It, Dont Toss It! Reasons To Keep Your Unused Items In Self Storage
Relocation
According to the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 times in their lifetime. With every move, purchasing new furniture or appliances often comes with the territory. Old items that are no longer in use, such as a crib for a baby or an old lamp that doesnt match the new color scheme are often discarded. Things get tossed into the garbage to make room for new items or just to make more space. This brings up a good question: how often do people throw things away in haste, for convenience sake or otherwise, only to end up buying the same item again sometime down the road, or regretting their hurried decision. A less costly alternative to ditching the things you arent currently using that have potential for future use is self storage.
Maternity Items
A good example of this is maternity items, such as cribs, bassinets, or baby toys. For first time parents, their initial thought once the baby has grown out of these things is getting them out of their house to make room for new things. The items often get thrown away or donated to charity. While this may seem like a good idea at the time, the average American family has 2 children. This means that statistically speaking, chances are these families are going to have to buy all that expensive baby furniture all over again. So what is the alternative? Self storage. Self storage can keep your old baby furniture in pristine condition while you and your partner decide whether or not to have another. The cost of keeping these types of things in storage is far less than buying it new all over again.
Sharing Space
For individuals without kids, consider the transition of combining two households when you and your significant other make the decision to get married and/or move in together. This colossal task usually ends up with a considerable amount of each persons personal belongings being thrown out, generally more of one persons stuff than the other (sorry fellas). But dont fret; there is a way for you to keep that big, neon-lit beer sign that once hung in your college dorm room, along with your framed band posters and bean bag chair. While these things may not have much in the way of monetary value, they can be sentimentally priceless. Why not rent a reasonably priced storage unit that is big enough to fit those bachelor pad items that just dont match the decor of your new, shared living space? For a reasonable monthly fee, you can keep these items safe, and most importantly, out of sight at a clean and secure self storage unit. With marriage comes compromise, and if that means putting that old stuffed moose head in a storage unit instead of mounting it over the fireplace, at least you can know it is safe in a clean storage facility, locked away with all of the other things that just didnt quite fit, instead of at the bottom of a landfill somewhere, gone forever.
According to the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 times in their lifetime. With every move, purchasing new furniture or appliances often comes with the territory. Old items that are no longer in use, such as a crib for a baby or an old lamp that doesnt match the new color scheme are often discarded. Things get tossed into the garbage to make room for new items or just to make more space. This brings up a good question: how often do people throw things away in haste, for convenience sake or otherwise, only to end up buying the same item again sometime down the road, or regretting their hurried decision. A less costly alternative to ditching the things you arent currently using that have potential for future use is self storage.
Maternity Items
A good example of this is maternity items, such as cribs, bassinets, or baby toys. For first time parents, their initial thought once the baby has grown out of these things is getting them out of their house to make room for new things. The items often get thrown away or donated to charity. While this may seem like a good idea at the time, the average American family has 2 children. This means that statistically speaking, chances are these families are going to have to buy all that expensive baby furniture all over again. So what is the alternative? Self storage. Self storage can keep your old baby furniture in pristine condition while you and your partner decide whether or not to have another. The cost of keeping these types of things in storage is far less than buying it new all over again.
Sharing Space
For individuals without kids, consider the transition of combining two households when you and your significant other make the decision to get married and/or move in together. This colossal task usually ends up with a considerable amount of each persons personal belongings being thrown out, generally more of one persons stuff than the other (sorry fellas). But dont fret; there is a way for you to keep that big, neon-lit beer sign that once hung in your college dorm room, along with your framed band posters and bean bag chair. While these things may not have much in the way of monetary value, they can be sentimentally priceless. Why not rent a reasonably priced storage unit that is big enough to fit those bachelor pad items that just dont match the decor of your new, shared living space? For a reasonable monthly fee, you can keep these items safe, and most importantly, out of sight at a clean and secure self storage unit. With marriage comes compromise, and if that means putting that old stuffed moose head in a storage unit instead of mounting it over the fireplace, at least you can know it is safe in a clean storage facility, locked away with all of the other things that just didnt quite fit, instead of at the bottom of a landfill somewhere, gone forever.