Coming into winter, when the temperature drops and the days get shorter, we find the way that people use self storage tends to change.
Rather than the house moves that often increase over the summer months, in the winter people’s mindset shifts towards organising their home and making it cosy over the colder months where they will be spending more time inside.
This often brings additional challenges, with the desire to create more space and also dealing with the belongings that are no longer used now that the sumer has passed.
Whether it’s cleaning out the garage so you can keep your car inside, making room for family who might be visiting, dealing with furniture and equipment that won’t be needed for a while, or handling the influx of decorations, self storage is a handy way to take some of the stress off and make the transition to winter a lot easier.
Protecting Garden Equipment
Garden furniture can be expensive, and while there are often heavy duty covers and protective equipment supplied with them the reality is that they often don’t completely protect the furniture from the harsh conditions that winter brings.
Moisture can often find its way through the covers and this can cause a variety of issues like mold, rust and rot to seep in.
Depending on the size of the furniture and what it consists of, some customers choose to put the whole items in storage while others opt to take off the more vulnerable cushions and fabrics and store these safely in self storage over the winter.
But it’s not just furniture that can benefit from protecting – other garden equipment such as BBQs, sun loungers, as well as the garden tools that won’t be seeing much use until the spring can all benefit from being put away to free up more space.
Freeing Up The Spare Room
If you’re like a lot of people. The chances are that your spare room also operates as a catch all room for any things that you haven’t found space for yet.
Old clothes ready for clearing out, ironing, boxes, or general clutter can all take up room that’s going to be needed over winter if you plan on having family or friends over to stay.
A small storage unit is the ideal way to help reset things and give your guests a much more comfortable experience without them having to navigate around all the obstacles.
Securing Summer Equipment
Depending on your hobbies, you might also have some larger items that only get used in the summer months. This recreation gear is often bulky and awkward to store. Items like kayaks, paddleboards, mountain bikes, and camping equipment can take up room that is often needed for other things during winter.
Leaving expensive bicycles and other equipment improperly stored in a damp shed or garage can result in mechanical issues and rust. In the same way camping equipment stored in lofts are also prone to mildew. The climate controlled environment of self storage protects your equipment so it is ready for use immediately when spring returns.
Seasonal Wardrobe Rotation
If you’re short on living space, the seasonal wardrobe rotation can be one of the most practical ways to maximise your space.
Winter clothes are often much bulkier, large coats and jumpers can quickly fill out your wardrobe space – so why not vacuum seal up your summer clothes, all the things you aren’t going to be using for a few months, and put them in your self storage unit.
Not only does this free up a lot of space, it also makes it much easier to navigate through your wardrobe as you know everything you’re looking at has been selected to fit in with your winter wardrobe.
It also helps you keep on top of your wardrobe, highlighting the items you may not wear and helping avoid wardrobe creep!
Holiday Decorations
If you’re someone that likes to decorate the house for the holidays, then it’s likely your decorations are taking up a lot of space. Large trees, decorations, lights, wreaths – all these things start to build up and each year you may find yourself accumulating more and more.
Or perhaps you want to get into the holiday spirit but the lack of space has been holding you back from buying decorations you’ll have no space to store once Christmas is over.
This is yet another way in which self storage can help. With the extra space you can indulge and decorate to your heart’s content knowing that everything will be able to be tidied away nicely afterwards.
Make Winter Easy
Embrace the benefits that self storage brings and make your life much easier, with all the extra space you need to make your home more comfortable over the winter months.
Why not take a look at our storage locations and book your unit online today!
