Top Tips For Seasonal Self Storage

If you are like me and want to make your life easier throughout the year then it is important to take some time to re-arrange your belongings once a year.

As the seasons change throughout the year the items that we use most often change also. In the height of summer with the warm English weather who wants be wearing long padded coats with scarves, hats and gloves? Not me that's for sure!

Follow these tips put together by our team of experts here at Storage Stockport to enable you to easily get to the items you need for the current season whether it be winter, spring, summer or autumn.

Clothing and wardrobes

If you only make one change to organise yourself for the appropriate season then focusing on your clothes and what you wear is an absolute must! Ensuring that your current and up to date wardrobe is easy to get to is the change that's makes the biggest difference to people in their busy lives.

Move inappropriate and out of season clothes out of your wardrobes and into some drawers. If space is tight use places such as your garage or loft to store clothes that you wont be wearing until you find a use for them again....... there is nothing more frustrating than trying to hunt down that summer shirt when the sun is shining but being obstructed in your wardrobe by big winter coats and hats. If you don't have a garage or loft then a simple but effective storage place can be under your bed.

One thing to bear in mind when storing the clothes you do not require is to clean and wash them before you store them away to prevent any damage happening to them from insects such as moths.

Decorations

When storing your decorations ensure they organised so they can be accessed all year round. Store all appropriate items together based on the season i.e. any scary decor for Halloween and your Christmas tree and tinsel for the festive period. If you organise your decorations correctly then they are easy to get to an when you take them down put them back together in the same place you originally had them so you can access them quickly and easily next time that period comes around again.

It is important to label all your boxes clearly with labels facing to the front when in storage. This makes it easy to find what you are looking for. When you only use decorations once a year don't rely on your memory....... It will not be easy to remember where you have stored your child's Halloween costume from last year!

Kitchen

As the weather changes so does our eating habits. You will change places with the slow cooker and the ice-cream maker when the temperature goes from zero to red hot. Store the roasting pans for the summer weather and then bring them back out as the temperature starts to plummet.

Sporting equipment

Certain sports can only be done at certain periods of the year...... Cricket can't be played in the snow! Re-arrange your sporting equipment storage so that this seasons items are easy to get to.

Is there something we have missed? With over 20 years self storage experience we can give you advice on how to store your items appropriately so feel free to post a question or comment.