Storing For The Future

There's a period in the life of every parent where the future is unclear.

It will usually start when teens approach their twenties; when the kids are attending college, making their friends a priority, creating new relationships and making choices for themselves. In short, the kids are growing up.

While decisions about careers and marriage and moving and family are being made, small things - like what to do with the kids' rooms or those precious heirlooms you've been keeping in a closet for the perfect moment - can often be neglected.

Wouldn't that unused bedroom make the perfect home office? How about a reading or hobby room?

No person wants to get rid of those reminders and belongings that help to keep the past in the present. Perhaps you're saving them to pass on when your son or daughter has a home of their own.

A Self Storage Unit is a perfect place to keep those items safe and secure.

Keeping the items from them past in storage is good way to help move toward the future.

Snow's Out For The Summer

The arrival of summer is always a time for adjustment. Whether it's a major process like getting used to having the kids home again or simple rituals like spring cleaning, the season brings with a sense of change as drastic as the shift from winter cold to summer warmth.

Other changes, like the activities you might participate in, are sure to follow the weather and the kids.

Mittens and scarves get traded in for swimming trunks and snorkels; galoshes for goggles.

And most homes have adequate space to handle the wardrobe exchange. But what happens when you're talking about snowboards and skis? Where are you going to keep the shovels and snowblowers?

There's no reason to keep your home cluttered with these bulky unused items. A Self Storage Unit can conveniently keep those skis, boots and snowboards out of the way and readily waiting for the fist snow fall.

The Back Yard Is Not Storage Space

When looking out your kitchen window, do you see a wide open lawn? A pool perhaps? Got a grill? Likely even a lawn chair or two, right?

If so, summers coming and you're a bag of charcoal away from some hot weather hijinks.

However, if you're looking at a big wheel that your 12 year-old hasn't used in years or that musty tarp covering engine parts long forgotten it might be time to think about a Self Storage Unit.

A cluttered back yard isn't only an eyesore, it can be a source of embarrassment. It can also take away from the shared experience every parent cherishes. When there's no room for the kids to play outside, they'll either stay in and waste hours on video games and the computer or hang out a friend's house.

You're even cheating yourself of the valuable property that you are paying a mortgage to enjoy.

Renting a Self Storage Unit for the summer months in order to clear up the backyard is an inexpensive and convenient way to help create a safe environment for the whole family to enjoy.

Tough Times

Selling your home, needing a room mate, or – gasp – having to move back with your parents are all realistic symptoms of the current financial ills we are facing.

If you've lived alone but now need to make space for someone else, or owned a house and are in the process of heading to a smaller abode, there will inevitably be a need to consolidate your belongings.

This can be a painful activity.

It can, however, be reinvigorating. There's something to the idea of spring cleaning, of liberating yourself from the overstocked mess of unused items piled high in the garage or that room with the locked door where no one is allowed to peek. And having a garage sale can be a simple way to free yourself of the unneeded clutter while earning some much needed extra cash at the same time. Think about advertising on some community boards and free websites like Craigslist.

On the other hand, the stress of having to let go of sentimental items is never easy.

A relatively inexpensive way to hold onto the cherished items that have no place in your new residence is a Self Storage Unit. These units are safe and convenient, and offer a quick solution to a pressing spacial problem.

Space vs. Sentimentality

It's wonderful to watch toddlers grow into teens and eventually adulthood. The experience can be like a mental diary, a way to track your own growth through the evolution of a loved one.

Sometimes, though, it can also be bittersweet, with little league trophies collecting dust on a cabinet, a teddy bear, only a few years removed from faithful companion, now relegated to pet pillow; these once important tokens abandoned for ipods, video games and designer shoes.

Doesn't it seem as though children can let go of these personal items so much easier than parents can?

It's a difficult task to organize these old personal gems with an influx of new belongings all while trying to maintain a clutter-free home.

When your attic, basement and closets are filled to catastrophic levels it might be time to make that tough decision and get rid of some those unused items. Yard sales and charitable donations are great ways to do just that.

But for those impossible-to-let-go-of items, you might want to consider a Self Storage Unit.

These cherished items will be safe, and out of the way for as long as you need. And when you unpack that old scrapbook or pair of baby shoes, even your kids will be happy to see them.

A Time & PLACE For Hobbies

It's great when you have a passion, like fixing up old furniture for example, and even better when you can enhance that love with a fully stocked garage for your tools and parts.

The Park Slope Flea Markets, advertised on essential sites like http://www.nymag.com/ and http://www.craigslist.com/, are awesome places to spend a summer day in the city and pick some phenomenal bargains all at the same time.

Refurbishing used chairs and other antique pieces is something that requires time, skill, patience and space.

You have control over all but one of those. You don't have to get caught turning down a stellar bargain for a beautiful hand crafted chair in need of a little TLC just because your one room studio is packed to the gills.

Why not get a Storage Unit to keep those pieces stowed away until you're ready to go to work?

Self Storage Units are safe, convenient ways to keep anything, from furniture to clothing, at your fingertips but out of your way.

Summer Chaos for College Students

The semester is coming to a rapid close. Term papers are due, chapters need reading, finals are looming and way back in the smallest corner of your mind, sparking in those lost synapses, is a memory which is so easy to ignore until it's too late.

You still have to pack up for the trip home.

There may be a way to lighten the burden and make the trek home a lot easier.

If you're only going home for the summer, and you don't need those bulky winter clothes, why not store them in a Self Storage Unit. Got a television at home? Why not store your little 13-incher along with those heavy textbooks instead of lugging them cross country?

A Self Storage Unit close to your college or university can make travel so much simpler. Imagine having a place to leave unnecessary items behind, just waiting for you, neatly packed and safely stored until September.

The Run/Walk is Tomorrow

If you're looking for a way to accomplish you're good deed for the week, it's not too late to join the Moishe's team for the EIF Revlon Run/Walk tomorrow morning! You have until Friday, May 1st, at 6pm to register in person at the World of Disney Store (711 5th Ave.).

The Moishe's team will be lining up in Times Square bright and early tomorrow, braving the weather for a wonderful cause. If you can't make it to the event, check out the Run/Walk website and consider making a donation. I promise you won't regret it.