How to Free Up Space Around the Home
Life can be busy and hectic and it’s easy for our home to get cluttered. You might live in an apartment or a large home, either way, freeing up space can turn your home into a nicer, more comfortable place to live. With this blog post, we’re going to share several pointers on making your home more organized, less cluttered and an overall more pleasant place to live.
We’ll start with the obvious keeping in mind that we are a San Mateo self storage facility. The first we suggest considering is decluttering your home by moving some of your possessions into one of our self storage units. This will save you from parting ways with some items that you’re not ready ot get rid of our store other items that are seasonal or otherwise rarely used. By renting a self storage unit, you can free up a lot of space while at the same time having peace of mind that your valuables are safe and secure.
Well now that we have gotten the idea out of the way to utilize our San Mateo Self Storage facility, we will share several other ideas to help you free up space in around your home. The first step is to do some serious decluttering. Take an inventory room by room of all your stuff. As you do this, you can determine what you must keep, what you want to keep, what you could live without and what is actually junk. You might surprise yourself with how much you will be able to get rid of. The process of decluttering can be easier if you adopt somewhat of a minimalist approach. You might surprise your self with how much you can actually live without and there can be benefits of simplifying.
If the idea of parting with any of your belongings is not your cup of tea, you can try making better use of vertical space. Adding shelving where it allows or making full use of some of your higher closer or cupboard spaces can help you free up a lot of space.
Ready for a think outside the box idea? Look into multi purpose furniture. An example could be a sofa bed that all of a sudden makes your living room a guest room when needed. You could get a coffee table with built-in storage or an ottoman that has space to store items.
Sometimes something as simple as rearranging your furniture layout can free up space. You could also evaluate your garage and see if some of your indoor items could go in your garage. It might require adding some shelving or decluttering your garage but it is worth giving it a try.
In conclusion, freeing up space in your home can be easier than you might have thought. Try some of our tips and keep in mind that we have several self storage units sizes to choose from if you decide to use self storage as your means of freeing up space in your home.
