{"id":215,"date":"2010-02-26T16:38:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.146.49.248\/?p=215"},"modified":"2020-08-20T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:11:50","slug":"preparing-to-move-into-your-storage-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/preparing-to-move-into-your-storage-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing to Move into Your Storage Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many projects, preparation is 90% of the work. The same rule applies when you are moving items into a self storage facility.\u00a0By taking extra care up front, you&#8217;ll save yourself a lot of headache during the move and any time you need to pull something out of storage in the future. Here are a few tips to help you get organized.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to Start<\/h3>\n<p>First, determine what items will need to be stored. That will help you figure out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/storage-services\/pricing-guide\">what size storage unit<\/a> you will need. Take measurements of large items, and estimate the number and size of boxes.<\/p>\n<h3>What You&#8217;ll Need<\/h3>\n<p>Start gathering packing supplies. Often you can find these items around your house or office, or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/storage-services#Moving-Supplies\">purchase them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Small, Medium, Large Boxes<\/strong> \u2013You can usually find boxes for free in your office mailroom, the grocery store dumpster or on Craigslist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pallets<\/strong> \u2013 You can usually find perfectly good ones at your grocery store. Ask the store manager if he needs to get rid of any.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tape Guns<\/strong> \u2013 If everyone can have their own tape gun, the packing will go by so much faster. See if you can borrow a few from the office.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bubble Wrap, Styrofoam Peanuts, Air Pillows<\/strong> \u2013 Start saving these stuffing items from packages that you receive, or check your office mailroom for any reusable bubble wrap.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Newspaper<\/strong> \u2013 Again, start saving your Sunday papers a few weeks ahead of the move.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blankets and Padding<\/strong> \u2013 Use old blankets you have around the house or get them on the cheap from your local thrift store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Organize<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Make sure to label all boxes with their contents. Be sure to mark boxes that contain fragile items.<\/li>\n<li>Keep like boxes together.<\/li>\n<li>Stack heavier items at the bottom of the pile, with lighter and fragile items at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Keep an inventory list of all the items you have in the storage unit and create a diagram of where the items are located within the storage unit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Check out more self storage <a href=\"http:\/\/3.146.49.248\/know-before-you-store\/\">preparation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/3.146.49.248\/practical-self-storage-tips\/\">planning<\/a> tips and share any of your own here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many projects, preparation is 90% of the work. The same rule applies when you are moving items into a self storage facility. Here are a few tips to help you get organized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[76,108,124,125,126,132],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-how-to","category-moving-tips","tag-moving-storage","tag-self-storage","tag-storage-unit-packing","tag-storage-unit-planning","tag-storage-unit-preparation","tag-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6596,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/6596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}