It is important to make sure that you are keeping your storage unit well organized, no matter how long you intend to keep it. To help you do this, you may want to check out some of the following helpful tips.

Bring In The Shelves

Sure, you may not be allowed to attach anything to the walls of your self storage unit, but this does not mean that you cannot have shelves in there to help keep things organized. Also, having such shelves in place may help you keep some of your more fragile items safe from harm. All you need is a few sturdy wood or metal free standing shelving units. Think about all of the things that might be difficult to store in boxes or that you want to be able to easily grab when they are needed, such as holiday decorations or tools. Just make sure that you are storing the heaviest things on the lowest shelves in order to prevent it from toppling over on you or your other belongings.

Use Duct Tape With Patterns Or Bright Colors

When you seal the boxes that will be placed in storage, you are likely to use duct tape to keep everything safe and secure. Since many boxes look alike and marker can fade over time, you might want to use decorative duct tape to help remind you what the boxes hold. For example, you can pick up some Christmas patterned duct tape for the boxes that hold your decorations. You might be able to find duct tape that has pictures of food, coffee cups, or something else that would remind you of kitchen items. If you want to stick with plain colors, you will just want to make a cheat sheet so that you can remember what each color stands for.

Organize By Living Space

Instead of simply throwing the boxes and bags wherever, you might want to try keeping everything grouped together according to where they belong in a house. For example, all of your kitchen and bathroom items can be lined up against one wall. Personal bedroom items and wall decor can be against another wall. Then you might save the third wall for random furniture pieces or appliances.

With those few tips in mind, you should have no trouble locating everything you need whenever you decide that it needs to come back out of storage. If you're looking for a storage unit in your area, visit Chestnut Mill Storage.