Whether it’s been a while since you’ve done a cleanout or you’re downsizing, clearing up clutter can be considered a highly beneficial, if often herculean, task. If you want to free up a lot of space and don’t want to take everything to the rubbish dump, one of your best options by far is using a shipping container as storage. This way, all of your clutter can be very neatly contained, and you can take things out of it as you please! It’s not necessarily as easy as it sounds, though, so in this article we offer some handy tips and tricks to get your storage skills up to speed.
Preparing for your packing
If you’re looking to buy shipping containers in Sydney, there’s a good chance you already know about many of the benefits these storage containers can offer. The problem then is that many people don’t know how to actually make the most of these benefits, whether by simple inexperience or by hearing the wrong things. Generally, shipping containers can be considered as excellent for storage simply for the fact that they were designed to do exactly that. In fact, they are designed to withstand many of the rigours of high distance international travel, so they’re more that equipped to store your belongings for a long period of time in unsavoury conditions. Before you dump everything into the container, though, you must keep in mind that organising your belongings is the first step to ensure the best possible packing experience. Organising your bits and pieces beforehand will help give you a much better understanding about how you need to tackle the placement, which can save you a lot of grief on the day of storage and when it comes time to unpack eventually. With this in mind, make sure to plan the easier to access things accordingly so they aren’t buried when you need them most!
Packing on the day
When it comes to the day of packing, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the only way you can properly pack is by using lots and lots of boxes. Doing so may help you stack things, but it can make for a lot of trouble down the road. Instead, you should make the most out of things like containers, shelving, separators and hooks to help separate certain things and make other items more accessible than they otherwise would be in boxes. This approach is also much more useful when it comes to smaller objects, as these can very easily get lost in a big box, and can also help prevent them from becoming damaged due to poor storage. It’s also highly important that you label everything you plan on putting into storage – although you might think you’ll be able to easily remember where everything is, it might be a very different story when you come back in months – or even years – later.
Make sure that your container is prepared for the long haul
Although shipping containers are built to withstand a lot, double checking to see if yours is in good shape is a good step to ensure better peace of mind. It only takes a very small corner that has been rusted sufficiently to introduce a whole lot of bad weather and creepy crawlies into your container, which will make sorting through your items in the future a very unpleasant time indeed.
