Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of making your life harmonious to your environment. Let’s say your home is a sanctuary of harmony, but your storage unit is that place where boxes fall on your head when you open the door to try to stuff another load in the crevices, and then you snap at your husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife because you’re in a bad mood since you just got a concussion from your old trophy collection—which your husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife told you to get rid of months ago and now has the audacity to rub in your face, so all of a sudden, your love life is not that great either. It might be time to reorganize your storage space and fix all the problems in your life—because clearly storage space is the root of them all. Here are five ways you can do just that. 5 Steps towards Peaceful Storage Strategize before you store so that boxes and bins are stacked correctly. If you fit a big box on top of a small box besides a medium box with a garbage bag full of clothes in it, you are not using your space that wisely. Put the things you don’t use as much in the back. Make sure you can get to the items you might often remove (e.g., summer clothes) without having to unpack everything. Assess how much you plan to store before you invest in a unit so that you get the proper size (take into account future storage items). Make a store, trash, sell/donate pile. You might actually need to get rid of that box of trophies your husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife told you to get rid of. Sorry! But do they really have to know? Buy a clothing rod. Instead of stuffing clothes in bins and bags, which are harder to stack than boxes and should be avoided in general, get a clothing rod and use the space your boxes of clothes went to store other things. Bonus Step: Try to find climate-controlled self-storage in Alhambra so that you can minimize sweat as you work. In case you have not noticed, Southern California can get a little hot. Storage Harmony To fully take advantage of these five steps, you might need to dedicate some time. It could take a few weeks before you are done depending on how much you are trying to stuff in there. But since it’s going to make everything in your life easier, it’s probably worth the effort. Call or stop by US Storage Centers in Alhambra, CA. US Storage Centers 2500 West Hellman Avenue Alhambra, CA 91803 (626) 377-9111
