A little over 100 years ago, Alhambra was known as the “city of homes.” Many homes have historical significance. Within many neighborhoods, you can find older homes in styles such as Spanish Mediterranean, Spanish Colonial, Craftsman, Bungalow, and Italian Beaux-arts. When these historic homes are restored and maintained faithfully in their original state, they are works of art; treasured by the city. Bringing Your Home Up To Date The most important detail to maintain on your historic home is the exterior. This means that you can bring the interior up to date; but don’t you dare add another wing to your home. That would ruin it. In updating the interior, you can bring the wiring up to code along with the plumbing. You can also update your kitchen to have a modern appeal and function. Your bathrooms may need some work as well. You may want to update the flooring to be easier to maintain while still keeping its turn-of-the-last-century look. How US Storage Centers can help you have both worlds There is a certain satisfaction that comes from living in a home built by your great-grandparent’s contemporaries instead of a cookie cutter mini-mansion elsewhere. However, you may find that you really could use more room, especially for storage. That is where an Alhambra storage unit can really help. Rather than take up precious space storing items you use only periodically or never, bring those items to your very own storage unit. These items aren’t exactly things you need to showcase your home anyway. When you eventually go for the full interior remodel, your storage unit will be a lifesaver, especially while you are trying to live in your house at the same time. These types of remodel, are best when you limit yourself to remodeling one room at a time. You don’t want any furniture in a room when you are refinishing the ceiling and walls to say nothing of the floor. Bring these items to your storage unit. It speeds up the remodel dramatically when you aren’t trying to dodge furniture or other items. Not only is it easier to remodel or refinish a room with the furniture and other personal items removed, it saves your stuff from being doused with paint or dust. It also means a falling stepladder won’t ding your antique wardrobe. It means you move your stuff once—remodel or refinish the room—then move everything back. You can then move to the next room. Do It Yourself If you are really ambitious or if restoring an old home seems like a lot of fun (it is) then your storage unit can be a great staging area and storage facility for the items you buy all at once. You can store all of your carpet or hardwood flooring along with your new wood trim and door jams. Did you find a good deal on appliances? Buy them now and store them until you are ready to install them. Having an older home without your own storage unit is more work than it needs to be. Go ahead and rent your storage unit and have fun with your new old home.
