‘Tis the season to be jolly.
For most of us, that means adorning our homes with twinkling fairy lights, tinsel, and baubles and indulging in festive treats – with or without a mug of hot chocolate or mulled wine.
But when you’re struggling for space at home or lacking organisation, it can be difficult to get into the festive spirit.
So, what can you do to ensure you’re prepared for the holidays?
Decluttering your home and throwing out anything that no longer serves a purpose is an ideal place to start – freeing up valuable space for your seasonal decorations.
It’s also worth organising your kitchen, especially if you’re hosting this year’s celebrations.
However, self-storage can be a real lifesaver at this time of year – allowing you to store your sentimental items that could easily break in the Christmas chaos.
Read on to find out why people move their belongings into storage for Christmas.
Make room for guests
If you have guests coming to stay with you, you’ll need to get the spare room ready.
Moving large items such as empty suitcases, boxes filled with toys, or bags brimming with clothes into a Christmas storage unit will make it easier for visitors to get in and out of the room – let alone unpack their belongings.
If you’re not likely to need your bookcase, placing it in storage will create a more spacious feel in your living room. It may also allow you to bring in more chairs for your guests.
Hide presents
Are your kids sneaky? Do you have to find inventive places to hide their gifts?
While you could get creative and hide them in the tumble dryer or at a relative’s house, they can often take up a large amount of space – meaning that if you’ve bought lots of presents for family and friends already, you’ll soon run out of room.
As far as Christmas storage solutions go, renting a self-storage unit throughout December is one of the best.
Most people will use their storage until Christmas Eve, but if you’re meeting up with wider family between Christmas and New Year, you could keep their gifts safe and sound until your visit – ensuring they don’t go missing or get mixed up with everyone else’s presents.
Christmas wrapping
Not only great for storing the presents you’ve bought, Xmas storage units can be used as wrapping rooms (or Santa’s workshops) – wrapping everything up in one go without interruptions from the kids.
The elves at your chosen storage facility will be on hand to help at all times, but in most cases, all you’ll need is a trestle table – plus your festive wrapping paper, ribbons, gift tags, scissors, and tape.
Keep decorations safe
Most people use their lofts for holiday décor storage.
However, lifting the Christmas tree down without breaking a bauble can be a challenge to say the least – and is usually a two-person job.
An alternative to storing goods up high or in the garage or garden shed, where they’ll likely get damp or damaged, would be to move them into storage.
You could keep the empty boxes in your unit over Christmas – ensuring they don’t take up too much room at home – or use them to keep your belongings that you’ll put back up once the festivities are over (i.e. framed photos or delicate items on the mantelpiece that will replace your Christmas garland).
Benefit from Christmas storage today
The secret to a happy, stress-free Christmas is not to leave everything to the last minute.
Decluttering and moving items that take up a lot of space into a self-storage unit now will help you to focus on the festive tasks at hand.
You also won’t need to worry about the kids spoiling their surprises or having enough room for everyone to sit when they come around on Christmas Day.
Just make sure you find a reputable storage company with extensive experience and Christmas storage solutions for every budget.
