How to Use Self-Storage During a Master-Bedroom Remodel

Are you planning a master-bedroom remodel? Before you temporarily relocate to your guest room, take a look at how self-storage can help you during this transitional time.

Keep Your Bedroom Furniture Safe

Does the remodel only include walls, flooring, and lighting? If your plan includes structural or other similar renovations, but you want to keep your furniture, you'll need to remove everything from the room before the project begins. If you're not sure what to store during your master-bedroom project or how to store your furniture, the top storage tips include:

• Move larger pieces out of the house. While a nightstand or other smaller-sized furniture can easily fit into other rooms right now, you may need to create space and put your California kind mattress, bedframe, dressers, and other over-sized pieces into self-storage.
• Use moving quilts and blankets. Protect fragile furniture and your home with moving quilts and blankets. These padded protectors can reduce the risk of damage during storage. Not only will quilts and blankets keep your furniture safe, but these items also protect your walls and floors from mid-move scratches.
• Keep bedroom items in the front of the storage unit. Chances are your furniture won't need to stay in storage for more than a few weeks or months. To make it easy to access everything when you need it, place the items in the front of your storage unit.

Now that your bedroom furniture is safe in storage for your next renovation project, turn your attention to other items you may want to protect — your clothing and accessories.

Keep Your Clothing Safe

Does the remodel include a new closet? A major renovation could coat the room (and your clothes) in dirt, dust, plaster, or paint. While you could move some items into other rooms or closets, the benefits of using self-storage during this transition time include:

• Less clutter. You could pile dresses, suits, or anything else from your closet on top of dressers, beds, couches, or floors in other rooms. But this strategy can quickly create clutter. Reduce the mess during your renovation and put extra clothing into an off-site unit.
• More closet space. Instead of invading other closets in your home, put clothing from your bedroom into storage. This leaves plenty of room for coats, boots, or anything else you would regularly keep in your home's closet spaces.
• Long-term options. Does your summer sundress collection take up too much room to hang up your wintertime wardrobe? After your bedroom remodel is over, keep all out-of-season clothing items in storage for the rest of the year.

Like bedroom furniture, keep clothing from your master closet in the front of the storage unit. If you need to save space, place the items in bags and stack lightweight clothing on top of your bed, dresser, or bedroom tables. Use dresser drawers to store anything you can easily and safely fold or roll.

Keep Decorative Items Safe

Picture frames, artwork, knickknacks, and other decorative items may seem like they're easy to store almost anywhere. Even though you could stash these bedroom belongings in other places, this could also clutter your home unnecessarily.

To easily store decorative items during the bedroom remodel:

• Choose the best container. Plastic bins are ideal for heavier items. Cardboard boxes are inexpensive options for lightweight knickknacks.
• Pick protective packing materials. Bubble wrap, soft towels, and packing paper can protect fragile items or artwork during the moves to and from storage.
• Label everything. Label boxes, bins, or other containers with the room's name and the contents. This can help you easily find and access the items during the move-out process.

Along with clothing, you can also store smaller-sized decorative pieces in dresser drawers. This adds space to your rental unit and can help you organize everything you need to store.

Do you need to rent a self-storage unit? Contact Tysons Self Storage for more information.