Storage
 

Struggling for storage space! :eek:

Apart from the obvious big plastic boxes, what do you use for storage? Any clever cost effective ways of storing things?

My husband and I have a lot of personal posessions, and since having the baby we have accumulated a hell of a lot more! Things like toys, books and clothes for when he gets older. (We already have 4 wardrobes, 3 chests of drawers, 5 big plastic boxes, bookshelf and wicker baskets on the unit in the lounge). Our house is average size for a two bedroom/boxroom but it seems tiny with all this crap! I have already thrown out LOADS of stuff and filled bags for the Salvo Army. :)

Not a very interesting thread, but it is REALLY bugging me!! :(

Not what you're looking for but we've got loads of big plastic boxes from "Really Useful Boxes" and have a storage unit with big yellow. Costs a bit but means all the crap is out of sight out of mind till we get decent sized place with garage/loft/basement. Dead handy for all the digitised CDs and DVDs. as well as my missus' "out of season" :rolleyes: wardrobe.

Hi Clare

Most of our clutter is in plastic tubs which have been 'stacked' in the garage/loft.
We had a BIG clear out and even afterwards had a lot of stuff we could not bring oursleves to part with
So
We went to B&Q and bought three plastic racking bays (self assembly) for £ 20.00 per bay. They are pretty heavy duty, easy to assemble and do the job a treat in our garage. Tubs and ****e stacked neatly away and easy to get at if you feel the need.

works for me! :)

If you're planning on storing it, chances are you won't use it again. Put it in the loft with a "Stored on date" and check the loft every 6 months. Anything with a date of 6 months or more in the past, dispose of, if you haven't used it in 6 months, you're not going to. Sign up (free) with www.freecycle.org - somebody else is bound to be able to make use of it!

Are you making the most of the loft and the boxroom,is there any way you can use them better?
After that,what about "borrowing" some room at either of your parents.

Ohh, will look into those! :D

Cheers! :)

I used to live in a tiny place in Hampstead, and learnt a lot about storage and living without huge amounts of stuff. The thing I found best was lifting the bed, arranging the storage under the bed well and using every inch properly, as ususally stuff used to just get shoved under there.

All else fails, start selling!! www.ebay.co.uk

Think we are gong to move the computer desk into the boxroom and have baby sleep in spare room once old enough. The only thing is we need to put a plug socket in there first because there isn't one.


I think I am going to go through everything again and part with some more. That free cycle thing looks good! :)

I cannot stand clutter anymore. It's quite frightening how obsessive one can become over it once they are at home most of the time :eek: i am aiming for showhome but not quite there yet :D

Our bed is extremely low to the ground :(

I didn't think of ebay. Good plan!! :D:D

Any old books or dvds you can donate to the local library.

Better than ebay(for certain items) is look in your local paper and see if they have a classified section on the internet.Our local paper has this FREE site

http://www11.xpresssites.com/northcl...RND=1670258848

Much better for large items as people can come round and collect.

I sympathise........

Three rules I have learnt in 30 year of moving around being...

1) Whatever size house you are in there is never quite enough room for storage

2) Whatever kitchen you have you always need one more drawer for those odd bits and pieces

3) If you have a big clear out and get rid of things you didn't even know you had then it is guaranteed that you will need something that you have just thrown out.

Most removal companies sell decent size cardboard boxes which are quite an efficient way of packing and storing but they will get damp in a cold garage over time.

It's just a question of being ruthless I'm afraid. Don't forget people will buy almost anything at a Car Boot sale and at least you will get some pocket money for those Thomas the Tank Engine videos :)

Edinburgh freecycle is very active - sometimes a hundred msgs/day!! I've given a few things away on it.

See, scoobynet is useful for somethings!!! :D

I think our paper does paul, that is definitely worth a look! :)


Too true David. New kitchen later this year to solve one of those problems though :D

I am supposed to post in the West Lothian one, silly! :p :D

Ah, but better quality of rubbish coming from Edinburgh ;)

Saying that, West Lothian one will be better for pickup, although it's amazing how far some people will travel for something that is free gratis!!!

Seen people from Perthshire and Dunbar on the Edinburgh one....

Great setup though. If someone can make use of something that would otherwise go to the dump, then it's cool. Meets with the green credentials :)

I've just thrown a load of junk out today.....

got to be ruthless with it.