Tag: Boxes

How to create space in a small bedroom

Posted 22 months ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Lifestyle, Storage; Tagged Boxes, Creating Space, Interiors, Bedrooms, Furniture, Artwork, Self Storage, Storage, SpaceX, Property, Elon Musk, Real Estate;

Renovation costs in Auckland are rising, and rooms in living spaces are getting smaller, so we need to be creative as we move into smaller areas to accommodate our stuff.

Why you need to inventory homes and storage units

Posted 4 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Storage, Business, Moving and Relocation; Tagged Moving House, Boxes, Insurance, Access, Self Storage, Storage units, Inventory;

Are you moving house? Renting a storage unit for home or business?  Then you need to know this about creating an inventory. 

Rio Olympics, how to create your own games with your used moving boxes

Posted 4 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Lifestyle; Tagged Kids, Olympics, Boxes;

Why do we hang onto clothes?

Posted 5 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Lifestyle; Tagged Self Storage, Storage, Boxes, Decluttering, Relationships, Tips;

When you open up a woman’s wardrobe, it normally has two parts, clothes that are worn and clothes that remain unworn.  We seem to hang on to these clothes, ever...

Not all boxes are created equal, which packaging is best to use when storing?

Posted 5 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Moving and Relocation, Lifestyle; Tagged Self Storage, Storage, Packaging, Boxes;

It seems like a no brainer ... you are going to store your possessions, you need boxes and crates to store them in.

Keeping your antiques and art safe in self storage

Posted 6 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Storage, Moving and Relocation; Tagged Art, Antiques, Boxes, Packaging, Self Storage, Storage, Security, Insurance, Floods, Theft, Auctions, Fire;

Whether your antiques and art are retained for precious memories or they are collectibles, when storing and transporting, you need to use extra caution to protect from damage and theft.

The kids have moved out, what do you do with their stuff?

Posted 6 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Lifestyle, Storage; Tagged Moving House, Packaging, Boxes, Tips, Interiors, Design, Relationships, Storage, Kids;

Have your kids moved out and left chaos in their rooms resembling World War Three? The experts would say that by leaving everything behind the kids are communicating that the...

Six tips to surviving a move with kids

Posted 6 years ago by Luella Whalan Posted in Moving and Relocation; Tagged Boxes, Kids, Lego, Moving House, Self Storage, Tips;

As I was reading stuff.co.nz, there was an article about moving stress which had quoted some statistics as moving being relatively low on the stress scale.