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Decorative: a table laid for a festive party.

Prepare your house for a New Year’s Eve party

Make the most of the space at your New Year’s party

 
make your spare room welcoming for Christmas guests

Make your spare room welcoming for Christmas guests

Get your spare room ready for festive guests

 
Need a break from elf on the shelf

Need a break from Elf on the Shelf?

Take the pressure off yourself with our Elf on the Shelf hacks

 
Decorative: A row of striped Christmas baubles, one of which is broken -- to suggest a stressful festive situation.

Ideas for a low-stress Christmas

What to do if Christmas overwhelm threatens

 
A pregnant woman waits near a cot in her babys nursery.
 
Houseplants to denote improved air quality

Improve the air quality in your home

How clean is the air in your home?

 
A snooker table in a modern home

Store your pool table

What’s the best way to move a snooker or pool table?

 
A family moving home during December

Get ready for your December house move

Preparing for a December house move

 
Two lit pumpkin lanterns in the dark

How eco-friendly is your Halloween?

Make your night of gruesome fun as sustainable as possible

 
A scuba diver

The best way to store scuba equipment

Keep your diving kit in tip-top condition by storing it properly

 
Two people enjoying a trampoline towards the end of summer.

Storing a trampoline

The best way to put a trampoline in storage

 
A child surrounded by small brightly coloured toys

Ideas for storing outdoor toys

Organise your garden toys so they are ready for play next summer

 
A person unlocking a storage unit padlock

What happens when you inherit a storage unit?

How to approach the task of sorting through a storage locker after a death in the family

 
Vintage woodworking tools

Storing lumber for woodworking

Keeping wood boards and blocks ready for carving and creating

 
Bookshelves for use as a background for social media images

Where is your Instagram corner?

The one odd hack that influencers use to make you envy their home

 
A neatly made-up bed in a pleasant blue bedroom

How much linen do you need?

How many towels and bedding sets does a family need? Too many, and you’re struggling for storage; not enough and you feel like you never stop doing laundry.

 
A stack of vinyl LPs

How to store a vinyl record collection

What do you need to know about keeping a vinyl record collection in a storage unit?

 
A key fob shaped like a house with a heart in the middle.

How do I calculate the value of my stored goods?

What is the insurance value of the things in my storage unit?

 
NewsArticle Storing model trains

Storing model train layouts

Follow these rules when storing your model railway locos

 
NewsArticle Storage unit with access code

Using a storage unit with an access code

So your self-storage room has an access code. Here is everything you need to know about storage with electronic access

 
A couple moving home

Moving in with a new partner

Living together and enjoying homelife as a couple has many lovely advantages, but go into it with your eyes open!

 
Using a calendar for financial admin

What should I do if I can’t pay my storage bill?

When storage bills start to pile up, it’s time to talk

 
Tools used for renovating a period home

Self-storage for renovators

Use self-storage for a less stressful renovation

 
A person using a padlock on a storage unit

Common problems with self-storage

Trouble shooting for self-storage lock-ups

 
A person saving money by dropping coins into a glass jar

Save cash on your monthly self-storage bill

Cut the costs of self-storage

 
A man at his storage unit holding a chair

Five signs that you should change your storage company

Is it time to switch storage companies?

 
NewsArticle storing fishing tackle

Why keep fishing tackle in a storage unit?

Putting your fishing tackle outside the home in a storage unit has many benefits

 
A red cone with caution written on it

Personal safety at your storage unit

Staying safe while moving goods in and out of your storage unit

 
Man preparing to put a box into an external storage room

What are the advantages of an internal storage room?

Should I get an internal storage room or an external storage room?

 
Stored goods

Selling the contents of your storage unit

Could you profit from your stored domestic goods?

 
Students on a sofa

Self-storage tips for students

Cramped, insecure student accommodation? Self-storage can help

 
NewsArticleSelfStorageTravellers

Self-storage for travellers

What to store and what to keep with you when you go travelling

 
NewsArticleDIYTools

Can I keep DIY equipment in my storage unit?

What’s the best place to store home improvement tools?

 
A woman locking her storage unit with a padlock and key

Sharing access to your self-storage unit

How to safely give another person access to your storage lock-up

 
NewsArticlewatersportsgear

Storing water sports equipment

Extend the life of your windsurf, paddleboard or canoe by storing it properly

 
Curios at a yard sale

How to hold a really good yard sale

Have you got cash in your cupboards?

 
Blankets being aired on a washing line.

Storing blankets

Are your wool blankets safe in storage?

 
Man moving his things into storage.

What can I expect when I move into my storage unit?

Quick tips for moving your stuff into storage

 
Key ring with a charm in the shape of a tiny house.

Could you live in a tiny home?

Downsize for an improved standard of living

 
Mouse invading storage unit

Mice eat stored sports kit

What to do when rodent pests ruin your stored goods

 
NewsArticleHostBestSleepover

Host the best sleepover ever

Help your child to be a great sleepover host

 
NewsArticlePicturesforSellingSites

Taking great pictures to use on for-sale ads

Get ahead of the pack on selling sites by taking the best listings photos

 
Women doing fibre crafts

Streamline your craft stash

Organise your crafting stash for maximum creativity

 
Domestic appliances

Storing a fridge or freezer

How to prep a fridge-freezer for storage

 
A man using self-storage to keep his home clutter-free

Maintain your decluttering resolutions

How are your new year’s resolutions going?

 
historic family photographs.

How to store photographs

Keep your precious photographic prints in pristine condition with our storage tips

 
A couple painting a wall

Preparing to paint a room

Ready to freshen up the paintwork? Here are some quick tips to make the task much easier

 
Domestic goods that you could sell on social media marketplaces

Free up cash with Facebook Marketplace

Selling unwanted gifts on social media marketplaces