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How Storing Your Summer Toys in Winter Benefits You

Summer in Canada is a fun time when you get to enjoy the outdoors and do different recreational activities. Whether it’s at the lake with your jet ski and fishing tools, or off-road with your motorcycle and ATV, you’ll surely have some of the best experiences of your life. However, summer will also end and you will have to part ways with your toys. In which case, storing your summer toys in self-storage units is the best thing to do. Here are the reasons why:

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How Storage Helps Your Home Renovation

Whether you’re hiring professional help or have a DIY project, a home renovation will surely make you and your family excited. However, it can also be a stressful process, especially when managing all your belongings. Finding a place to store your furniture and furnishings can be very challenging if you have limited space at home. In which case, a storage unit is the best solution. There are many ways storage units or self-storage can help your home renovation and we’ll break them down for you.

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Summer Gear Storage Tips For Winter

Ottawans all over town make the most of the short summer season, that includes breaking out the patio furniture, kayaks, canoes, motorcycles, boats, RVs and other toys. Unfortunately, when the short summers are over and the harsh winter comes (sometimes when it is only halfway through fall) these items can be damaged due to the weather conditions. Sometimes these items are built to withstand some of the abuse, but most of the time you are better off finding ways to protect them. You could buy covers which can be annoying to use and blow off in strong wind or use your own garage, but that may reduce the room you have to protect your car and it may already be crowded. So what are your options and preparations for storing summer items through the winter?

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Storing Your Scary: Ideas for Halloween Storage

In the 21st century, Halloween continues to be one of the fastest growing consumer holidays every year for people of all ages. Contrary to popular opinion, Halloween is not merely a holiday for young children where they go door-to-door to collect candy on their trick-or-treat mission and show off their costumes that they have been working all month to perfect.

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Back-to-School Season is the Time for Storing

September is not only the season for changing fall colours and cool weather, but back-to-school madness as well. This is also the season for a new wardrobe, a set of organizational materials (that include everything from folders, to sticky notes, to bins and filing cabinets), and packing away anything that will not serve you during the incoming school year. This is especially true of those students who are leaving home in exchange for college dorms.

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Useful Tips To Consider When Renting a Storage Unit

Statistics indicate that a growing number of households require storage space in order to hold excess because they do not have the space to hold these items in their homes. It is estimated that in the United States alone, there is in excess of 2.3 billion square feet of rentable self-storage space to meet this demand. But getting storage space entails much more than renting a space. Experts in storage needs suggest that there are a number of key tips consumers should first be aware of before investing in a space.

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4 Ways A Storage Unit Can Help You Declutter

In our homes, many of us hold on to items of value to us whether it’s an item of real value or of sentimental value that we simply do not use in our daily lives. With this build up of items and lack of time with all of our busy lives, it is easy for clutter to start to build up in our homes. Acceptable Storage Ottawa can help you declutter your home of items that have value to you but you simply do not use in your daily life. With this in mind, we have come up with a few ways you can declutter your home with a storage unit.

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3 Essential Steps to Plan for a Smoother Move

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Are you moving soon? If so, you’re not alone.

With the Ottawa real estate market sizzling and summer ready to kick into gear, many people in the National Capital Region will be engaging in one of life’s more stressful experiences: packing up their home, moving out and beginning a new chapter in life.

Whether you’re moving across town or across Canada (or further), moving can take its toll on even the most prepared people.

But wait, not all hope is lost! With some careful but valuable planning, you can take much of the hassle and drama out of that move! Read on to discover on how to make your upcoming move as smooth and stress-free as possible — with three essential strategies. Read more

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12 Things You Should NOT Keep in Your Storage Unit – And 12 that You Definitely Should!

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We like to say that storage units in Ottawa are ideal for just about anything in your home or business that’s causing clutter or otherwise taking up space.

Just about.

But, like everything else in life, there are limits.

What can’t you put into a storage unit?

Well, it turns out, quite a few things. Some of them are for your own good; some are for the greater good of your storage neighbours (and us here at Acceptable Storage in Ottawa, of course). Let’s take a look at the big no-no, absolutely verboten items… and then come back with a few that you’re highly encouraged to bring.

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