“The Adventure of the Cardboard Box” is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the second of the twelve Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and second of the eight stories from His Last Bow in most American versions. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1892

 “Quite a stir is caused in Croydon when a 50-year-old spinster, Miss Susan Cushing, receives a parcel in the post which turns out to contain two severed human ears packed in coarse salt.”

Cardboard boxes need not be a mystery.  Just pop down to you’re local Lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage Centre for the lowest Prices in the industry.  With a huge range of stock we are bound to have the size and quantity that you need.  We also sell bubblewrap at ridiculously low prices!  To find your nearest Lok’nStore visit our website or give us a call on 0800 587 3322.  It’s elementary my dear Watson!

Boxes & Bubblewrap at lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage.

If times are hard during the credit crunch, how about making your furniture out of cardboard!  Loknblog found this chair by ‘Otto.’ 

First designed back in 1968 by renowned industrial designer Peter Raacke, and currently on display in design museums around the world, like MoMA in New York and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, “otto” is coming back to the consumer market. The corrugated cardboard chair, being re-issued by German design retailer pulpo, was designed to be light, durable, sustainable and stable; ideas that are as relevant today as they were almost 40 years ago.

Need boxes & bubblewrap?  Then drop into your local Lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage Centre.  We have a huge range of packaging materials in store for you including mattress, sofa and dust covers all at the lowest prices in the industry.

If you’re looking for Household & Business Self Storage in the Farnborough area then look no further.  Lok’nStore’s flagship store has all the storage space you need.  With ample parking and no queuing to get into the centre from the Hawley Lane B3272, you’ll be able to store your goods with ease.  With FREE access to your unit during our opening hours you can come and go as much as you like.  Load your Household & Business goods onto our FREE trollies and pop them into your steel storage unit (room).  At Lok’nStore Farnborough we have a range of units from a 20sqft unit (that’s about half the size of a wardrobe) up to 800sqft and many sizes in between.  Lok’nStore Farnborough can also provide low cost van rental from just £10 on your move in day! So if it’s Storage in the Hampshire area, give Lok’nStore Farnborough a call on 01252 511112 and get friendliest, lowest costing storage in the industry. 

The LoknStore Household & Business Self Storage guide to decluttering your home or office.

It should be your sanctuary of productivity, the place to create, build and plan that next project. The home office is an important part of your daily life, but keeping it organized and clutter-free can be a project in itself.

Feng shui experts encourage us to create a clutter-free zone because it saps energy, reduces productivity and can even trigger depression. If you find yourself becoming distracted, unfocused or losing your motivation while working from home, you might be ready for a major decluttering session. Here are seven ways to clean up the home office and push your productivity into high gear:

1. Create a ‘later’ pile. When you have tons of incoming mail, printed e-mails to glean over or a stack of catalogues to browse through, you’ll need this ‘later’ pile. This can be stored on a bookshelf or even on the floor, and is your official to-do-later collection. When you’re sorting your incoming mail, just put all non time-sensitive items in this pile and work your way through it on a free day.

2. Use book bins. If you’re an avid collector of books and magazines, skip the shelf and store them in book bins instead. Book bins give you a chance to sort by subject or topic, so all of your books are organized into categories for easy access.

3. Don’t make room for a junk drawer. The junk drawer, or ‘miscellaneous’ drawer sounds like a good idea at first, but can easily become overloaded with odds and ends you never find when you need them. ‘Every item has a place’ will need to be your new mantra - stick with it!

4. Make sure you can see your desk. Piles of papers, folders, books can easily clutter up your desk space and make it difficult to function. When the physical space in front of you is crowded with clutter, your brain might experience similar overload. Clear up your desk space for some breathing room; and peace of mind.

5. Aim for a paperless office. Invoices, files, letters and other documents can be stored electronically and backed up with ease. Keep your office as paper-free as possible so you have fewer files and documents to worry about - you’ll also save a few trees in the process.

 6. Drop into your local Lok’nStore Household & Business self Storage centre and rent one of our many sized storage units.  Give us a call on 0800 587 3322 to find your nearest centre or have a look at our website.  

Loknblog the worlds favourite Household & Business Self Storage Blog found this article about artist Chris Gilmore who made a full size DB8 from Goldfinger out of cardboard!

Everyone loves the new James Bond, but we will stick with Sean Connery, and his Aston Martin DB8. Artist Chris Gilmore likes the DB8 so much that he built a full size one out of rubbish and calls it Pussy Galore. ” By working with common, recycled items, such as cardboard and cigarette packets, Gilmour concentrates on the medium in its natural state, often preserving the original printing, tape, and labels to capture an essence of authenticity.” According to Men’s Style, “I wanted to take the idea of James Bond as this glamorous, invincible superhero and contrast it with an object made of total rubbish,” explains Gilmour, who’s asking $30,000 for his cardboard creation and takes care to note that the project wasn’t intended as yet another crass product tie-in. “I started working on it long before I knew the film was even coming out, so it’s a very happy coincidence.”

If you need cardboard boxes to make your own DB8 Bond car then get down to your nearest Lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage Centre for the lowest priced boxes in the industry. 

Self storage operation Lok’nStore reckons the expected long term growth of the UK storage market has left it well positioned to weather the current turbulence in the country’s economy.

Announcing full year results last Friday, the company said like-for-like sales were up 8.4% to £10.83 million and group EBITDA was up 2.7% to £2.73 million. Operating profits were down 11.5% to £0.66 million and pre-tax losses came in at £0.74 million from a profit last year of £0.95 million.

However, store EBITDA increased to a record £4.6 million, up 11.9% on a like for like basis and comes on the back of the sale of two established stores at Kingston and Woking at the end of the last financial year.

Andrew Jacobs, the company’s chief executive, commented: “Lok’nStore performed well over the last year, underlining the resilience of its business against a challenging economic backdrop. Store EBITDA increased to a record £4.6 million, a great result having disposed of two high cash producing stores in the previous financial year.”

Courtesy of smallcapsnews.co.uk

Lok’nStore, we’re listening

Radio 4 has been broadcasting the latest six-part series of Tom Collinson’s slightly surreal sitcom that finds the hero, Dave (Reece Shearsmith) living in a self-storage container of the title after the break-up of his marriage. Here he considers the great conundrum we call life in the company of, in particular, the borderline psychotic Geoff (Mark Heap) and the sensitive and cultivated security guard Ron (Tom Goodman-Hill). This much is as before. What’s new for the first episode of this new series is that Dave’s sister has moved into the same storage building as Dave after a series of rows with her husband. Which raises the question: given the current downturn in the economy, could storage containers be the new bijou semi?

We know you love Lok’nStore but you can’t live with us!

Check out our website for all our latest offers and for the location of your nearest Lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage Centre. Or if you need the lowest priced packaging materials including boxes & bubblewrap give us a call on 0800 587 3322. 

Hey! If you’re looking for Household & Business Self Storage in the Crayford, Kent area you’ve found it!

Lok’nStore has had a purpose built storage centre in Crayford for the last 2 years.  Located in the big orange building in Optima Park, on Thames Rd (A206), the centre has been become the areas most popular self storage provider by far.  With nearly 55,000sqft of storage space available, the staff at the centre will find you the right size unit for your household or business goods.  In fact they will find the BEST unit for YOUR needs at the lowest prices in the industry. We guarantee it!  The centre has units from 20sqft (4×5ft) up to a huge 650sqft and lots of sizes in between.  And don’t forget that when you move into Lok’nStore you can use the centres van for as little as £10 on the day!!     

In the large loading and unloading bays at Lok’nStore Crayford we supply FREE trollies for you to use. Lok’nStore Crayford also offers FREE unloading of pallets for businesses and householders and also accepts deliveries FREE of charge for you. 

The Lok’nStore Crayford Household & Business Self Storage Centre also has a large retail section that sells a wide range of packaging materials including boxes and bubblewrap to help you get packed!  If you would like to have a chat with the friendly staff at Lok’nStore Crayford Centre please give them a call on 01322 525292, or drop in for a look around, a chat and a cup of tea!   

Storage in Hampshire couldn’t be easier than with the counties favourite Household & Business Self Storage Company, Lok’nStore.   The Big Friendly Storage Company has 5 stores in Hampshire at; Basingstoke, Farnborough, Fareham, Southampton and Portsmouth!  All the Hampshire Loknstore Centres have the most friendly and knowledgeable staff in the storage industry and will put YOU the customer first.  Lok’nStore offers the original “Lowest Price Guarantee,” so you know you’ll be getting the best and lowest priced storage in Hampshire.  Check out our website for directions to the store’s or give them a call on 0800 587 3322 for all the information you’ll need.  You could also take advantage when you move in of our low cost van hire or if you need packaging materials including boxes & bubblewrap, have a look at our huge range.  Come on…Don’t Ignore…Lok’nStore it!          

Low cost van hire is now available at most Lok’nStore Centres for customers who take storage with us! 

Household & Business Self Storage has never been easier than it is now with Lok’nStore.  For as little as £10 on your move in day you can use one of our vans during the store opening hours to help you save money!  Plus with our Lowest Price guarantee, you know you getting the best prices in the storage industry.  If you need storage and want to save yourself some money, give us a call on 0800 587 3322.  Or pop in into your local Lok’nStore, or visit our website for all the information you need.  Too much stuff? Don’t ignore it…Lok’nStore it!

1. Give Lok’nStore a call on 0800 587 3322.  Have a chat with a friendly member of our well trained staff.  That’s too easy!

2. Visit our website and find out where your nearest centre is. Come on…you’ve only got to click….just move that pointer a bit further!  It’s so easy!

3. Go into your nearest Lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage Centre for a chat with our friendly staff.  No need to make an appointment, just pop in and have a look round at the many unit sizes we have.  From 20sqft up to 500sqft and every size in between.  That’s enough space for a couple of suitcases up to the contents of a 4 bedroom house!   We also sell a wide range of packaging products including boxes and bubblewrap and all at the lowest prices in the industry.  Don’t forget that Lok’nStore also offer low cost van hire when you move in for just £10.

Come on…..It’s just so easy to store at Lok’nStore

Loknblog gives you 3 Facts about Fareham Hants.

The Borough of Fareham lies on the Solent coastline between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth covering an area of almost 30 square miles and has a population of 108,000 people.

Fareham’s origins go back to a small settlement that was developed before Roman times around a crossing point of the River Wallington, close to the top of the present day High Street. The Romans came to the area in about AD43 and built a large fortress at Portchester, to shelter their garrison and defend Portsmouth Harbour (its ruins can still be seen).

But best of all Fareham has a Lok’nStore Self Storage Centre at Fareham Industrial Park!  With access to the centre behind Sainsbury’s, turn right at the end of Broadcut, you’ll find all the Household & Self Storage you’ll ever need. 

Units at Lok’nStore Fareham come in many sizes from a small 12sqft, big enough for a couple of suitcases or 5 archive boxes, up to 3,000sqft and lots of sizes in between.   You put your own padlock (we sell them if you forget) on your unit (room) and only you have access to the unit.  It’s totally dry, clean and private.  The Fareham Lok’nStore also provides low cost van hire, FREE trolleys for your goods and a FREE forklift service!  Lok’nStore Fareham also serves the local areas of Gosport, Whiteley, Titchfield, Stubbington, Locksheath, Hedge End, Warsash, Segensworth and Portchester.

Pop down today for a look round the centre, a chat and a cup of tea, or please give them a call on 01329 283300 to discuss your storage needs.