Storage in a ladder! Who would have thought it possible? I’m not sure if this is a ladder, storage or art-work, but I like it. Combining ladders and storage to make one of the funniest pieces of storage furniture that I’ve ever seen.
Bike storage takes up so much space in a flat, shed or garage. And if you have a family that could be 4 or 5 bikes to store over the winter! A simple storage solution for your bicycles could be to store them at a Lok’nStore storage centre. Our low cost, secure storage will keep your bikes safe until you need them again. Give Lok’nStore Self Storage a call on 0800 587 3322 or visit our website at loknstore.co.uk to find your nearest centre.
Winners of the 2009 Maison & Objet show in Paris, these storage shelves are very sexy!
I’ve called them storage shelves but they really look like hives and are ideal for storing or displaying magazines, books or art-work. Each ‘hive’ has 3 open storage slots and is made from wood composite and finished in matte white.
Curators often rummage through museum storage hoping to find a great painting or just a curiosity overlooked by their predecessors. But it’s not every day that they find a canvas that they identify as an early masterpiece by Diego Velázquez, as John Marciari has.Marciari, now curator of European paintings at the San Diego Museum of Art, has published an article in the new issue of the Madrid quarterly Ars making the case that an unidentified painting in storage at the Yale University Art Gallery is actually an altarpiece by the Spanish master. The journal says the Yale work “could be this master’s most significant find for more than a century.”
At the Yale gallery, the curator of early European art Laurence Kanter calls the discovery all the more remarkable because museums today so rarely have the chance to acquire a work by Velázquez, an enormously influential narrative and portrait painter who was already celebrated and collected in his lifetime.
As Kanter points out, Velázquez “has never been out of favor. From the beginning, he has been one of the great, canonical painters of the Western tradition, and because he worked for the kings of Spain, most of his work is still in that country.”More than 5 feet by 4 feet, “The Education of the Virgin” shows the young Virgin Mary learning how to read at the hands of her mother, St. Anne, with her father, St. Joachim, looking on. Given to Yale in the 1920s by alumni Henry Hotchkiss Townshend and his brother Raynham, the oil on canvas was previously listed as the work of an unknown 17th century Spanish painter.
Marciari first saw it in early 2004, when he was a junior curator at the Yale gallery working for Kanter. They were going through new storage facilities, with an eye toward reinstalling the galleries.
“The Education of the Virgin,” missing paint in spots and trimmed at the top, looked “pretty beat up,” Marciari says. “It was dirty, with a bit of tissue paper stuck on the canvas to hold the paint in place. This is how you find paintings in storage everywhere.”
But even then, he said, the painting stood out, much as the figures themselves emerge dramatically from darkness. “I definitely thought it was a compelling painting. But it wasn’t until a few months later, when I pulled out the painting again from storage, that it hit me: This is an early Velázquez.”
Each person has specific storage demands, depending on their lifestyle, on their professional lives and on various other factors. But apart from the storage needs that you are looking to address, you can always find the appropriate solution on the internet.
You can find a huge collection storage boxes found on the net, which can be properly addressing your storage needs, ranging from the most invaluable of your belongings to every other ordinary household item. Not only that, but you can even search for good quality storage boxes for the lowest price tags, which will truly offer you the benefits of online shopping.
Wooden storage boxes are mostly chosen by the individuals who want to store their belongings in an elegant manner. But despite of its artistic aspect, the wooden storage boxes are a requirement most of the time. Wooden storage boxes are among the most attractive storage boxes and are used for storing a wide range of material. Wooden storage boxes can be very specifically built for the particular goods that they store, just like the ones used for storing instruments, wines or lenses, and are available with various modifications, for example the ones with partitions and racks.
Perhaps the most favourite storage boxes of all are decorative storage boxes. Decorative storage boxes represent a much broader category, since they can be manufactured of a number of materials other than wood, such as cardboard and plastic. Decorative storage boxes are usually well admired by women for storing the items of their use such as cosmetics and jewellery. Other than that, decorative storage boxes with vivid cartoon themes are widely used and accepted by children too. Decorative storage boxes are appropriate for keeping invaluable and precious belongings, which is a perfect combination due to the elegant appearance of these storage boxes.
Cardboard storage boxes are also brought into use by many people for storing almost all types of usual items found at residences and professional organizations. You can find quality cardboard storage boxes, wooden storage boxes and decorative storage boxes on the internet. You can search for thousands of storage boxes of different kinds in a huge variety making your task of choosing the right storage boxes that fit your needs much easier.
You can search for storage boxes of various sizes, shapes, designs, prices and other particulars, which would be sufficient for satisfying all kinds of storage needs whatsoever. If you are looking for just the right storage boxes, the internet can provide you the best solution to all your storage needs.
Lok’nStore Self Storage can provide you with a full range of cardboard storage boxes at the lowest prices in the industry. Visit our website at loknstore.co.uk for more information or give us a call on 0800 587 3322.
The average person moves house several times in their lifetime (I have moved 14 times!). Moving for a job, more storage space, or a change of scenery, its one of the most stressful, and rewarding times for the majority of people. From moving a few doors down, to across a continent, moving house is one of the most important things, and sometimes the hardest to organize.
From collecting supplies – buying boxes and tape, to packing your house up, cleaning and moving to your new home, it’s an adventure for all involved. Small and home offices are also usually quite interesting to move – a new area for local clients and a nightmare for people that run services online, so it’s important to plan accordingly and ensure that you’ve made plans to cover yourself during the move. Your small office may be the last thing you actually pack fully, but you can start by cleaning through your paperwork and ensuring everything you’ve got has storage – if you run a craft business or have a hobby that takes up space, its always good practice, as soon as you’ve heard you’ll be moving, to start clearing and boxing up your non essential supplies.
It takes careful planning to move house, but you can do so via the web at http://movingplan.com or http://helpiammoving.com – two great sites that help you plan your move and give you an idea where to start. Most importantly, you need to start planning as soon as you know you’re moving – so that you’re as organized as possible.
Whether you’re selling your house or moving due to a new baby, need for more, or less storage space, because you’re renting and need to move on, or are going to let your own house and move into another one – moving can be stressful….but it can also be a lot of fun. You may also be in need of low cost van hire or self storage. Give Lok’nStore a call on Free phone 0800 587 3322 or visit our website at www.loknstore.co.uk for more useful information and help on moving house.
Tiny houses are cosy and wonderful. As long as you can figure out where to store your stuff, you can live comfortably with less space.
Here are some ideas for squeezing usage out of teeny spaces and providing extra storage space:
- Many furnishings have hidden storage components. Many beds now allow homeowners to sleep on a mattress positioned above a chest of drawers or storage area. A sofa-bed allows a guest room to be tucked into the couch. That antique trunk turned coffee table is a great rectangle of hidden storage space. Benches and ottomans with hinged lids provide another hiding spot. Below the bed storage boxes which are flat enough to push underneath are wonderful places to store wrapping paper, board games and important documents.
- Add additional space to the closets. Adding a few more shelves will double the storability. Having two hanging rods parallel to each other will allow skirts, pants and shirts to be hung right above and below each other.
- Minuscule kitchens can be amped up in terms of storage with a few tricks. A pots and pan hanger will free up cupboards and provide a cool design statement. Lazy Susan turn-styles will spin your cupboards into viewable use. No more hidden spices! Also, hang on the wall whatever you can-the electric can opener, mugs and cups on hooks beneath cabinets, and wine glasses hung upside down in wooden slats.
- In the bathroom, it doesn’t matter if the cabinetry is practically non-existent. Use baskets and wicker storage shelves. Roll up towels and washcloths for an attractive and colourful display. Store makeup and toiletries in attractive bins, even toilet paper is pretty when displayed in a wicker basket.
- Garages can be wall-to-wall tool hanging dens. Yard tools and carpentry items take up very little room when hung by hooks and pressed into metal slats. Peg boards are another great way to utilize wall space.
Items may be stashed on a flat board atop the rafters. Storage containers in the garage don’t have to be pricey. Cut off the top of plastic milk cartons or detergent bottles. Save pickle, olive, peanut butter and baby food jars. These provide free, clear glass, lidded containers for screws, nails and drill bits.
With a bit of creativity and forethought, a small home can be made to feel large with all of its “found” storage capability.
If you need to de-clutter your house or flat and are considering putting your goods into storage, give Lok’nStore a call on Free phone 0800 587 3322 or visit our website at www.loknstore.co.uk
I love this storage stand designed for the bathroom!
Always wondered where to store your dressing gown or clothes when your in the bathroom? Look no further than this great storage idea.
The Peg Chair Stand was designed by Alex Hellum and is ideal for bathroom storage. There’s room to hang your clothes and somewhere to put your slippers or shoes at the same time. This wacky storage stand is made by Ercol and sold at Heal’s.
At Lok’nStore we have a variety of storage unit sizes, ranging from a small 20sqft locker (4ft x 4ft x 4ft high) up to a huge 800sqft double doored monster!
But which one is for ‘me’, you ask? Well for instance, if you’re moving out of a 2 bedroom flat and you need storage for your items for a couple of months, the approximate size unit you’d need would be 75 – 100sqft. This would depend on whether you have loft contents of a garden storage shed.
And if you were looking for storage for all the contents of a 3 bedroom house, you may need a 125-175sqft unit (approx). The exact size would again depend on whether you have a storage shed, loft and garage.
A small 1 bedroom flat / bedsitter or studio flat would fit in a 25 - 50sqft storage unit (approx) with room for a few extra boxes.
Still not sure of which size storage unit ‘you’ need at Lok’nStore? Visit our space estimator at our website or even better give your local Lok’nStore storage centre a call for expert advice for the most knowledgeable staff in the storage industry.
Call Lok’nStore on Freephone 0800 587 3322 or visit loknstore.co.uk for the location of your nearest storage centre.
You can store your goods at Lok’nStore for as long as you want. The storage contracts are month-to-month with no long term commitment required, and no penalties or charges for removing items early (you just need to give us 7 days notice).
But the convenience of Lok’nStore self storage does lend itself to short term storage, because you can go anytime the facility is open to add items or remove them.
For people in the process of moving, self storage is perfect, because it can be so flexible, cost-efficient and short term. But there are many good reasons to consider self storage for your long term storage needs. Traditional storage might require a long term contract and therefore seem like a good long term storage solution. But if you use self storage instead, you get the flexibility of being able to come and go when you please and add and remove things when you want, while knowing your items are secure behind your own lock and can’t be accessed or moved as they can with traditional storage. Self storage can make it much more convenient to store items that you need to access regularly or just from time to time.
If you’re interested in self storage and want to know more, call Lok’nStore on Freephone 0800 587 3322 or visit www.loknstore.co.uk for more info!
These Bloq storage boxes would look great in an office, front room or even in a kitchen. They come in a range of colours and veneers and can be stacked to different heights to make them a flexible storage option.
For more information on these storage drawers contact Bloq @ www.bloq.co.uk
That’s right; we’ve been reporting on the world’s storage stories, features, guides on moving and storage and packaging for 2 years today. Here’s a few of the weird and wonderful stories that we’ve featured on our storage blog since July 2008
In September 2008 we brought you these fantastic cat storage boxes in the shape of fire engines. Who wouldn’t want to see their cat in one of these boxes?
That November we brought you the story that Sir Arthur Connan Doyle had written a short story called the “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box.”
But my favourite storage story has to be this one, the street that was rapped in bubble wrap to protect its accident prone inhabitants.
We’ll be continuing to bring you all the storage news from around the world each day on the Lok’nBlog but if you want more information or have any questions about self storage or Lok’nStore why not contact us on Twitter @LoknStore, facebook or at our website, www.loknstore.co.uk
