These sliding storage drawers are a great way to protect your shoes. 

Put them in these transparent storage boxes so that you can see which pair is in them rather than chucking them into the bottom of your wardrobe!

These patented storage boxes by Store are also stackable.

If you fancy a cheaper option for your shoe storage you could buy a few Lok’nStore archive boxes from your nearest Lok’nStore storage centre.  Priced at a very cheap £2.00 the Lok’nStore archive box would easily take 4 pairs of shoes.

For more information give your nearest Lok’nStore storage facility a call on 0800 587 3322 or visit us at our website at loknstore.co.uk

A Place for Everything 0870 224 2660; www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk) - £24

A slightly tongue in cheek look at the world of storage boxes….

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.

Original article @ AriefTheos Blog

The most accident-prone street in Britain has been given the ultimate safety blanket - 1,500 sq metres of bubble wrap.  Cars, gates, bins, lamp posts and even garden gnomes were wrapped in the cushioning film to highlight the dangers of driving in winter.  According to a car insurance comparison website, homes in Somerville Road, Worcester, generate the highest number of accident claims in the whole of the UK.

The street, which has been dubbed ‘Accident Avenue’, has had around ten claims a year for ten years, which for a small street, made residents the most accident-prone drivers in the country. The stunt was set up by Confused.com and took eight men more than 12 hours to complete. One Somerville Road resident, who did not wish to be named, said it was a shock to see all the houses wrapped up.

He said: ‘I live just up from the houses that were wrapped up so the sight of them all covered up took me a bit by surprise.  ‘They have wrapped absolutely everything in plastic - it looks very striking, ‘I think it is a really amusing idea, although I don’t know how long it will be until someone starts

 Will Thomas said it was important to warn drivers about the dangerous conditions brought on by the recent cold snap. ‘The recent freezing temperatures have turned roads across the country into treacherous territory and with the unsettled weather expected to continue, motor insurance is expected to soar,’ he said.

‘In times of need we bubble wrap all our little breakables to keep them safe and sound - so why not a whole street?’

 It is also bubble wrap’s 50th birthday this week, which will be celebrated with the tenth annual ‘Bubblewrap Appreciation Day’.

Full Article @ Mail Online

The crunchy plastic wrapping everyone likes to pop is turning 50.

Bubble Wrap, the protective packaging made by Sealed Air, an Elmwood Park company in the Fortune 500, was invented in Hawthorne in 1960.

Created by Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding, it was first called Air Cap and designed to be a new type of wallpaper. That idea didn’t work, however, so they started to sell it as a greenhouse insulator.

Legend has it Chavannes came up with the idea for its current use during an airplane ride over what was then Newark Airport.

Chavannes looked out the window as the plane descended and noticed the billowy clouds that seemed to be cushioning the plane.

That was when he realized the textured plastic material could be used as a replacement for old newspapers to protect fragile items.

But the product didn’t really take off until the mid-1960s, when IBM used it as a cushion for shipments of its 1401 model computers.

Since then, the material has become a pop culture icon that “not only serves to cushion fragile materials, but also provides the added benefit of helping to de-stress and bring smiles to the faces of people of all ages worldwide,” said William Hickey, chief executive of Sealed Air.

The cushioning material has been used to create works of art and clothing, as well as props for TV commercials and movies, such as “Wall-E,” “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “Liar, Liar” and “Naked Gun.”

The Saddle River factory that makes Bubble Wrap will change the material’s clear colour to gold to commemorate its birthday next Monday. A limited run of gold-coloured Bubble Wrap will be made.

Here are some significant events in the material’s history:

• Invention of the material leads to the founding of Sealed Air in 1960.
• Sealed Air reports sales of $4 million in 1969 as Bubble Wrap started to catch on.
• In 1998, comedians Joey Green and Tim Nyberg write about the cushioning material in  “The Bubble Wrap Book.”

By Joseph R. Perone/The Star-Ledger

If you’re one of those people who just has to pop all the bubbles on a roll of bubblewrap then this 2010 Calendar might no be ideal for you!

This 2010 Calendar has a different bubble for you to pop for every day of the year and measures 48 inches tall by 18 inches wide.

P.S.  Although Lok’nStore don’t sell the Bubblewrap Calendar, they do sell a range of bubblewrap at the lowest costs in the industry.  Please give us a call on 0800 587 3322 or visit loknstore.co.uk for more details.

We’ve seen foldable cardboard speakers before by MUJI and others, but the lively patterns on these OrigAudio versions caught our eyes (or should that be ears?). The foldable, self-powered speakers (no batteries or external power required) come in designs with names like Cityscape, Lake, Daydream, and Surf Break. You can even create custom artwork, but you’ll have to order 500 units to go that route, so…

Perhaps best of all, they’re recycled, made from old newspapers, phone books, and the like. The speakers, which are 3.15 inches on each side, cost $16 a pop, with a six-pack going for $60, and are universally compatible with any device that has a headphone jack (MP3 players, laptops, cell phones, CD players).

As for sound quality, don’t count on using the 1-watt device at your next big house party. The company stresses that they’re best used for more modest auditory applications, such as travel, the beach, dorm rooms, and cubicles.

Full article at CNET.

Do you need cardboard boxes for your house move?  Or are you archiving documents for your business?  Pop into your local Lok’nStore Business & Household Self Storage centre for the lowest prices.

Multi Save Mix & Match

Buy any 20 boxes

and get an additional

4 Free Boxes

SAVE UP TO 20%

with the cheapest item free

Call 0800 587 3322 to find the location of your local Lok’nStore Business & Household Self Storage centre or visit loknstore.co.uk

Do you need archive boxes or bubblewrap?

Your nearest LoknStore Business & Household Self Storage centre carries a huge stock of all the packaging materials you’ll ever need including mattress, sofa, dust covers and more!  We sell both our boxes and bubblewrap at the lowest prices in the industry: we know because we check!

To find where your nearest LoknStore is give us a call on 0800 587 3322 or visit loknstore.co.uk. 

Designer Rose Braunstein creates jewellery moulds from bubblewrap.

The stuff you used to wrap all your dishes during your last move. We were out with a friend over the weekend who was wearing one. And she was stopped again and again by strangers who were agog. “Is that, um, bubble wrap, but, like, silver?”

Visit NBC Los Angeles for more of this story.

Sink or swim- that’s the question every cardboard boat captain must face on race day. After all, a cardboard box isn’t usually the first material to come to mind when designing a seaworthy vessel. Preferred material or not, the popularity of cardboard boat, also called cardboard regatta, races continues to grow each year.

Although its exact origins are up for debate, most believe the cardboard boat originated in1962 at Southern Illinois University.

Professor Davis Pratt, in an assignment aimed at testing his students creativity in design, asked the seniors to design and build human-sized boats made only of corrugated cardboard. More than 45 years later, cardboard boat races are going stronger than ever.

There’s even a book on how to build a cardboard boat. The Cardboard Boat Book: How to Build and Environmentally Friendly Boat with Recyclable Resources, by Dave Friant, provides step-by-step instruction on how to build a kayak style boat with corrugated cardboard.

The boats do not have to be made kayak style as outlined in the book. From pirate ships to riverboats and airplanes to animals, boats can and have been designed in any fashion that will float, so long as they are made of corrugated cardboard. Boats should be capable of completing at least three trips around a 200-yard course, to meet the challenge of The Great Cardboard Boat Regatta races.

But Can it be Recycled?

We’re always advocates of reusing materials to make new creations, and cardboard boat races definitely fit the bill. That being said, it is necessary to check your local recycling program rules as most recyclers will not accept wet cardboard for recycling.

There are various reasons recyclers may not accept wet cardboard, from the extra water weight skewing the cost of purchasing the material to the potential of jamming the recycling sorting machines.

Let the cardboard dry before placing it in a recycle bin. Paint and other decorative additions to the cardboard boats should also be considered, as those will usually render the cardboard non-recyclable.

Lori Brown

Between 40 and 50 boaters raced Saturday along Crystal Lake’s Main Beach to join the 25th annual America’s Cardboard Cup Regatta as spectators cheered all ages who designed boats using cardboard, duct tape and creativity.

Taking five weeks to build was a Mystery Machine from the Scooby Doo cartoon, proving that vans can float.

“This is the one fun thing we do every year,” Lynette Collins said. “We put more into it than cardboard and duct tape.”

Some racers used oars or water wheels to move. Members of Lost Cause used snow shovels to cross the finish line first. Team member Josh Brownell of the eight-member crew said he was surprised, as they expected that their boat would sink halfway through.

“It doesn’t hurt we had twice as many people as the other boat,” Brownell said.

Races were filled with dramatic moments when team Down, who designed the house with balloons from the movie “Up,” took an early dive. There also were close races, such as when Shark Steaks defeated POS #4 by a nose.

“It was adrenaline that got us to the end,” teammate Joe Fike of Crystal Lake said.

If you’re looking for cardboard boxes why not pop into your local Lok’nStore Business & Household Self Storage centre. 

We have a huge range of boxes in stock from just £2! and bubblewrap from just 40p per mtr.  Have a look at what these guys did with their boxes:

Architectural studio Fantastic Norway has created this suspended installation for the Centre for Design and Architecture in Oslo, Norway, as part of an exhibition showcasing young Norwegian designers. The hanging display forms a pixelated cloud comprised of 3000 cardboard boxes that plays with ideas of packaging, recycling and affordability, while simultaneously breaking up the open layout of the space in unusual ways. The student work is arranged inside and around the boxes, adding an interactive quality that re-imagines the normal “look, don’t touch” museum experience - blending elements of curio cabinet curiosity with retail store familiarity. 

By Scott Lachut