February 22nd, 2012
By Laura Gee, www.USstoragesearch.com Storage and Organization Contributor Stuffed animals are cute, harmless little things that kids adore—until those fuzzy little friends take over your house one room at a time. Stuffed animal collections start out simple with a little bear or giraffe here and there and then turn into a fluffy zoo that any animal enthusiast would be impressed by. If you aren’t careful, those big-eyed little friends will be sitting over top of your flat screen judging you while you polish off another hour of DVR clearing. There are ways to deal with these animals and their pesky ways of ruining your organized rooms. One thing that we did was to go up with stuffed animal storage. One solution is the stuffed animal hammock. There are a couple of ways to this. The one we chose was a corner one. It was a reinforced net that was triangular in shape so that it mounted nicely in the corner of the room. Stuffed animals were easily tossed in here and were still accessible. The little friends that weren’t as loved and weren’t quite favorite got tossed onto the net first leaving way for the favorites (and cuter ones) [...]
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February 21st, 2012
By Laura Gee, www.USstoragesearch.com Storage and Organization Contributor Video games have progressed technologically by leaps and bounds throughout the last thirty years or so. With all of this advancement has come a lot of stuff. Controllers, game consoles, accessories, game cartridges, CD’s, and ton of other things part of this hobby that so many people enjoy all over the world. It doesn’t take long for all of this stuff to take over an area. There is hope! There is a way for gamers and non-gamers to co-exist—as long as compromises are made on both sides. First of all, save any and all shoe boxes you come across. Shoe boxes are perfect for storage of video game accessories because they are cheap and easy to recover in order to match the look and feel of any room. Video games store nicely in these small boxes. You can have a nice, neat stack of shoes boxes that are filled with video games, but are covered in old maps, floral fabrics, sports themed wrapping paper, or whatever it is that you want to decorate them with. Controllers and other accessories tuck away nicely into boot boxes and other larger boxes. For an [...]
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February 20th, 2012
By Kristin Leigh; Moving, Storage & Organization Contributor to USstoragesearch.com Well, it finally happened, just as our newly expanded family of four was busting at the seams in our previous house, we were finally, after almost a year able to sell our beautiful first home that we had worked so hard on to remodel over the last 6 years. It sounded so simple to us in the early stages of putting our house on the market. Make the house look like a home to any buyer that may come. The trick to that was that we had to make it look like a home for the buyers and not like our home (even though we were currently living there). That was a very difficult feat. With two kids, a dog and zero garage space (yes, I said no garage space), our 1,400 sq. foot house was in dire need of some deep cleaning and storage make over. Luckily for us, we had a storage unit that we used to store all our extra baggage that we had acquired over a lifetime (literally). Besides storing our extra belongings in a storage-unit, we also made some clean-up changes to appease future buyers. [...]
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February 17th, 2012
Has Laura lost it? Check out her latest video blog on how to get attention online in your social media efforts and other forms of communication with your customers. How to get attention in social media and blogs – Laura Jones www.USstoragesearch.com Follow USstoragesearch.com, the online leader for self storage, on twitter @USstoragesearch and Laura on twitter @LGJones523
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February 16th, 2012
By Laura Gee, www.USstoragesearch.com Storage and Organization Contributor Technology is one of the hardest things to organize and keep clean. There are millions of cords falling around all over the place. Each device has a power cord or a charger or a USB cable or something that needs to be plugged in that just wants to get tangled. There are a few things you can do to keep this nightmare under control. The first thing you need to do is label each charger or cord near the part that plugs into the wall. I suggest taping a small piece of paper with the item name on the end of the cord. For example, using a bright pink piece of paper, you could tape “computer power cord” so you don’t have to tug on the wire to figure out what it is connected to on the other end. Labeling the end of the cord helps you when you are trying to plug things into that outlet. You might be able to unplug your camera charger from the wall, but you’re not going to want to unplug your desktop computer most likely. Also, label all chargers in the same fashion. [...]
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February 15th, 2012
By www.USstoragesearch.com Storage Contributor Tom Lewis Even though the world is trying to go paper less, it is important that you still keep tangible copies of some things and keep those things well organized. Each and every day we bring more and more paper into our homes whether we like it or not. Many documents like bills and receipts are necessary to hang on to for a multitude of reasons. Don’t be that guy who takes in a trash bag full of receipts to and audit—organize all of your important papers. Whether it be for tax purposes or proof for potential discrepancies, it is important to keep a current, and organized, filing system. There are many ways to organize your papers, so we’ll just share a few of our favorite tips with you. First, consider using hanging files in a drawer or cabinet. Hanging files are incredibly convenient. It takes a matter of minutes to label the tops of folders. Create folders for things like important government documents like birth certificates, marriage licenses, and even passports. Make a folder for each monthly bill you pay so you can store your statement. A folder for each family member should be set [...]
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February 15th, 2012
The largest online storage directory, http://www.USstoragesearch.com, experienced positives on all fronts in 2011. The online marketing firm focuses solely on the storage industry and saw better than projected growth in its Call Center and Self Storage Network.
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February 13th, 2012
By Laura Gee, Internet Marketing Associate, www.USstoragesearch.com My wildest dreams came true when we bought our new house—aside from just the joy of actually owning a home. I got my own walk-in closet all to myself. Not going to lie, I may or may not have spent a lot of time sitting in the floor of my new closet just enjoying the possibilities when we first moved in. As a surprise to me, and treat for himself because he got to use all of his tools, my husband decided he wanted to add more storage space and organizational features in my prized new closet. Actually, I secretly think he put all of that stuff in there because he can’t stand how messy I keep my stuff naturally and he was hoping it would help keep me together. Whatever the reason, my handbags and boots have plenty of space and I have more storage room than I know what to do with yet. His first step for fixing up my closet was to rip everything out and create a plan. Much like with the garage, the hubby’s first step is to always start with a clean slate, a notepad full of [...]
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February 8th, 2012
By Laura Gee, Internet Marketing Associate, www.USstoragesearch.com Sadie and Duke. Duke and Sadie. DUKE! SADIE! It seems as though those two names are spoken by me more than all of my other words put together each day. Sadie is a Collie/Shepherd mix, while Duke (the puppy) is a Beagle/Hound mix. Mutts basically…nothing fancy but we LOVE them. Working from home has given me a lot more quality time to spend with my dogs. I have also noticed that my dogs have taken over my house a wee bit. There are only two of them and they’re actually quite timid, but they have an intense presence. Trying to store their stuff away and make the house look like I still have some semblance of control in it is sometimes more difficult than I thought it would be. At least once a day I step on one of those hateful and painful plastic dog bones that my dogs so desperately love. I’m a “snuggler” so I let my dogs on the sofa with me and my husband and I love to see the dogs get all excited over a new toy, so therefore my dogs are spoiled divas. In an effort to [...]
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February 3rd, 2012
Social Media Writing Tips in Laura’s weekly vlog I forgot the basics of writing! This is my apology to my students for forgetting my own rules and my helpful hints to other writers with application to Social Media writing projects.
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