Over the years, it seems that every household tends to accumulate more possessions than the space in their home can adequately store. However, sorting through everything and de-cluttering the home is often continually put off because it is considered to be such an ordeal to manage. One of the best times to sort through possessions is when the family has decided to do some minor or major remodeling in their home. The reason for this is the fact that remodeling projects in a home usually involve moving some of the furniture and other possessions out of the way until the remodeling is completed. Major renovations might even involve removing all of the furniture for several days or even weeks.

About a month before the remodeling project is scheduled to begin, the family should make plans for where the furniture and possessions will be kept. The ideal place is a nearby self storage facility because that will allow the family to still have access to their possessions while the renovations on the house are being completed. Small items, such as those that are in kitchen cabinets or on the shelves in closets, will need to be placed in sturdy cardboard storage boxes. This will make them easier to move to and from the self storage unit. As each item is handled, the family members should determine if it is really worth keeping or if it would be better off recycled or tossed in the trash. To make this job much easier, it is advisable to have a container for recyclable items and a bag for trash nearby while packing possessions into the cardboard storage boxes. Getting rid of broken toys, outgrown clothes, and other unnecessary items, means that there will be fewer things to pack into the storage boxes, which adds up to the family saving money by being able to rent a smaller self storage unit than they would need if everything in the home were put in storage.