Storing your furniture in your storage container in London is not as easy as it sounds. There are ways to store items to ensure minimal damage. Store That have been helping people store their furniture for years, so we wanted to pass some of this knowledge on to you.  

Clean Your Furniture 

Before you go to store your furniture in your storage container in London, you need to clean everything. This will make it so much easier when you load everything into your unit. Doing a deep clean, or at least a thorough one, will ensure your furniture remains in a good condition whilst in storage. 

You must make sure any furniture is completely free from any form of moisture as this can cause mould and will damage your furniture over time. Any crumbs of food and other debris should also be removed. If you are storing a piece of furniture, such as a sofa, ensure you have removed the cushions and hoovered it all over. Wooden furniture should be checked for wood worms before being placed into storage, as you wouldn’t want it to infest other belongings. 

Furniture Placement

Once your furniture is thoroughly clean, when placing it into your storage container in London, you must consider where you are going to put it. Furniture items that you may wish to retrieve sooner, rather than later, should be placed towards the front of your unit. This will give you easy access to them should you need to remove or collect them. Furniture you are wanting to store for longer periods of time can be moved towards the back and sides of your unit, out of the way of any other items and belongings you may need to prioritise.  

Keep Furniture Off the Ground

When you use a storage container in London at Store That, we offer security and safety from the elements. However, you may want a little bit of extra protection. Before placing items in the unit, you can put down a plastic sheet to ensure your furniture doesn’t get dirty at all. This is an extra precaution to take if you are keen to protect older furniture from even minimal amounts of damage.

Wrap Your Furniture 

When storing your furniture, make sure you cover or wrap your items. Fragile furniture such as glass table tops and mirrors should be protected with bubble wrap to ensure no breakage occurs. Larger items should be covered in furniture covers or dust sheets to prevent any dust settling and damaging them. Store that have furniture covers for all sorts of items in our shop!

Contact Us

If you want to find out more about our storage facility or how you can store your furniture in a storage container in London, do not hesitate to get in touch with our friendly team today or call us on 020 7515 1300 – we would love to hear from you!