by David Thompson | Jan 21, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
You know the one. Maybe it’s the basement corner where you shoved everything during the last big clean. Maybe it’s the guest room closet that groans when you open it. For me, it was the entire left side of my garage. For two years, it was a monument to...
by David Thompson | Jan 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
So you’re renting a storage unit. Maybe you’re moving, or downsizing, or your mom finally made you clean out her basement. And you’re thinking, “It’s fine—I’ll just need this for a little while. Maybe three months. Six, tops.” I’ve been there. Literally. A few years...
by David Thompson | Nov 26, 2025 | Self Storage Guides
You know that feeling when you walk into a room in your own house and your shoulders just tense up? That was my garage. For two solid years. It wasn’t just a garage. It was a monument to my failure to adult properly. It was where everything went when I...
by David Thompson | Oct 23, 2025 | Self Storage Guides
My dad wasn’t a sentimental man. He worked with his hands, and his hands were always rough. But when he passed, I found something in his workshop that stopped me in my tracks. It was a small, wooden bird he’d carved. It was crude. One wing was bigger than the...
by David Thompson | Oct 20, 2025 | Self Storage Guides
Remember that scene in Indiana Jones where they put the bag of sand on the weight-sensitive pedestal? It has to be perfect, or the whole temple comes crashing down. Choosing a storage unit is kinda like that, but with less snakes and more of your actual stuff on the...
