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If you’re in need of storage in London, Attic Self Storage has a range of interesting tips, ideas and motivational blogs for you to read. We cover everything from helpful tips & hints, to fun, interesting and local event-driven content in our short, easy to read blogs.

Home Sweet Home Storage

Do you ever get the urge to up sticks and skedaddle for six months? Shake your life up and relocate to somewhere altogether sunnier and less Brexity? Let out your home and let your hair down for a bit? Having a house full of stuff needn’t be the thing that stops you. Attic Self Storage […]

A Great Day for England

Was Monday 23rd of April 2018 potentially the most patriotic day of the year so far? Did you put a rose in your buttonhole, stand to attention and celebrate all the super Englishy things that were being commemorated on that day? If not, here’s a quick reminder of what you missed: Saint George’s day St. […]

In Tune With Your Music Storage Needs

If you’re a musician looking for rehearsal or storage space, we’re all ears. Rock, soul, jazz, folk, funk, punk, electro, afrobeat, classical, reggae, country, blues, we don’t care what you play, we’re here to help you conquer the world. Need a music practice room? We can help. Looking for somewhere safe and secure to store […]

Attic Self Storage is Ten Years Old

Ha-ppy Birth-day to us Ha-ppy Birth-day to us Ha-ppy Birth-day dear Attic Self Storage with no fuss! Attic Self Storage celebrated the tenth anniversary of officially opening our doors on the 2nd April 2018. Ten whole years. A decade of doing business. Hip hip hooray! Something great came from 2008 2008 wasn’t a vintage year […]

Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2018

Yesssss! Get in! We’ve just won another award. Not an Oscar or an Emmy or a Bafta for pretending to be someone we’re not, but a Feefo* Gold Trusted Service Award for being exactly who we are – a self storage company in London obsessed with providing the best customer service we possibly can. (*FYI […]

King’s Cross Area Guide

We are fabulously proud, and more than a little bit chuffed, to announce the release of The Attic Self Storage Guide to the King’s Cross Area. It has been many months in the researching and photographing and writing and making, but it’s finally ready for you to discover in all its glory. How to get […]

Women’s Week, Mother’s Day

Well that was quite a week for women one way or another. Let me mansplain, in case you missed it: Thursday March the 8th was International Women’s Day, which celebrates the achievements of all the women of the world. Sunday March 11th was Mother’s Day, which celebrates that special lady who gave birth to you. […]

A Busy Time for Business

February has flown by and the month of March is upon us. Before you know it March will have marched past and it’ll be April all over again. For a lot of companies this is the end – and beginning – of the financial year and a time when even the most organized office can […]

How Green is My Storage?

Our company livery may be a gentle shade of turquoise, but the heart of our business is solid green. When you rent a storage unit at Attic Self Storage you’re buying into our sustainable storage philosophy. We believe that we should do our utmost to have a positive impact on the planet where we do […]

Fall in Love with Self Storage

Love is in the air this week. Or maybe in the post (if anyone still remembers what a stamp is). St. Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, February 14th is a time for giving – cards, chocolates, cuddly toys, flowers, romantic dinners, hugs, kisses and declarations of eternal devotion. However, if you really want to impress, why […]

Let There Be Lumiere

The dark days of winter can really start to drag at this time of year, but something brilliant is heading your way. Lumiere 2018 is about to brighten up London’s streets, buildings and public spaces with a free nocturnal festival exhibiting the work of the world’s leading light artists. From Thursday January 18th until Sunday […]

The Carnage After Christmas

Their tattered remains litter our city streets. They lie discarded on the pavements; dumped in the shadow of the wheelie bins; balanced atop piles of black refuse sacks. Chopped down in their prime only to be thrown away. Cast aside now they are lifeless, emaciated and dried out, limbs twisted and broken. Like soldiers fallen […]

Start the Year as You Mean to Go On

No, not with a lingering hangover, but with a feeling of joyful optimism and a determination to squeeze the most out of this shiny brand new year. Put 2017 and those left over turkey sandwiches behind you. There are 362 days of opportunity ahead. It’s time to grab January by the scruff of the neck […]

Roman Road Christmas Fair

Our tree is up, the fairy lights are lit, and reception is piled high with bubble wrap and boxes. To cap it all off with a frosted icing, we’ve already had snow in Bow. You couldn’t ask for anything more festive than Attic Self Storage in Wick Lane right now. Except, perhaps, for the Roman […]

How Flexible is Our Flexible Storage?

Imagine something really, really flexible. The trunk of a rubber tree in a hurricane; The tongue of a chameleon catching a cricket; The knee joints of a contortionist squashed inside a fish tank; The thumbs of a teenager dumping her boyfriend by text; A six-foot snake side-winding through silvery sand; An eel slipping through fronds […]

The West Handyside Canopy Market

Just down the road from Attic Self Storage in King’s Cross, tucked in between Waitrose and Central Saint Martins under the West Handyside Canopy, is a mouthwatering monthly market. Canopy Market, as it’s called, is open on Friday 24th (12–8pm) Saturday 25th (11–6pm) and Sunday 26th (11–6pm) of November for three days of full-on foodie […]

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2017

In case you didn’t get the e-mail, Christmas is just around the corner. Attic Self Storage will be open throughout the festive period if you’re looking for a magical storage experience. But if you’re after yuletide shopping and seasonal entertainment, you might be better off heading to Hyde Park – Winter Wonderland opened at 5pm […]

Remember, Remember the Whole of November

November really is a month for remembering stuff. Last weekend we marked the failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament with Bonfire Night celebrations (hope you managed to catch one of the spectacular firework displays we posted about last week). In case you forget your history, the ringleader of the plot was a […]

Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night

This is the weekend to keep the pets indoors and your eyes on the skies. Historically the 5th of November is a day to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when Guy Fawkes was stopped from blowing up King James 1st and the Houses of Parliament – hence Guy Fawkes Day or, more […]

Attic Self Storage wins FEDESSA Charity Initiative of the Year 2017

Attic Self Storage Founder and Director, Frederic de Ryckman de Betz, collects the award and a cheque for £3,000 for Artbox London at the FEDESSA conference in Berlin. Attic Self Storage has won the prestigious FEDESSA award for Charity Initiative of the Year, 2017. Presented in Berlin, Germany the award follows hot on the […]

A Halloween Horror Story

It was the night of Halloween and a creeping fog had descended, blurring the orange glow of the street lamps. Little Jenny was dressed as a zombie bride. Her older brother, Paul, for reasons best known to himself, was wearing full England strip and had half a football pulled down on his head with “red […]

What Are You Doing For Half Term?

Half term can be a full on nightmare if you’re a parent. How do you keep your little ones amused? What do you feed them? Where can you take them for a day out in London without spending a fortune? (Have seen how much they charge for a child seat, box of popcorn and bucket […]

Festival Season Isn’t Over Yet

Just when you thought it was time to wash the glitter off your cheeks, take the flowers out of your hair and put the glamping gear back into storage, another festival is about to burst into life on the streets of London. The Bloomsbury Festival 2017 Just down the road from Attic Self Storage in […]

24 Hour Self Storage. Why Settle for Less?

There are some companies that restrict your access to your storage to a certain amount of hours every month. Or they’ll only let you in at certain times of the day. Which isn’t very helpful if you suddenly remember at 11.30pm at night that you need that special titanium thingy-me-bob from your storage unit for […]

Searching for Secure Business Storage in London?

Running a business is hard enough without having to contend with the sticky tentacles of thieves and burglars stealing it out from under you. We don’t want to scare people into becoming our customers for secure business storage, but the truth is crime is on the rise across the capital and across the country. No […]

Graffiti Art at Attic Self Storage Kings Cross

Around the World in 80 Walls

When you look at a wall, what do you see? Brick, concrete, a superficial layer of plaster, or something deeper and altogether more symbolic? Walls protect us and define our living spaces, but they can also divide, restrict and imprison us. From the perspective of most street artists, however, a blank wall is an empty […]

King’s Cross Classic Car Boot Sale

Do you like car boots? What about car headlights, chrome bumpers, alloy wheels, exhaust manifolds and supercharged engines? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, we have a right treat in store for you this weekend. Or, to be more accurate, the treat is just down the road from our King’s Cross store. […]

Shoe Storage Ideas that will Make Your Heels Click

If you’re not careful the shoe situation in your home can spiral out of control! Whether you’re a fashionista with a high heel addiction or a bustling family of 6, either way, piles upon piles of shoes dominating the doorway or making your cupboard chaotic isn’t a good look. Read on to discover creative and […]

Notting Hill Carnival – Personal Tribute

After the tragedy of The Grenfell Tower fire in June of this year, the return of carnival to the W10 and W11 area will come as a welcome relief for an awful lot of the residents. It’s a time for the community to come together in a spirit of happiness, celebration, unity and healing. Second […]

Working From Home: Create a Clutter Free Haven

Office work often equals noisy colleagues and constant interruptions. Working from home can offer a chance to concentrate in silence and be more productive. At the same time, working from home can present its own temptations and distractions. Daytime TV, your pet dog or even last night’s leftovers in the fridge can be all too […]

Top Tips for a Stress Free Move

Moving house can be pretty daunting. Packing up the entire contents of your life’s belongings into a removal van and leaving the familiar for the unfamiliar is no easy task. It’s any wonder that, alongside divorce and death, moving house is generally considered one of life’s most stressful events. Here at Attic Storage we’ve identified […]

The Great British Apple Festival

No, this isn’t a get together for computer geeks with a penchant for Macs over PCs. This is a festival for fruit freaks. Just check out some of the scrumptious celebrities on the guest list: D’Arcy Spice, Edward VII, Claygate Pearmain, Bramley’s Seedling, Kidd’s Orange Red, Blenheim Orange, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Laxton’s Superb, Egremont Russet, […]

What Would You Do With More Space at Home?

Whether you need to accommodate your growing family, or you like to collect clothes or hoard household antiques – all of us could use a little extra space at home. Combine this with the fact that house prices are surging yet we’re generally getting less space for our money (especially in locations like London), extra […]

The Clock Tower Festival

It’s festival time again. This Sunday, July 30th, The Clock Tower Festival comes back to Caledonian Park in Market Road, N7 9PL from 12 noon until 6pm. It’s a 5-minute walk from Attic Self Storage on York Way, so if you’ve got stuff in storage with us you can visit your storage unit and enjoy […]

Shop Storage Solutions for a Nation of Shopkeepers

It was supposedly Napoleon Bonaparte who referred to England, or the UK as a whole, as ‘a nation of shopkeepers’. Whether it was meant as an insult or not, it is truer now in 2017 than it ever was in the late 1700s. New Estate Agents, Coffee Shops and Bookies seem to spring up like […]

How to Organise Your Garage

Last year’s artificial Christmas tree, unwanted boot sale items, suitcases and sporting equipment – does this accurately describe the contents of your garage? It can be easy to assign unnecessary items to this space in your home. Before you know it though, your garage has become a delegated dumping ground for anything and everything! Lawn […]

Making Your House Move Eco Friendly

‘Carbon footprint’, ‘global warming’, ‘green living’, ‘eco-friendly’ – rewind a decade or two and very few of us were even aware of such terms. A few years on and we’re bombarded with lingo like this on a regular basis. As a result, being ‘green’ is on everybody’s radar. From fashion to food, you can guarantee […]

Searching for Storage Solutions in East London

East London is home to many great things – The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the Tower of London and Brick lane. One thing’s for sure though, as much as East London is a vibrant and fascinating place to visit or work in, it’s an extremely expensive location to live or start a business. Soaring rent […]

Market Road Gallery Official Launch

Ice creams, sun-dried sandwiches and spray cans were all out in force on Saturday 17th June which saw the official unveiling of our open-air art gallery. We had a DJ, football for the kids and plenty of painting going on. A great day was had by all, and at the centre of it all was […]

All the Fun of the Fair

Roll up! Roll up! The funfair is coming to our side of town. Just around the corner from Attic Self Storage on York Way in King’s Cross. We’re pleased to welcome the M+L Pleasure Fair to Caledonian Park, Market Road, N7 9PL. 16th – 25th June. (Weekdays 3pm until 9.30 pm. Weekends 12 Noon until […]

Student Storage Over Summer

Annoying flat mates, daytime TV marathons and last minute-panic-stricken essay submissions – the student experience wouldn’t be an authentic one without it. If there’s anything else that can be guaranteed (apart from studying very hard, of course) it’s that you will probably move accommodation at least once. The less lucky will move much more than […]

Struggling With Storage in the Office Space

It’s never easy keeping employees stress free, especially with the pace of modern city life. With London property costs at an all-time high, creating extra space in the office is beneficial for businesses large and small, and it all starts with a simple de-clutter. It’s not just about creating space for new employees though; it’s […]

The History of the Cardboard Box

Where would we be without cardboard boxes, eh? In a right mess that’s where. Apples and toys all over the place. Books all over the floor. When it comes to moving home, storing clothes or entertaining children you can’t go wrong with a good old-fashioned cardboard box. But where did they come from originally? According […]

Ivory or Magnolia

A short story about excess magnolia paint The Kindle & Fall Paint Company are having a board meeting. It was raining outside. Big heavy clouds threatened a colossal monsoon, but this being England, the rain was the fine misty kind. It wasn’t enough to drench you in a hurry, but enough to make you look […]

Is Self Storage in London Expensive?

Self storage is often seen as an expensive way to store your items, but it’s not always the case. Whilst of course there is a charge involved with most things, you’ll find that storage costs are often very reasonable and can work out cheaper than the alternatives. In this post we explore some of the […]

The Merry Month of May Comes to King’s Cross

As summer starts to fully blossom, the area around Attic Self Storage in King’s Cross is coming to life with entertainments and attractions for the whole family in May. Here are three of the biggest and juiciest: Yes we Canopy On the last weekend of the month the West Handyside Canopy Market squeezes itself back […]

Art in the Attic

Artbox London, a local charity, held an extremely successful open exhibition last week. The hosts, local business Attic Self Storage, have also agreed to maintain a permanent exhibition for the Islington based charity going forward. Artbox is a local charity, founded in 2011 by Madeline Alterman. Artbox helps people with learning disabilities to access the […]

Need a Wardrobe Declutter?

Spring cleaning tips to save you time Clothes piling up in your wardrobe? Feel like your furniture surfaces are now storage areas? Then you’ve come to the right page. Decluttering your wardrobe for warmer months is without doubt something we all have to go through, and is best given a full afternoon rather than a […]

Hemmingway Design and Vintage Festival

Present classic car boot sale at Kings Cross Self Storage and Car Boot Sales go together like bubble wrap and boxes. Which is why we’re so pleased that this weekend, Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd April, the area around the Attic Self Storage Kings Cross store is about to come to life with the sound […]

Ingenious Garage Storage

We’re well and truly into spring now and it’s the time of year when we start to think about clearing out our garages so we can start using them again for the summer. Whether your garage is used purely for storage, a workshop or even as part of your summer living space, we’ve got some […]

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