The History of the Cardboard Box

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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.

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 […]

From Boom to Bust?

What’s happening to the housing market today? At Attic Self Storage, personal storage is one of our core businesses and we speak to a lot of people who are moving house and buying homes. We’ve helped a lot of people move and that gives us a unique insight into what’s going on in the property […]

Self Storage Art and the Art of Self Storage

Attic Self Storage has a proud history of supporting The Arts wherever we operate. We’ve sponsored Stratford East Theatre and The Stratford East Singers, and more recently we’ve given our support and even window space to artboxlondon.org, a really worthwhile Islington-based charity who work to give people with learning difficulties access to the arts. We’ve […]

What’s the Best Way to Store Furniture?

Some of the bulkiest and space-consuming items in a home are the most expensive ones too. Beds, sofas, wardrobes, armchairs, chests of drawers, TV sets. So when it come to storing furniture it’s best to make sure you do it properly. A clean start For starters you need to thoroughly clean those items that you […]

7 Spring Cleaning Tips for the Home

It’s March; the air is still fresh but doesn’t have that harsh bite that winter does and the sun stays out for more than 5 minutes. And the best part is that we’re starting to think about transitioning our homes away from the hibernation den that they’ve turned into over winter, into something fresh, clean […]

What’s the most unusual thing we’ve ever stored?

We’ve had a lot of weird requests over the past nine years when it comes to storing unusual things, but we always do our very best to accommodate people’s requirements. However bizarre they may at first appear. There are the obvious things like the contents of people’s homes that we are used to storing at […]

The Attic Guide to Storage for Moving House

Moving house is something we all do, something most of us don’t look forward to, and something that we could all do with being as simple as possible. When you’re moving home, it’s the perfect time to take stock of what you own and if necessary, have a big clear out. The question is, what […]

How do you Declutter Your Home?

Decluttering your home can be one of life’s little pleasures. There’s something inherently satisfying about clearing out your home of things you know you don’t need, use, or even want. But how do you decide what to get rid of? What to store? What to keep in your home? Well, we’re here to help declutter […]

Storage space for Valentine’s Day gifts

So next Tuesday, the 14th of February, is Valentine’s Day. The perfect occasion to show your partner, wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, or significant other, all the love you’ve been storing up for them across the year. If you’re going to try a little harder than a bunch of garage forecourt flowers and a crème egg, […]

How do I work out self storage prices?

Self storage is incredibly useful when it comes to moving house, redecorating, or simply want to free up some space at home. But working out how much storage you need, and therefore how much it costs is not always easy. We’ve put together a guide for how much you can expect to pay for self-storage. […]

Keep your valuables safe with our packing hacks & tips

Whether you’re moving house, having a clear out or simply want to free up some space, it’s likely that you’re going to have to start storing some of your valuables. How you do it depends on whether you’re planning on short term or long term storage; luckily, we’ve covered both… The basics of packing valuables […]

2017: A New Year in Self Storage

A new year, a new self storage facility, but no new year resolutions. Christmas mugged me this year. Seriously, I didn’t see it coming at all. It snuck up from behind, hidden in the murky shadows of 2016 (how many celebrities is it possible to say goodbye to in one year!?) and jumped me. Before […]

Hubbubs, Drumrolls & Sleighbells

Hubbubs, Drumrolls & Sleighbells what a great finish to an exciting year. Halloween has come and all the ghouls have now gone. Bonfire night went off with a whoosh and a bang and then fizzled out in a downpour. Black Friday disappeared in a flurry of discount spending. And now Christmas is racing towards us […]

London Self Storage business Wins Industry Innovation Award

An independent self storage operator based in London, England, has won an industry award for innovation. Attic Self Storage, based in Bow, East London, won the Federation of European Self Storage Associations (FEDESSA) Award for Outstanding Business Initiative 2016. The highly prized award saw three finalists competing for top honours, although Attic was by far […]

Attic Wins FEDESSA Self Storage Award 2016

We’ve done it again! For the second time, Attic Self Storage has been recognised for excellence at the leading European industry awards. Some of our clients have been storing with us since before 2012. Those clients may recall that we won the FEDESSA Customer Service Award in that year. Now, four years on, we’ve done […]

How to Send a Donation From A to Bee!

The Bee Song – Oh, what a wonderful thing to be A healthy, grown-up, busy-busy bee Whiling away all the passing hours Pinching all the pollen from the cauliflowers I’d like to be a busy little bee Being as busy as a bee can be Flying around the garden, brightest ever seen Taking back the […]

The Wonderful World of the Web

Our new Website at Attic self storage. Stop for a second. Have a look around. Do you notice something different about the way Attic Self Storage looks? That’s right, you spotted it – we’ve had a thorough on-line makeover and we now have a shiny new website up and running. Everything about it is better […]

Sunshine, Rain & Rugby

The London 10s Rugby Cup sponsored by Attic Storage After the success of Rugby 7s at the Olympics it was a pleasure to see the return of the London 10s Cup sponsored by Attic Self Storage last weekend. The day started off sunny enough. Over 150 people descended on HRFCs home turf, Spring Hill, […]

Notting Hill Carnival Comes to London

This weekend the biggest street festival in Europe hits the streets of west London again. Notting Hill Carnival has been going in one shape or another since around the time England won the world cup… Forget goal line technology – Notting Hill Carnival is the time of year for everybody to let their hair down, […]

Bag Storage Tent for Runners

PRIDE RUN, RIO OLYMPICS AND TEAM WORK A big rainbow-coloured shout out to The Attic team who were out in force last weekend at the Pride 10k run in Victoria Park. My thanks go to our managers Sonia and George, and our removals experts Keith and Kane, who were all doing their bit to cheer […]

Find Romance in Self Storage!

Attic Self Storage and happily ever after Now I’m a happily married man but I am reliably informed by my single friends that dating websites and Apps are the new way to find romance in this increasingly disconnected digital world. A few years ago, I seem to remember they were the same people who used […]

Storage Tent for Pride 10K Run

Rainbow Coloured Lycra & Secure Storage Tent What’s sweaty, rainbow-coloured, has over two thousands legs, and snakes its way around Victoria Park shouting “hi-yaaah!” to the crowd? The Pride Run 10K, of course. Proudly sponsored by Attic Self Storage. Lucky for everyone, this year’s 13th anniversary event is on Saturday the 13th August and registration […]

Roman Road Festival 24th July

ROMAN SKELETONS, ROMAN STORAGE, ROMAN ROAD Local legend has it that when they were digging the foundations for The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, they came across a whole cohort of Roman Centurion skeletons, but because deadlines were pressing and the stadium had to be finished in time for Usain Bolt, the contractors just chucked the […]

Storage Wall Art Project

Making Room for Art in Kings X To coincide with the launch and opening of Attic Self Storage, York Way, King’s Cross, Islington branch, we’ve decided to get a bit artistic. After removing the graffiti, we will have a big white outside back wall space (30’ x 200’) you see, a blank urban canvas, and […]

Summer storage wakes up!

Attic Self Storage allows you to embrace the festival season every year without having a shed, a loft, or basement, for all the essential equipment you might need.

Moving Home in London

Stress-wise, I’d say moving home is right up there with being a soldier in the firing line or a junior doctor on the picket line.

Swimming, Storage & Planting

With the sunshine heading our way, now’s the time to dig out your shorts, trunks and bikinis and get yourself geared up for the beach, hotel pool, or festival campsite

Self Storage Annual Survey 2016

The Self Storage Association of the UK is about to release the results of its latest annual survey. What’s in store for the industry? A secret glimpse at the survey has told us that the self storage industry in the UK remains in rude health. The industry added around 5% of floorspace through the course […]

First Barbeque (BBQ) of 2016

A Barbeque, a Bonfire & Recipes for Avoiding Disaster This week’s blog is slightly late, but there is a good reason. I am pleased to report that the barbeque (or is it barbecue?) unit has made its first appearance of 2016 on my back patio. Welcome back my smoke-stained friend! Scouring the grill and cleaning […]

May Day

May All Your Storage Needs Be Met This May Is it really almost May? With snow dusting the country, and people pulling their puffer jackets out of storage again, it’s hard to believe that May is just around the corner. But Attic Self Storage has a vested interest in spotting reasons – and seasons – […]

The Ever Expanding Attic Self Storage in London

King’s Cross Self Storage Opening Soon in London Last week saw us pouring the concrete on a brand new Attic Self Storage facility over in King’s Cross, Islington (London). And although our roots are firmly East End, we’re pleased to report that no local villains were added to the mix. It’s been a long time in […]

It’s Record Store Day

On Record Store Day, Space is the Place for Record Collectors Escaping the April showers , I’m sitting in a little café called Vinyl having an Americano, and it’s set me to thinking about records and record stores. I’m not talking about Attic Self Storage’s record-breaking customer service record, HMRC records, or even, ahem, prison […]

Space: You need it, we hear you scream

Space: The Final Frontier, and Every Self Storage Customer’s Dream After the resounding success of The Attic Cryogenic Self Storage Space offer on April 1st, we’ve checked our SEO stats, Google analytics and web visitor data, and we are very happy to be able to confirm the following: 1. 99.5% of our customers are too smart […]

Self Storage Business Invests in Cryogenics

London-based Self Storage Business Keeps Cool Following almost two decades of ongoing research and significant investment, a London based self storage business has finally perfected a commercial cryogenic solution. Attic Self Storage is proud to announce a brand new storage option for everybody. And they do mean every body. In a giant leap forward for […]

It’s Easter in Hackney

HACKNEY EASTER BUNNIES, PAINTED EGGS & MOUNTAINS OF CHOCOLATE It’s a Bank Holiday weekend. The banks shut down so the bankers can go to the Cotswolds, while the Hackney food banks stay open so that less fortunate folk can eat. Oops, did I blog that out loud? The unfortunate truth for a lot […]

Rugby to Hackney via Bow

Rugby Fever is in the Air… Ah! The smell of the Deep Heat rub; the lure of the muddy scrum; the roar of the frustrated Rugby Number 8. Blood subs. Sin bins. Saucy songs. No helmets. No shoulder pads. Rugby is a no-nonsense sport. The name alone tells you it’s an English […]

Honey-Comb Storage Space?

HONEY, I’VE SHRUNK THE MESS As I sit here in my ‘room with a view’ at Attic Self Storage I’m looking down on a rain-swept Wick Lane and, oozing underneath, the slow moving jam that is the A12 on a Friday evening. It’s been a busy day and I find my mind has now […]

Storage Wins Gold: Customer Service

London self storage business has been awarded the respected Feefo Trusted Merchant – Gold award for 2016. Storage drums roll. Spotlight. Camera. “And the Winner is…” Attic Self Storage (and all our lovely customers). Thank you, thank you, thank you. *sob. I’d just like to express my appreciation to Sonia, Ikraam, Leon, […]

London N7 storage build works begin

The construction of a new self storage facility in central London is now underway. We have now finalised our plans for our brand new, state of the art self storage facility. It is located on York Way, London N7! This storage facility will offer great value self storage, as we currently do in Bow, E3. […]

Choir attracts new sponsorship

Attic Self Storage sponsors East London’s top choir at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. You may have heard about this choir, the Stratford East Singers. They won 3rd place in Gareth Malone’s “The Naked Choir”. ( BBC 2, October 2015. ) Attic Self Storage is very pleased to announce that we have extended our support of […]

Christmas in Storage

We were approached recently by a local school, St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School in Bethnal Green, East London, after a family faced eviction just days before Christmas. With nowhere to go and no resources to pay for removals or storage, this family was facing a most awful Christmas. Thankfully, together with a local man & […]

Attic Self Storage Supports Hackney Rugby Football Club

In the run-up to the Rugby World Cup, which is set to open with this evening’s opening match between England and Fiji at the home of Rugby, Twickenham at 8pm, Hackney RFC has continued to grow from strength to strength. Following a sponsorship deal announced with Attic Self Storage, Hackney RFC will enjoy additional financial […]

2015 SSA UK Annual Survey Released

Self Storage Survey Paints Positive Picture The 2015 annual survey into self storage in the United Kingdom has been released by the SSA UK and Cushman & Wakefield, painting a positive picture for the industry as a whole. Overall, rental rate growth for the industry was over 7% over the course of the year, well […]

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