Need Extra Space After the Holidays?

Storage Experts Offer Tips to Pack It in This Year

It's the classic story of too much stuff and it happens to everyone -- especially over the holidays. Great Grandma's china takes second place to your son's new Thomas the Train. The neighbor's popcorn tin is expected to be seen at next year's holiday party.

And then, the party's over. Suddenly your 8-foot, pre-lit Christmas tree jammed into the basement corner isn't the vision it once was in the front window.

"Lots of people want to start fresh and clean for the New Year--and it's easy to get overwhelmed when cleaning house," says Mike Kenney, divisional vice president for Extra Space Storage in the Boston area.

Before packing up the decorations, consider these holiday storage hints:

1.  Wrap your Christmas tree with plastic or put garbage bags over
    it to keep the dust off.

2.  Save tubes from wrapping paper and wrap strings of light around the
    tubes.  Make small slits at the ends of the tube in order to
    properly secure the plug.

3.  Store ornaments in bubble wrap, old towels or egg cartons.

4.  Be wary of storing light colored decorations in newspapers; the ink
    may bleed.

5.  Place candles in old socks to keep from being scratched.

6.  Label boxes of decorations for easy unpacking next holiday season.

7.  Hang wreaths by nails or store in hard containers to maintain
    shape.

8.  Wind up ribbons and pin at end to prevent knotting.

9.  Dispose of damaged Christmas lights before storing; it will be
    harder to remember which ones don't work next year.

10. Put Christmas tree stand and decoration essentials in a box labeled
    "Open First."

The "after holiday" season is a popular one for Extra Space Storage. For a limited time Extra Space Storage and Storage USA, an Extra Space Storage company, locations are offering 50 percent off your first three months of storage.

For more information about this special or for more tips on storage, visit www.extraspace.com or call 1-888-STORAGE.

About Extra Space Storage Inc.

Extra Space Storage Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that operates 620 self-storage properties in 34 states, including Washington, D.C. The Company's properties comprise more than 400,000 units and 43 million square feet rented by over 330,000 tenants. The Company is the second largest operator of self storage in the United States. Additional Extra Space Storage information is available at www.extraspace.com.

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