The best New Year's resolutions are the ones that are easy to keep. They make a wonderful, long-lasting difference too. Organizing the house is a great example of a promise you can enjoy fulfilling now and relaxing with for the rest of the year. Our Brooklyn self storage facility on Atlantic Avenue can help make it happen. Let's take it one room at a time.
Leverage Living Room Zones
- Free up floor space and create a special play spot for the kids by moving extra furniture to self storage.
- Keep the couch cleared of napping pillows and cozy throws with a trunk tucked behind the sofa.
- Store magazines and paper clutter in pretty baskets tucked under the coffee table.
- Develop a system for organizing messy multimedia into easily accessed collections on bookshelves.
- Corral home entertainment equipment with caddies for remotes and daisy-chained ties for cables.
Cut Down on Kitchen Clutter
- Tame cleaning supplies in cabinets under the sink with small, stackable plastic bins.
- Consolidate cleaning cloths by hanging them on hooks inside lower cabinet doors.
- Take stock of pots and pans, and retire seldom-used cookware to your storage unit.
- Put your DIY talents to work by installing shallow shelves behind doors that usually stay open.
- Convert hanging plant holders into storage space suspended over countertops.
- Extend your reach in lower cabinets with tiered wire shelving that slides in and out.
Break Out Bedroom Space
- Free up extra room by breaking up matched bedroom sets and moving extra pieces to storage.
- Keep dust bunnies at bay with wheeled storage trays that slide underneath beds.
- Expand closet space by elevating shoes in hanging racks on the back of closet doors.
- Turn empty corners into decorative storage from floor to ceiling with triangle-shaped shelving.
Make One More Resolution
When you get everything under control, make one more easy resolution. Promise to keep on streamlining your busy life by keeping your storage options open. Turn a climate-controlled unit into a year-round solution for organizing your home. With online account management and flexible leasing, it's a resolution you can afford to keep all year.
We're Here to Help
How will you celebrate the New Year in your beautifully uncluttered home? Start by enjoying less housework and more relaxing downtime. We're happy to help make it happen with our convenient Atlantic Avenue facility and six other locations across Brooklyn. Safeguard Self Storage is always here to help you keep your best resolutions.
For those who have waited patiently for the NBA season to start, the moment has finally arrived. With the season just tipping off, it's time to reflect on our favorite sport and admire how it has spread across the entire world, from the Flatlands area in Brooklyn, NY to places like China and beyond. The NBA played its first game on November 1, 1946, when the N.Y. Knickerbockers faced the Toronto Huskies on Canadian soil. Today, Safeguard Self Storage talks about what basketball means to our area and the best places to play a game with friends.
Basketball in Brooklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Nets weren't always a Brooklyn-based team. In fact, the Nets were called the Americans when the team was founded in 1967. The Americans moved to Long Island a year later and adopted New York Nets as the name. The team moved back to New Jersey in 1977 and evolved into the New Jersey Nets. After 35 seasons, the Nets moved back to New York, changed the team name once again and are now the Brooklyn Nets you know and love.
Famous NBA Players from the Area
Chris Mullin, an All-Star who played for both the Golden State Warriors and the Indiana Pacers, was born and raised in the Flatlands area. His plaque stands proudly in the prestigious College Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Mullen now coaches St. John's in the NCAA, a position he gladly accepted in 2015.
Local Courts in the Brooklyn Area
Want to play a game in Brooklyn? You have more than 170 courts to choose from throughout the area. Of course, some are better than others. Our picks for the best basketball courts to play on include:
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2, in Brooklyn Heights
- J.J. Byrne Playground in Park Slope
- Dean Playground/Conrad McRae Playground in Prospect Heights
- St. John's Recreation Center in Crown Heights
- Parkside Playground in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Safeguard Self Storage Tips Off the NBA Season
Celebrate the 2016-2017 NBA season by getting out to play, or by watching your favorite team at home in Barclays Center. If you need a place to store your basketball equipment and gear, our local storage units make the ideal place. We have the perfect storage unit for your equipment while saving you space at home.