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    10 Moving Essentials to Include in Your Move-In Box

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How to Organize a Super Messy Garage

SpareFoot Contributor/August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 /4 Comments
Your garage is where you store a lot of household items that can't fit into your main house, but just because you keep them there does not mean the garage space should be full of...
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How to Pack All of Your Shoes For a Move

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How To Organize Your Kitchen Cabinets

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Attack Your Kid’s Messy Closet With These Strategies

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How to Pack A Suitcase: Space Saving Tips

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6 Strategies For Organizing Your Dorm Room

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Home Organization

How to Organize a Super Messy Garage

SpareFoot Contributor/August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 /4 Comments
Your garage is where you store a lot of household items that can't fit into your main house, but just because you keep them there does not mean the garage space should be full of...
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How to Pack All of Your Shoes For a Move

SpareFoot Contributor/August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 /Leave a comment

How To Organize Your Kitchen Cabinets

SpareFoot Contributor/August 18, 2022August 19, 2022 /Leave a comment

Attack Your Kid’s Messy Closet With These Strategies

SpareFoot Contributor/August 17, 2022August 19, 2022 /2 Comments

6 Strategies For Organizing Your Dorm Room

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How to Store Your Outdoor Patio Cushions

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How to Pack All of Your Shoes For a Move

SpareFoot Contributor/August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 /Leave a comment
With moving day approaching, you may be wondering what the best way to pack a lot of shoes is. After all, you don’t want to mix dressy heels or loafers with dirty winter boots. Read...
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How to Change Your Address With USPS

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Planning Your Climate Change Migration? Here’s What You Need to Know

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Should You Hire Movers or Do-It-Yourself?

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How to Organize a Super Messy Garage

SpareFoot Contributor/August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 /4 Comments
Your garage is where you store a lot of household items that can't fit into your main house, but just because you keep them there does not mean the garage space should be full of...
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How To Organize Your Kitchen Cabinets

SpareFoot Contributor/August 18, 2022August 19, 2022 /Leave a comment

How to Pack A Suitcase: Space Saving Tips

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How to Winterize Your Above Ground Pool

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Best Way to Store Photos for Long-Term Preservation

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7 Tips for Long-Term Car Storage

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Storage Auctions

The Truth About Bidding on Self-Storage Unit Auctions

Rachel Hartman/December 15, 2020March 11, 2022 /26 Comments
If you go to a storage auction in your area, will the bidding resemble the storage battles you see on TV? Generally speaking, it won’t, Arizona auctioneer Casey Jones said. Like most things, the “reality” you see...
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Calling All Collectors: These 9 Things Just Aren’t Worth It

Jay MacDonald/February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 /Leave a comment

What Is John Luke of Storage Wars Up to Now?

Troy Anderson/May 30, 2017May 31, 2017 /1 Comment

Storage Wars: Mary Padian’s Journey From Junk Collector to TV Star

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10 Valuable Storage Units Sold Online That You Won’t Believe

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10 Incredibly Valuable Contents Found In Self-Storage

Jay MacDonald/February 17, 2016June 8, 2017 /1 Comment

Storage News

Can You Live in a Self-Storage Unit? (No You Can’t, Here’s Why)

Elizabeth Whalen/March 30, 2021March 11, 2022 /29 Comments
Some people enduring homelessness are easy to spot, but many—perhaps most—are not. They’re living with friends and families, in their cars or in shelters. For some faced with housing insecurity, the idea of living in...
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Self-Storage Goes “Contactless” in Response to Coronavirus

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The SiteLink, storEDGE, and SpareFoot Family of Companies Acquires the Select Merchant Solutions Self-Storage Portfolio

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SpareFoot Wins Silver at Level Up Games Debut

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SpareFoot Awarded PR Daily Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

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SpareFoot Donates $20,000 to Austin-Based Nonprofit Organizations

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