Once your kids have grown and "flown the nest," you may have a lot of stuff lying around the house that no longer gets daily use. While some items can be thrown away, others have sentimental value or might be good to pass down to your kids eventually. Under such situations, a storage unit may be the ideal solution. It allows you to keep these items and their accumulated memories but frees up room in your home for other purposes. Below are some of the items to consider storing.

3 Items Empty Nesters Should Place in a Storage Unit

1. Old Furniture

Your children may have left their beds, nightstands, dressers, desks, and other furniture when they headed off to school. To store this furniture until they move into a place of their own, consider a nearby storage facility. If you’d like, keep one full set for a guest room, but stow the rest until your kids request it again.

2. Sports Equipment

If your kids left behind sporting equipment that no longer gets the same amount of use it once did, place it in storage until they — or your grandkids — reclaim it. Bicycles, kayaks, golf clubs, surfboards, and scuba gear take up considerable space and don’t need to hang around if they’re not getting regular use. A storage unit may even allow you to downsize your home into something more efficient and cost-effective.

3. Old Clothing & Toys

These items may hold a lot of cherished memories for you, and you'd love to be able to hand them down to your grandchildren someday. However, if they've been boxed up for years, move them out of the basement or attic and into a storage unit. This gives you the chance to sort through your items and decide what you really want to keep.

If your kids have recently moved out, it’s the perfect time to free up some square footage in your home. Leland Self Storage in Brunswick County, NC, offers units in a variety of sizes, ensuring you can find space for everything from clothes and sporting equipment to whole rooms of furniture. They've been in business since 2018, but their staff has a combined 40 years of industry experience. They’re the only fully climate-controlled storage facility in the Greater Wilmington area, and they offer on-site management, video surveillance, and gated access, so your valuables stay protected. To ask about storage unit sizes and pricing, submit a request online or call (910) 399-4719.