Saturday, 23 March 2013

Vacuum Storage Bags As Space Savers

By Jill Faulkner


The problem that homeowners usually have is that through time, their things accumulate uncontrollably. With constant spending and the collecting of items, the house becomes one big space where unnecessary objects are stored even in cramped places. Thankfully, vacuum storage bags were invented to keep a sense of order around the house and make everything appear organized, at least to the eyesight.

It is inside closets and cabinets where clothes always find a way to entangle themselves together. This is also a given since most of the time, people find it a hassle to keep folding their clothing and keeping everything in neat stacks. While others learn to live with this sense of disorder, they remain unaware that it is negatively affecting their habitual routine.

This is the reason why vacuum bags are ideal for this situation. If you are able to spare a storage room for items that you rarely use, might as well put the seasonal clothes into a container and take them out of the closet. The trick is in vacuuming the air out of the bag so that it will press tightly to the clothes and be as compact as possible.

One of the common examples is that of going crazy over sweaters come winter time and not knowing what to do with them during summer. Common sense would say that you should make way for fresher and breathable ensembles, thus requiring you to store your winter outfits. With the help of handy containers and the process of vacuuming, you can manage to do that without a fuss.

First things first, if you have already chosen the items that you want to store separately, you must first wash them so they become fresher in state. After which, you then have to iron them to ensure that the creases are out and the clothing is pressed tightly. Finally, you can put them in the vacuum bag, seal it and take out the air.

When the winter season is ushered back in, you can easily get back to your stack and reuse the clothes that you kept for storage. In fact, they will remain fresh just like from when you washed and ironed them out. This is quite an achievement considering that given the time that has passed, you can just wear them out without adding more bulk to the laundry.

These bags are perfectly safe anywhere you put them in. For instance, you can keep it in sealed boxes by a corner in the garage, up in the attic or even a shed where unused things are kept. Given that the containers are air tight by your doing, no outside factor can manage to affect the quality of the clothes even despite dampness.

Clothing is a basic need that everyone should have easy access to. However, some people just tend to go overboard and keep more than what they can accommodate. While this ready solution exists, make sure that you can only fully control your space if you fight off urges to splurge randomly.

That being said, vacuum storage bags do serve their own purpose for people who simply want to maintain order in their place. It is within the budget and does not require any fuss to putting up with the chore. In the long run, you will realize how beneficial it is once you move out or keep a hold of your increasing number of items yet again.




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