drwex | In search of storage options

One of the things that came out of visiting Mom this weekend is a realization of just how much furniture we've suddenly come into possession of. Three desks. A full dining room set. Two large cedar chests and a cedar closet. Et cetera. Our household can't possibly absorb all of this. There's a very small chance we might be able to store it, but realistically I want to find someplace to park it long-term.

The ideal situation is that when one or the other of my children decides to set up his own abode I can hand him several good and useful items of furniture. In the meanwhile there's a chance we'll move to a larger house where we could use this stuff. So I don't want simply to sell it all, unless I can't come up with another option.

So if anyone has ideas for how to store several large pieces of good quality furniture in a reliable fashion I'm open to hearing about it. Renting a storage facility is an obvious option since there's not really room on our property. Though we might pull out the current shed and replace it with a larger one I'm not sure I want to store this stuff in non-climate-controlled air for several years...