How to Re-purpose Your University Bound Child’s Room

Whether you like it or not, the time will come where your child will leave the nest for University. This is a time as a parent where you should rejoice. You will have one less person to feed, clothe and clean after. Another upside? You now have a whole room to do with what you will. Stuck for ideas? Let North Shore Mini Storage give you 4 ways to repurpose your child’s room.

Repurpose Your University-Bound Child’s Room

1. A Giant Closet

If you are running out of space in your own room, turn that now spare room into a giant closet. Grab some cheap shelving and racks from IKEA and get started. For those that never had a walk-in closet, now is your time. Be careful, all this extra space can cause mini shopping sprees!

2. Gym

Sick and tired of going to the gym? Well, now you can make your own gym right inside your home. You can either use free weights, bands or even body weight exercises. If running is more your style, grab a treadmill (Craigslist is great) and a TV to watch your favorite shows while you workout. Not sure how to make a home gym? There are tons of great articles online!

3. Library

If chilling out and reading are more your style, make an at home library room. This is a pretty easy and cheap way to repurpose a spare room. Again, just grab some shelving and start piling on books. The most important part here is a comfy place to sit, so don’t cheap out on that part. If you need a quick guide, here you can find out how to build a library.

4. Rent It Out

With the help of websites like Airbnb, anyone can turn that spare room into cash. If you live near a major metropolitan center, you can fetch some pretty good rates. Just make sure you do your research on who you rent to.

But I don’t want to throw away my child’s stuff!

You don’t have to! If you don’t have any space inside that garage, rent a self storage unit. They can be had for less than $100 per month, and your child’s belongings will be waiting when then come back.

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

sara ~

01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.