Your attic seems like the perfect spot to tuck away all those items you can t bear to part with but don t want cluttering your house from your old yearbooks to those clothes you just know you ll fit into again someday.
Store things in attic.
Things you really care about should probably never go in the attic says allison carter a certified professional organizer based in atlanta.
Exposure to heat and insects.
In the basement store everything in clear plastic bins labeled and not packed too heavily.
While the space below the roof of a house varies in size shape and form the qualities of an attic are constant.
However while that out of sight out of mind mentality may work when it comes to staying organized stashing certain things in your attic could render them unusable before.
Storing items in your attic is far more preferable than storing them in the basement where they may get wet think about flooding or garage where they are exposed to the elements.
Heat can damage things such as photographs and wood.
Even with solid containers and mothballs the temperature shifts and insects may damage the fine lace of a wedding dress or the fabric of high end suits.