After living in a single-family home for a while without any children, you may have most rooms and storage spaces filled up. If you are getting ready to have a kid, you should prepare to make changes to your home because the new addition to your family will demand a lot of space.

When you are determined to stay in the same home, you should consider several solutions to gaining more storage space. A great option is renting a storage unit to get all the space you need.

Bedroom

If you are planning to make a nursery that you will eventually transition into your kid's bedroom, you may want to remove almost everything from the room as soon as possible. Clearing it out a few months in advance will give you lots of time to make purchases and find a layout that works.

To avoid taking up so much space in a storage unit, you should go through the time-consuming process of disassembling all your furniture before taking it to storage. This will give you a lot more flexibility with maneuvering things around in storage to make optimal use of the space inside.

Kitchen

Another room where you should clear out space is the kitchen. Accommodating your kid means that you will want to pick up a booster, high chair, and child-safe kitchenware. While they may not need these things for the first year or so, you cannot go wrong with preparing early. You can avoid a situation in which you need to rent a larger storage unit due to limited storage space.

Closets

While you may be able to put a lot of your child's items in their bedroom, you may also plan to keep store certain items in a nearby area. For instance, you may not mind having a single pack of diapers in the room. If you want to stock up when you find them on sale, you should clear out space in a closet so that you can store diapers and other items to keep them out of sight.

If the bedroom is on the smaller side, you will benefit from making space in one or two closets because you will not need to make the nursery look or feel cluttered.

By renting a storage unit before getting your home ready for a kid, you should feel better about going through the process of setting up a nursery and making all sorts of purchases.