If there is one thing that all Australian businesses are running out of, it is more space. When we moved into our business properties some time ago, we were thinking ahead about the future and so we chose this location because it was big enough at that time to meet our needs and the needs of our customers. Ten years later and we find ourselves in business premises that are no longer fit for purpose and we need more room. The difficulty however is that this is where our customer demographic is and it is where we have built the business up into something very successful and so moving is a nonstarter.

We have to look for other ways to create space around our business properties and one way to get started is to start putting up storage shelves in the right places. This is such a simple solution and yet it is so incredibly effective and it is very affordable as well. We often forget that there is space above floor level and all we need to do is to look up and figure out where we can put the shelves to best effect. This is just one way to create more business storage space for your business here in Australia and the following are some others.

• Vertical storage solutions - You need to start thinking vertically instead of horizontally and so investing in things like taller shelves, filing cabinets and any other vertical storage option and not only will this help to meet your storage needs but it will streamline the whole working environment. There is a lot of unused space above ground level and so is up to you to take advantage of it while you can.
• Make better furniture choices - When you are choosing new furniture for your office, you shouldn’t just think about the practical uses of the furniture itself for everyday use and you should also think about some storage solutions as well. There are desks out there for example that have cabinets built in as well as drawers to store important pieces of paper and files. Not only will it provide you with storage solutions but they are more aesthetically pleasing as well.
• Invest in stackable storage boxes - The storage boxes can hold an incredible amount of stock and other things from your business and the beauty is that they can be stacked on top of each other so the only space that is being taken up is the space occupied by the first box. You can clearly label with regard to the contents inside and if you invest in storage boxes with wheels then you can easily move them around if they start getting in the way.

It will take some out-of-the-box thinking from you to start creating more space around your current property but it is there and all you need to do is to do is figure out how you can utilise it. Everything has its place and everything needs space.