Portable storage, a primer
Then there is a third choice that has come around, making people's live much easier, and that is to rent a portable moving storage container. The wonderful thing about moving storage is that the companies really provide two services, moving people's things and storing them as well. For someone moving into a smaller space, or only temporarily, this would be great. Save space and extra steps and use moving storage. Since you rent the pods and load them yourself, there are no worries about things getting banged around by movers.