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Our Very First Smart Storage Customer – 12 Years Later
The Smart Storage team were delighted to have the opportunity to revisit our very first under stairs storage customer recently. Back in 2010, our team installed a 3 Drawer Unit beneath the stairs in a Co. Wicklow home for Rob and his young family. We caught up with Rob twelve years later to look back on the installation and to discuss how the unit solved a storage crisis for his family. Rob tells us, “Before we had our Smart Storage unit installed, there was a little cubby hole under the stairs with a little door. We used to throw shoes, hoovers and other things in there. It was very hard to find anything under there, there was no light and […]
Christmas & New Years Opening Hours
As 2022 draws to a close, we would like to extend a huge thank you to our wonderful customers for your support throughout the year. Our opening hours will change temporarily over the Christmas period, please see our Christmas opening hours below. If you would like a Free Quote for your hallway, just fill out our Quote Form and our Storage Experts will be in touch as soon as possible. Our normal opening hours will resume from 3rd January 2023. The Smart Storage team were delighted to complete thousands of under stairs storage installations across Ireland in 2022. Check out some of our team’s favourite moments throughout the year! Wishing all of our customers and team a very Merry Christmas […]
Dragons Den Appearance – 10 Years On
Ten years ago, on April 16th 2012 our founder, Paul Jacob, walked into the Dragon’s Den to present his Smart Storage solution to Dragons, Norah Casey, Gavin Duffy, Niall O’Farrell and Sean O’Sullivan. Smart Storage is the answer to every households’ problem “lack of storage space”. Our understairs storage units maximise the unused space beneath the stairs and provide a discreet storage solution. After a successful pitch to the Dragons, resulting in Norah Casey becoming a Shareholder, Smart Storage has gone from strength to strength and is now the largest provider of understairs storage in the world. With over 60,000 units installed around the world Smart Storage has proved it has global reach. The company now employs more than 60 […]
Store Shoes the Smart Way
Looking to free your hallway of footwear clutter? We have the solution!Our practical and modern understairs storage units maximise the wasted space beneath the stairs and offer a fantastic shoe storage solution. Smart Storage CEO Paul Jacob originally came up with the idea for understairs storage as a result of the shoe crisis in his own home. We are all familiar with the shoe mountain that can quickly grow in any family’s home! At Smart Storage, we have made it so easy to organise all the family’s shoes. Check out our top tips for shoe storage below. Shoe Storage Hacks & Ideas 1.Store the shoes you and your family wear most often in an easily accessible drawer. If you are […]
Reopening & Houzz Award
We are delighted to announce that in line with Government regulations we have reopened in Ireland and are delighted to have resumed our under stairs storage installations. As always, we will be following recommended guidelines to keep our employees and customers safe. On another positive note we are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Houzz Service Award for 2021. This is our fifth year in a row winning the Houzz Service Award, having also been awarded in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. We are especially proud of this year’s award as the Covid-19 pandemic presented many challenges for our business over the past 12 months. We dealt with these challenges and were delighted to resume normal operations […]
What 2020 had in Store for Smart Storage!
With 2020 drawing to a close and the New Year approaching, we took the time to look back over our highlights this year. Despite the many challenges of Covid-19, 2020 brought lots of exciting times from TV appearances to new product launches. Read on to hear more about what the team got up to!