Packing & Packaging | Lok'nStore Storage News Blog

Jun 11, 2009

Cardboard gadgets don't need unwrapping

At first glance, it looks like these gadgets have been carefully wrapped in brown parcel paper – but on closer inspection, you can see they are made entirely out of

May 24, 2009

Cardboard chairs

Cardboard seems to have more uses than just storage because Jonathan Coop, an industrial design major, is being honoured for his cardboard chair design. After reviewing 171 cardboard chair designs from 11 universities and colleges...

May 08, 2009

Cardboard Houses For Kids

Created for children, the Villa Julia from Spanish designer Javier Mariscal, is a cardboard house that kids can assemble themselves (with a little help from adults). Modelled after American single-family dwellings from the 50s, the child...

Apr 20, 2009

We just love the bubblewrap!

Lok’nblog Business & Household Self Storage brings you a brief history of bubblewrap! What we now know as Bubblewrap was invented by Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes. They developed the AirCap cellular cushioning while the...

Apr 20, 2009

Cardboard tree-house

This cool tree-house, designed in Germany, is made out of 100% cardboard and is super easy to assemble. It looks great in white, but it can also obviously be customised w...

Apr 14, 2009

Using Cardboard to Fight Global Warming

Surprising as it may seem, about three billion people still eat meals that are cooked using firewood. This adds considerably to deforestation and global warming. Introducing a solution: a cardboard box. A Kenya-based company, Kyot...

Apr 11, 2009

Bubblewrap painting!

We found a painter who uses bubblewrap instead of brushes! Well if he needs more bubblewrap at the lowest prices in the industry he should drop into his local

Mar 26, 2009

Building a cardboard office? Get down to Lok’nStore!

Lok’nStore Business & Household Self Storage brings you another story from the world of cardboard! is a new commercial creative agency formed by Michael Jansen and Bas Korsten that has just op...

Jan 21, 2009

Boxes and Bubblewrap at LoknStore

Do you need boxes and bubblewrap? Your nearest LoknStore Business & Household Self Storage centre carries a huge stock of all the packaging materials you’ll ever need including mattress, sofa, dust covers, and more! We sell both our ...

Nov 18, 2008

Packaging and Boxes at the Lowest Cost!

Boxes & Bubblewrap at Lok’nStore Household & Business Self Storage. If times are hard during the credit crunch, how about making your furniture out of cardboard! Loknblog found this chair by ‘Otto.’ First desi...

Oct 09, 2008

Cardboard boxes, the lowest priced toy!

At Loknblog the world's best Household & Business Self Storage blog, we’re always on the look-out for stories from around the world about “Self Storage” or “Boxes & Bubblewrap.” We spotted this one about the humble cardb...

Sep 24, 2008

Archive boxes for Business Storage at Lok'nStore

Loknblog has just heard that the Transport Secretary, Ruth Kelly has stepped down from her cabinet job to spend more time with her children. She should be applauded; wouldn’t it be great if we could all do that? Ruth will need to empty h...

Sep 12, 2008

Home extentions made easier

…families who need more space but can’t afford to move to a bigger house will find it easier to expand into the loft or to build an extension after the Housing Minister announced changes to the planning law. “About 80,000 homeowners a ye...

Sep 05, 2008

Stretch film available at Lok'nStore storage centres

Stretch film (and the optional dispenser) is now available at Lok’nStore’s 21 self-storage centres across the South East counties. For those who want that well-wrapped parcel or box (or sandwiches? I think not!) you can’t beat a...

Aug 18, 2008

Who invented bubblewrap?

According to an article, I read recently, Bubble Wrap was invented by a happy accident about 50 years ago. American engineers, Alfred Fielding and Swiss-born Marc Chavannes, had been trying to invent a new form of easy-to-clean, easy-to-...