5x10 storage unit
Researched and written by Ashley Davis · Reviewed by Emily Johnson · Last reviewed August 2026
A five by ten unit is 50 square feet of floor, about the size of a walk-in closet, and with an eight-foot ceiling it holds roughly 400 cubic feet. That is the contents of a studio or a single bedroom: a mattress set, a small sofa or armchair, a chest of drawers, a bicycle and around thirty boxes. It is too narrow to walk into once loaded, since the five-foot width is taken by one row of furniture and one row of boxes.
What fits in a 5x10 storage unit?
A studio or single bedroom, loaded properly. A queen mattress and box spring on edge along one wall, a small sofa or two armchairs, a dresser, a desk, a bicycle, a television, and twenty-five to thirty-five medium boxes stacked to head height. What does not fit is a second set of large furniture: add a dining table or a fridge and the unit is full before the boxes go in.
How big is a 5x10 in feet and square feet?
Five feet wide by ten feet deep, which is 50 square feet. Ceilings are usually eight feet, giving roughly 400 cubic feet of volume. The door is normally five feet wide, so the widest single item that can go in flat is under five feet, and anything longer goes in at an angle or on edge.
How do you load a 5x10 so nothing is wasted?
Stand the tall flat items down one long wall: the mattress on edge against a wall, wardrobe boxes and the table top upright beside it. Fill the other long wall with boxes, heaviest at the floor. The furniture that cannot stand on edge goes at the back, since it is the least likely to be needed. That leaves no aisle, which is the accepted trade in this size.
When is a 5x10 the wrong size?
When the list has more than three large pieces, or when you need to reach anything during the stay. A one-bedroom with appliances belongs in a ten by ten, and a home with a dining set and a full living room belongs above that. The what size page works it out from the furniture rather than from the room count.