Moving is a huge undertaking. Packing your entire life into boxes can feel overwhelming. This guide offers actionable tips for box packing during a move, which can help make the entire move process go more smoothly.
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Gathering Your Packing Supplies
Having the right supplies is crucial before you begin packing boxes for moving. You should begin planning the process around six weeks before moving.
- Sturdy boxes: The best combines small, medium, and large boxes.
- Specialty boxes: Consider wardrobe boxes for clothes, bike boxes for bicycles, and guitar boxes for instruments. These specialty items will inevitably be helpful when packing.
- Packing materials: Packing paper, bubble wrap, and packing peanuts are crucial for item protection.
- Dish sleeves: Consider dish sleeves for extra protection when packing dishes and other delicate items.
- Tape: Strong packing tape is essential for securely sealing boxes. Quality packing tape can also prevent your boxes from being opened accidentally.
- Markers: Permanent markers are just right for marking crates so you can easily find your things in your new house. Be careful to indicate the sides rather than the tops so that stacking is visible.
Room-by-Room Guide
A systematic approach makes packing less chaotic. Room-by-room packing is both orderly and makes unpacking easier.
Bedrooms
Clothing and linens can be very bulky. Storage bags and garment bags are excellent for these soft objects. Wardrobe boxes are perfect for hanging clothes, particularly garments such as dresses or suits, providing a relatively straightforward way to transfer them to your new wardrobes. Clothes can be packed very easily in this way and also stored during packing and moving in general.
Kitchen
The kitchen is usually the most difficult room to pack. It’s an absurd mix of things: curiosities, breakables, delicate items, and dishes. Wrap delicate items (especially large tableware) individually and fully cushion them.
Specialty separators can be added for protective coverage on glasses or dish sleeves. Ensure your boxes feel firm and balanced.
Living Areas
Books, electronics, and decorative items vary widely in size and weight. Pack heavy items like books in smaller boxes so they’re manageable and easier to lift and carry.
Wrap electronics in bubble wrap to protect them and put them in their original boxes, where available. Use poster tubes or art packing materials to protect valuable artwork and picture frames. Also, pack small, fragile items, such as stuffed animals, well into smaller cardboard boxes.
Bathrooms
Pack toiletries and medications separately. Seal any open containers to prevent spills during transit. Use garbage bags to pack bathroom towels and kitchen towels to reuse during and after the move. This will prevent them from contact with dirt and add additional cushioning, making it easier to begin stocking this frequently used material when it’s time.
Knowing how to pack efficiently prevents damage and injuries. These packing tips are not limited to placing things inside cardboard moving boxes.
Packing Like a Pro
- Fill empty spaces: To keep items from jostling around during shipping, fill the items’ places with packing peanuts, crumpled newspaper, or other packing material such as grocery bags or tissue paper. Going to local stores, such as grocery and liquor stores, is a simple way to get free boxes.
- Wrap individually: Cover fragile objects and larger items and other fragile objects such as picture frames, with crumpled paper, bubble wrap, and the like to prevent them from being damaged by impact or scratches. Label the boxes “pack carefully” and note their fragility for movers. Consider visiting local businesses for cardboard moving boxes that can be repurposed into the ideal size. For clothing and linens, use garbage bags to pack items effectively and to ensure that garments and linens remain unsoiled.
- Distribute weight evenly: Don’t overload boxes. Pack heavy items at the bottom, followed by progressively lighter items at the top. If anything’s still left out there at the top, it’s packing material. Go up and fill in those gaps.
- Label clearly: Please locate on the sides of boxes rather than at the top, so they can be easily identified when stacked. This will make unloading much more organized. Remember to use permanent markers.
- Securely seal with tape: Reinforce the floor and lid seams abundantly with tape to prevent boxes from being opened during packing. Remember to seal medium boxes for heavy things very well to hold the weight without breaking.
Being able to box efficiently makes a stressful situation much easier. On average, one individual progresses over 11 s/day, so the related concepts make packing and preparing boxes for years after the move easier. It’s important to take the stress out of packing clothes so you don’t get overwhelmed before your move.
From packing supplies to practical packing techniques, these tips help protect your possessions and make moving smoother. Collect boxes you encounter during daily activities so that you always have a step ahead when relocating. Contact us for more information.