I have always saved the original boxes my machines came in for just that purpose. I put my entire sewing room into storage for what ended up being 4 years long. When I finally sold the house and bought another one, it was over 1,200 miles trip for my items. When they movers opened the back end and I saw my machines on the bottom of the piles I freaked out but since I had kept all the packing materials for each box, they came thru fine. Needless to say I made comment to the movers that I didn't appreciate seeing my machines at the bottom with heavy book boxes on top of them.