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05-27-2014, 05:51 PM
#31
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
I have moved many times in my life and I pack everything by the room it goes in first.
Pack one room at a time from the least used or important room to the most used room. All art work from every room comes down ASAP and stored.
I pack the master bath as soon as I learn I am moving and for a while will use the hall bath. Not a big sacrifice.
Garage is next and the attic.
Family room
living room
bedrooms
kitchen/ baths
I mark boxes simply. I never get more specific that this. I leave the boxes in each room until the moving day. Why move stuff more than you have to.
Linen, hall
bedroom, Eleanor
Bedroom, Tanya,
Kitchen, pantry
Sewing, tools
sewing, fabric
sewing, notions
As long as the boxes get to the right room, then each can be unpacked as needed.
I never take anything out of drawers to pack. Take each one and just stack them on top of each other. This just makes moving the dressers easier.
The last boxes out the door and into the truck are the kitchen and bathrooms. You want them to come off the truck first so at least a cup of tea or soup could be made and the utensils are ready to go. And you get towels and soap for an end of the day shower or soak.
I will pack dishes and use paper & plastic for a few days. No big sacrifice here either. I also plan to eat eat sandwiches and dine out for the few last days.
I think I can pack and move a three bedroom house in a few days time but I start packing as soon as I hear that a move is coming so I can take my time with no stress. Good luck with your move.
peace
Pack one room at a time from the least used or important room to the most used room. All art work from every room comes down ASAP and stored.
I pack the master bath as soon as I learn I am moving and for a while will use the hall bath. Not a big sacrifice.
Garage is next and the attic.
Family room
living room
bedrooms
kitchen/ baths
I mark boxes simply. I never get more specific that this. I leave the boxes in each room until the moving day. Why move stuff more than you have to.
Linen, hall
bedroom, Eleanor
Bedroom, Tanya,
Kitchen, pantry
Sewing, tools
sewing, fabric
sewing, notions
As long as the boxes get to the right room, then each can be unpacked as needed.
I never take anything out of drawers to pack. Take each one and just stack them on top of each other. This just makes moving the dressers easier.
The last boxes out the door and into the truck are the kitchen and bathrooms. You want them to come off the truck first so at least a cup of tea or soup could be made and the utensils are ready to go. And you get towels and soap for an end of the day shower or soak.
I will pack dishes and use paper & plastic for a few days. No big sacrifice here either. I also plan to eat eat sandwiches and dine out for the few last days.
I think I can pack and move a three bedroom house in a few days time but I start packing as soon as I hear that a move is coming so I can take my time with no stress. Good luck with your move.
peace
05-27-2014, 07:41 PM
#32
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,369
My word, ube quilting, but you sound so calm! And are obviously very organized. You provide some very good tips.
The very thought of moving gives me hives! I have way too much of everything and discarding half of it and/or getting it ready to move would be a nightmare. There's probably a reason I haven't moved in donkey years.
The very thought of moving gives me hives! I have way too much of everything and discarding half of it and/or getting it ready to move would be a nightmare. There's probably a reason I haven't moved in donkey years.
05-28-2014, 02:11 AM
#33
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 110
Color code your boxes as well! I put half sheets of different color paper on my boxes as well. Then in new location put same color on doors of rooms. Many times the movers don't speak English and can't read labels. But they can match colors. Then they will deposit kitchen stuff in kitchen, bedroom 1 in bedroom 1, and so on.
05-28-2014, 04:39 AM
#34
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Posts: 3,808
When I moved I simply closed boxes for my sewing room with a bright red duck tape. The people helping me simply understood that those boxes all went into one room. No need to label the boxes. Good luck in your move!!
05-28-2014, 07:43 AM
#36
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I will occasionally buy a book on Kindle that I just can't wait for it to come out on paperback (I don't like hardbacks) and then when it comes out on paperback I buy that copy too so I'll have the full set on paper. Crazy, right?
I pretty much only read my Kindle (app on my phone) when I'm at the hairdresser's or waiting in a doctor's office. I can't remember the last time I actually touched the Kindle device itself, I doubt it even has a charge right now!
05-28-2014, 08:29 AM
#37
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pueblo, Co
Posts: 663
Draw a map of the new house and number the rooms, ei-master bedroom becomes mb1, sewingroom= sr2. Make signs to put outside each room to match the boxes. Tape the signs to the door frame. Tape map to front door. I numbered the boxes on all sides and drew an arrow pointing to the top. If something is fragile, mark it on all sides and on the top. Saved me a lot of running around and a headache.
05-28-2014, 08:49 AM
#38
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Cheshire, Massachusetts
Posts: 838
I can't believe how many people missed the boat on this one and offered actual moving advice. This lady wants to disguise her fabric habit. I kind of liked Lindaschipper's method of just putting red tape on the boxes instead of labels -- sort of a don't ask, don't tell sign.
05-28-2014, 08:57 AM
#39
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,444
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