Moving can be stressful and overwhelming, particularly when it comes to packing your belongings. You want to make sure your items arrive at their destination undamaged.
You can pack and move your items yourself or hire professional movers. The latter is often the easier route. Regardless, there’s always a way to make your packing a little easier. Here are some tips and tricks to make your packing effortless and exciting.
Start Early
Many people start packing the day before their move. At first, it may seem achievable. But it’s only when you begin packing that you realize time moves faster. This explains why some people leave behind some of their valuables when moving.
While there’s no fixed time to start packing for your move, starting early in advance is always wise. This will help you avoid the last-minute rushes and stress as your moving day gets close.
If possible, start packing a few weeks before the moving day. You can start with items you don’t use often.
Get Packing Supplies
You’ll need a few supplies to make packing easier and less stressful. Some of the essential items to have on hand include;
- Packing materials: This includes packing paper, bubble wrap, and packing peanuts.
- Moving boxes: You’ll need small, medium, and large boxes for packing items.
- Tape and scissors: These will help you assemble and secure your moving boxes
- Furniture covers: Blankets or covers to protect your furniture while moving.
- Labels and markers: To indicate the contents in each box. Labels and markers are essential when moving fragile items like glass that need to be handled with care.
- Cleaning supplies: They include leaning spray, paper towels, and garbage bags.
You can find these items in a hardware store or from a moving company.
Declutter
You don’t plan on carrying everything with you, right? Therefore, you might need to declutter your items to minimize your load. The less you have to pack, the easier and cheaper the move will be.
Start by sorting items into categories: keep, donate, sell, or dispose of.
Once done, you’ll only need to pack items in the “keep” category. Call a junk removal company to haul away things you no longer need or use.
Pack Room-By-Room
Some people will get all their items in a single place before packing. However, this isn’t a wise move.
Therefore, consider packing room-by-room. Focusing on a single room at a time will help you stay organized. Also, avoid mixing items from different rooms in the same moving box. This will make unpacking daunting.
So, you want to pack items from the same room in a particular box and label them to make unpacking much easier and more efficient.
Hire Professionals
If your budget allows, consider hiring professional movers to help pack your items safely and efficiently. Movers have the capacity and resources to lift heavy objects, pack, and transport, minimizing the physical strain on you.
When hiring movers, ask for recommendations from family, friends, or neighbors. Also, consider the company’s reputation and pricing.
Don’t Take The Junk With You—We’ll Handle It
Your move is almost complete when you’re done packing. However, you won’t be moving with everything to your new home. So, let us handle the junk for you. We won’t throw it in a landfill. Instead, we donate or recycle items we haul. Contact us today to schedule a pickup.