Moving Tips

Make a list

1. Sort. Walk through every room and open every drawer; decide what to take to your new home and what to get rid of. ...

2. Purge. Donate items you no longer want, or host a yard sale.

3. Hire movers. ...

4. Contact your children's school. ...

5. Make travel arrangements. ...

6. Order packing supplies. ...

7. Contact your doctors. ...

8. Contact insurance agents.

Have plenty of supplies

• Boxes of various sizes. small boxes. ...

• Tape. shipping tape (2) ...

• Scissors.

• Box cutters.

• Sticker labels (if you aren't using masking tape)

• Sharpie permanent markers for labeling.

• Colored markers or colored stickers for room color coding.

• Packing material, such as bubble wrap, packing paper, newsprint or enough of your own linens.



Utilize wardrobe boxes

​Start by flipping the box over and taping the bottom shut. Next turn the box upright. One side of the wardrobe box is designed to pull out and fold down – to make it easier to add your hanging clothes. Pull this wall down next.



Strategize wardrobe box use

Finally, cover the shoulders of your clothes (a dry cleaning bag works well), then add a few purses or sweaters on top. You'll have fewer boxes, and closet items remain together. Also, the shopping bags will make it easier to retrieve your belongings from the bottoms of a tall wardrobe box.

Color coordinate

verb. with object To match, arrange, or design (a number of items, especially clothes) so that the colours complement one another. Also: to choose or design (one or more items) to accord with an existing colour scheme.