Moving Tips

ALLLLL of your responses are below, but to recap, here are some of my favorites:

• Declutter BEFORE packing! Don’t bring junk with you that you don’t want.

• Label boxes with a color coded system of some sort (stickers, masking tape, etc…) and then put a piece of coordinating construction paper on the doorframe of the room it belongs in in the new house.

• Hire movers :)

• Lazy Genius has a podcast about moving.

• A Slob Comes Clean has a podcast about moving, too!

• Trash bags over clothes on hangers. Poke a hole in the top for the hook of the hanger and drape all your clothes inside the trash bag. Easy to hang.

• Pack rooms as they are now, not how you expect them to be in the new house - easier to remember where things might be.

• Have a last day/first day box - toilet paper, trash bags, shower curtain, bedding, etc…

• Pack for your family like you’re going on a 4 day vacation so you can survive without finding everything right away!

• Moving bags on Amazon!

• Put a thin or foam paper plate between glass plates and bowls instead of wrapping them.

• Have a cleaning crew deep clean your new house before you move in.

• So many people suggesting to pack books in suitcases. I thought this was crazy until the 5th person suggested it, so you might be on to something!

• Saran wrap kitchen drawer organizers with contents in them.