Flagstaff Moving Company's Best Tips and Tricks For Packing Your Home!

Imagine your home and all the rooms, this will be different for everyone but your typical home has a bedroom(s), living room(s), a kitchen, and maybe an office(es). Now imagine how many items you have in each room- bed sets, dressers, tables, book shelves, appliances, couches, desks, and the list goes on-and this is just the big items! Most people collect a lot of personal items and they don't realize how much they accumulated till they have to move. If you have never moved before or not for a while, packing your home is a daunting task. It can be stressful or take more time than you have to offer. Which is why Flagstaff Moving Company wants to relive some of this stress by offering some tips and advice for packing your home.

Hire Professional Movers

We know this is not the most cost effective method but it will give your mental health some grace! Having professionals pack your home relives you of over or under buying packing supplies-Flagstaff Moving Company will bring packing supplies and whatever is not used, you wont be charged for. It also is more time efficient, professional movers already know how to pack all your household items and will do it in a safe but quick timely manner. This way, you won't have to take the time to learn how to wrap your items to keep them protected and not waste any materials. Overall, time equals money and we don't want you to waste your time or money.

Have the Right Packing Supplies

Now lets talk about the actual packing tips! An important factor for packing your home is to have the correct supplies- correct size boxes, bubble wrap, packing paper, tape, etc.

Let's start with using the correct box size. You may gravitate to using the biggest box you can find and shoving whatever in it- that's where you go wrong. We advise to use small and medium size boxes, this stops you from over packing one box to the point where you can't pick it up, or it causes back pain. Avoiding the large boxes will help you create the perfect medium of weight! Small boxes are perfect for dishware, fragile items, and books. If you're not careful dishware and books can make a box heavy-weighing more than 40 pounds! Small boxes also reduce the risk of your fragile items like dishes, glass-made items, etc. breaking or cracking. For items like lamp shades, bed sheets, and misc. items we advise to use medium boxes. We advise to stay away from large boxes unless you're packing single large items, a bunch of small light items, etc.

Next the correct protection wrap, there's many options to pick from such as bubble wrap, packing paper, dish packs, etc. For dishes, we recommend packing paper which can be substituted with newspaper. Bubble wrap is also a good option but it takes up more room in the box, packing paper allows you to fit more dishes into a single box while still preventing breakage. Bubble wrap is good for china cabinets, glass inserts, TVs, mirrors, artwork, pictures, etc. It's easier to wrap around flat items and slide into TV/mirror boxes.

Smaller packing supplies such as box tape is helpful in making sure your boxes stay together and markers are helpful in labeling your boxes so you're not searching every box for one item.

Make a Plan and Layout

Having a plan for what you will pack first, color coordination for items or rooms, and a check list will help you in the long run! It will help you avoid loosing items, searching for hours for something, and forgetting to pack certain items. We've also seen clients put different colors for boxes with fragile items, items they want right away, and items they wont need for a while. These small plans and lists can be the make or break for how stressful your move is!