When to start packing
PACKING + MOVING STRESS FREE!
moving and packing can be really
stressful and overwhelming but it
doesn't have to be so here are some of
my favorite tips for having an easy
stress-free moving experience number one
tip is to purge and to purge ruthlessly
to purge often when you think you're
done purging keep going keep eating the
spaces you think that you've already
tackled honest you guys there is nothing
better than packing as little as
possible and only the things you know
you're absolutely gonna love and when
you move into the new house you're not
gonna miss any of those things that
you're like kind of on the fence about
once they're gone and out of your home
out of your mind
you can just move into the new space
with the items you love and really
unpack and make the space your own
without a million extra boxes everywhere
of the random stuff you don't know what
to do with tip number two do not pay for
boxes you guys can get so many free
boxes from so many different places I
understand if you're on a time crunch
and you don't have time to maybe go out
or ask friends but if you have even just
a little bit of extra time you can get
free boxes my brother-in-law works
retail and he was able to give me so
many free boxes from the you know items
that come into the store another great
resource is liquor stores
I found liquor store boxes to be the
best for packing fragile items because
they're already pre sort of like
organized for you with the little
dividers that the liquor bottles would
go into I found these to be perfect for
my milk glass collection for fragile
home decor items like I said another
great option is grocery stores because
the big box is that bananas come in as
well as apples those are perfect for
moving because they're big and sturdy
they're meant to hold a lot of weight
and again they're free and one more free
resource for boxes is to go on
Craigslist or local Facebook pages or
somewhere in some sort of online buy
sell trade site and a lot of people that
have moved are more than willing to give
away their boxes and something else you
can do that's really helpful if you have
kids just call ahead to some stores and
just let them know that you're moving
that you're looking for boxes and they
could probably have them ready for you
just outside the store go and pick them
up put them in your trunk you don't have
to get the kids out and be hauling boxes
around if you just call and ask
they are more than willing to help you
out and to provide free boxes another
tip is to not remove things from their
original containers as often as you can
so what I mean is like if you have a
dresser and they have all these drawers
filled with items rather than taking all
those items out and wrapping them and
packing them away individually just get
something like this this is moving wrap
or like you know saran wrap plastic wrap
whatever you want to call it so what I'm
gonna do is just take out the drawers
from my dressers and wrap them with this
wrap and then when I move to the new
house just cut off the wrap and put the
dresser drawer right back in and
everything is already unpacked I'm also
going to do the same thing for our
bedside tables I'm not going to take
anything out I'm just gonna wrap the
whole table and they'll be good to go
you can also use this for if you have
bins of toys or you know boxes of
anything really just wrap it with this
wrap and that makes unpacking so super
simple my next step is to use what you
have to pack what you have basically
don't pack anything empty don't bring an
empty suitcase with you to a new house
fill it with heavy books heavy shoes
because it's on a roller you can just
fill it with the things that you need to
move and roll it right into the new
house and unpack it you don't have to
again use an extra box just use what you
have also socks I'm using a lot of socks
to wrap fragile items especially like in
my bedroom I have a little vintage
perfume bottle collection and I just
wrapped them in socks and then put them
in a box a small box you don't want to
fill a big box with anything too heavy
and fragile and then when we get to the
new house I can just unpack them roll
the socks up and I've unpacked two areas
at the same time and definitely if you
have reusable shopping bags if you have
purses and overnight bags don't bring
any of those things empty fill them with
the stuff that you're moving and again
you're saving on those packing materials
my next tip maybe one that you've heard
already but again don't take your
clothes off of their hangers to pack
them and then packed a hanger separately
just use a plastic garbage bag and just
wrap it around your clothes and tie it
around the top of the hanger and then
when you get to the new house just hang
them in your new closet take off the
garbage bag and use it to throw away
trash
and my last tip when it comes to packing
and moving and more so the packing
aspect have one spot to keep all those
packing necessities so for me I have
this thirty-one bag that somebody gave
to me for a gift and in here I have some
Sharpie markers these are the really big
fat ones these are the perfect for it
labeling boxes which you definitely want
to do label label label and inside I
have this little bag of labels and again
I got these on Amazon they came in a
roll like this but it was much longer I
separated out the ones I wasn't going to
use like bathroom number three and a
study our house doesn't have that so I
just separated out the ones I'm going to
be using and I'm gonna use these two
labeled all the boxes so that everyone
knows where everything goes and there's
no confusion on moving day also inside I
have my wraps that I just showed you and
some packing tape things like packing
tape and sharpies you can buy these at
like the dollar store but for me I would
rather spend just a tiny bit more money
this was literally $1.99 versus the
dollar stores one dollar but it's so
much better quality I just want
everything to be working I want
everything to be sturdy again with the
markers I don't want them to run out
after I write on five boxes I sprung for
the three dollar sharpies pack of two
and spent just a little bit more money
but I know I'm getting better quality
and one tip when you're using packing
tape is to fold over a little corner of
the edge of your tape when you wrap a
box that'll make it so easy to unpack
the boxes when you get into the new
house and you don't have to use a box
cutter you can just pull them right open
and again you don't have to have a knife
or anything to open a box just pull the
tape right off super simple okay two
more bonus tips number one make some
make-ahead dinners so that when you get
to the new house you don't have to
stress about what's for dinner I
actually made a bunch of these we're
bringing one to friends who just had a
baby tonight but I still have four more
in the freezer so we don't have to rush
and worry about what's for dinner when
we move okay bonus tip number two this
one's really important have somewhere to
keep all of those important like
mortgage documents and all sorts of
things you're gonna get quotes from
contractors or just the plethora of
documents you're going to receive have
somewhere to put them I got this little
file folder from the Dollar Tree but you
can have a
you can have a planner just something
that's dedicated to the house keeps
everything organized and all in one
place so those were my packing and
moving tips I want to share with you
guys we are still a blue less than two
weeks out from our actual move so these
are the things we've tackled so far I
will have more tips to share as we get
closer to that moving day so I hope you
found these helpful if you are moving or
you enjoyed these moving tips definitely
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watching guys I love you and I'll talk
to you soon bye
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