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sylvaetria:

So the move is in 7 days. I’m doing the heavy packing now, which is super surreal to me. I’ve lived in this house since I was a child, so I’m super excited to move to the next chapter of my life.

Today I’m officially packing all of my clothes. I’m picking outfits for the next 7 days and then packing the rest.

Any moving tips?

Hi! I moved eight times in eight years, three of which were in the same year.  Here’s my tips:

• Pack clothes in trash bags with the hangers poking out.  It saves a LOT of time.
• Color code boxes with duct tape and number them 1-x per room so you know you’ve got them all after the move.
• Take fragiles in a separate box over with you when you make individual trips to the new place.  They’re less likely to get broken that way.
• You’re gonna need more boxes.  No more.  Yeah, seriously, more.  Yep.  More.
• Triple-tape each box, especially if it’s heavy, on both sides.  Even though you’ll constantly need more boxes, tape will be your most common run.  Buy tons.  And then throw a spare in the cart.  And maybe another spare.
• If you’re in the US, sign up for mail forwarding through USPS.  It’s $1 and will send all of your mail to your new address for a year.  You can renew it each year for another $1.
• If your next place is a rental, take photos of every room – every scrape, scratch, nick, etc – before moving in.  Turn the date on on your camera so the photos clearly have the date and time.  Print them out and turn them into the office and keep a copy for your records.  When you move out, if they try to charge you for damage already present, you’ll have proof.
• You can use clothes, wash clothes, towels and dish rags to protect your fragiles over bubble wrap.  It’s also more eco friendly. 😀
• When you take something apart, put the screws/nails/etc in a ziplock and tape it to the piece/put it inside the box so you don’t lose the components.
• Put together a “day of” moving box that has things like toiletries and important overnight necessities so you’re not having to dig into several boxes right after a hard day of moving.

Aaaand I have to go to work, so that’s all for now.  Good luck!