| Welcome to your brand new job in a brand | | | | Here are some additional tips to ensure |
| new city! You have finally landed that | | | | your fragile goods arrive safe and sound |
| elusive job you were looking for all | | | | at your destination: Use Bubble wrap for |
| along, but are now to concern yourself | | | | breakable items. The little air pockets |
| with the nitty-gritty of moving your | | | | are extremely effective. |
| household goods. If you can afford the | | | | Do not save on wrapping paper - use |
| services of a professional company to | | | | plenty to pack well. For a |
| save you all the hassles, skip this | | | | cost-effective solution, use shredded |
| article. If you'd like to save some | | | | paper to line the inside of boxes and to |
| money or are the DIY types, however, | | | | fill any gaps or holes. Labeling boxes |
| read these quick tips to move in peace. | | | | as "FRAGILE - THIS SIDE UP" will make |
| Even though I have restricted myself to | | | | the handler be a little vigilant. Plates |
| packing the dining room only, the | | | | and platters should be packed vertically |
| principles apply equally to other parts | | | | into boxes to avoid cracking and |
| of your house as well. | | | | breaking. Keep your stuff in layers. |
| Although packing the dining room may | | | | Keep larger items such as plates and |
| well be less complicated than its other | | | | platters on the bottom. Cushion each |
| counterparts like the kitchen or the | | | | layer with lots of old newspapers, |
| bathroom, it has its own specialties | | | | shredded paper or bubble wrap. Place |
| that need looking into. The smaller | | | | bowls, saucers and small serving plates |
| parts like the crockery need different | | | | on top of the bottom layer. Pack glasses |
| treatment from the larger items like the | | | | and cups repeating the same steps as |
| larger dining room chairs or the hutch. | | | | above. |
| Yet large size alone does not mean they | | | | Your spare bed sheets are very useful to |
| are any less precious, or need less | | | | cover the gap between the top layer and |
| care. | | | | the lid of the box. |
| Your crockery was probably the best | | | | While packing your furniture, use your |
| available in the market when you bought | | | | old clothes and spare rugs to pack the |
| it- in fact, it may still be. Now is the | | | | tops and the legs to ensure scratch free |
| time to start thinking of moving it | | | | transport. A couple of old mattresses |
| safely. In all probability you would | | | | tied onto the top of your dining room |
| have long discarded the original | | | | table acts as an excellent cushion. |
| packing, unless you are a frequent mover | | | | The legs of each dining chair should be |
| who knows that the best packing is done | | | | packed separately. Bolt the doors and |
| in the original box. Equal value can be | | | | drawers of all the cabinets and hutches. |
| drawn, however, from similar sized | | | | For fragile items like glass door |
| cardboard cartons which can be used to | | | | hutches, use the services provided by |
| pack even more than one set to save on | | | | professional packers to shrink wrap them |
| space. What needs to be remembered here | | | | in polythene. |
| is that crockery pieces should not be | | | | Transit insurance of your goods is |
| able to scrape against each other. This | | | | essential to cover the risk of damage |
| is easily achieved by wrapping the | | | | en-route. Get your goods valued |
| pieces in paper, or separating them with | | | | properly. While it may be attractive for |
| small pieces of cardboard. Fill up the | | | | you to under-value your precious |
| vacant spaces with paper shreds to stuff | | | | possessions to reduce your costs, just |
| it tight. | | | | think of the loss you would undergo |
| The larger items of furniture like the | | | | should any untoward incident take place. |
| dining room tables can be packed by | | | | Best of luck for your new job! And don't |
| separating the legs from the top. It is | | | | worry about your furniture - you can now |
| a good idea to go for removable legs if | | | | be sure it will arrive in one piece. |
| you are in a transferable job, as it | | | | The author has just redone her home |
| will make your work much easier. | | | | using Amish Oak furniture. She bought |
| Use the shelves in your hutch to pack | | | | from wholesale Amish furniture dealers. |
| cushions etc. Putting heavy stuff like | | | | Their dining room furniture is extremely |
| crockery in it will make it extremely | | | | long lasting. |
| heavy and difficult to lift. | | | | |