If your house is up for sale and youre getting ready to move, dont wait until the last minute to start packing. Here are some tips to help keep you sane.
* Decide early on if youre going to do your own packing or if youll hire the moving company to do it for you.
* If you do it yourself, be selective. Dont move things you wont use in your new home.
* If the movers pack for you, make sure youve purged before they arrive. Movers have been known to pack bags of trash. Not what you want to discover when you unpack at the other end.
* If you decide to pack your own stuff, order twice as many boxes as you think youll need. Its amazing how little actually fits in a packing box. And get lots of packing paper, though newspaper works just as well.
* Make sure you buy the right size boxes for what you're packing. Books are heavy so pack them in the smallest boxes. Kitchen gear goes in a larger dish pack size. Clothes on hangers go into wardrobe boxes with shoes thrown in the bottom.
* Dont over-pack your boxes. Youll never be able to lift them.
* Make a plan and stick to it. Go room by room.
* The attic may take far longer than you think, especially if youve been stashing things up there for years. Start there.
* Book yourself a massage. It will help ease sore muscles and relieve stress.
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