The thought of packing you entire life into a few dozen boxes can feel like a test on your patience and, quite honestly, your testris skills. While it’s tempting to roll up your sleeves and stuff as many items into a single box as you can, you will likely lose a lot of time packing, unpacking and repacking until you get it right.
Packing is much easier if you have two things: a strategy and the right supplies. As far as strategy goes, give yourself plenty of time to pack, know which order you will be packing in, and get help from friends or hire professional movers to pack and wrap big items. The most important strategy is to invest in the right types of specialty boxes for your belongings.
Why Specialty Boxes Are So Important
Specialty boxes taking your packing to the next level. We love specialty boxes because they make packing a lot easier and tend to protect your items better, because they are build to do just that.
Specialty boxes are designed to protect and support your belongings based on their shape and structure.
You can find a specialty box for nearly any item, including glasses and dishware, electronics, surfboards, bicycles, mattresses, artwork, you name it.
The shape and size of a specialty box makes them easier to identify when you’re unpacking. You’re less likely to mix up boxes because they have a distinct shape.
What types of specialty boces do you need? Create an inventory of your belongings and determine which items require a specialty box and which items will be just fine in a standard box. Then, you can start searching for these boxes.
Here are the most common types of any best san francisco movers have specialty boxes and where you can find them.
Moving Boxes for Clothes
Moving boxes for clothes, also known as garment or wardrobe boxes, are tall, rectangular boxes that contain a bar where you can hang our clothes. These boxes are great for clothes that don’t fold well or cannot be wrinkled. We suggest limiting the number of garment boxes you use, as they take up more room than boxes of folded clothes. Be mindful of how much room your clothes take up in the truck.
We recommend wrapping your clothes in garment bags or trash bags before packing them in the wardrobe boxes to ensure additional protection.
You can find wardrobe boxes online, at Walmart, or your local home improvement store. You can also ask your professional movers if they have wardrobe boxes. Here at Moving Forward, we provide a few garment boxes for our clients.
Moving Boxes for Mattresses
It’s probably the last thing you think about, but you need to wrap your mattress in something. Remember, you spend a third of your life on that thing, it’s worth taking care of. Afterall, your mattress hasn’t seen the light of day since you first brought it home. Do your best to prevent exposure from environmental pollutants and grime. If you want a little more support than a mattress bag, invest in a mattress box. You can buy mattress boxes at superstores and home improvement stores or online. Trust us, it’s well worth it.
Moving Boxes for Glasses and Dishware
Moving boxes for glassware and dishware are fantastic for preventing broken dishes. These boxes typically have cardboard separators in them to keep glasses and dishes from banging up against one another. You can find these boxes at Home Depot or online, but we recommend stopping by local grocery stores and liquor stores to see if they have any extra glass or bottle boxes laying around.
When packing glassware and dishware, remember to wrap each dish separately before placing them in their designated spot in the box. Extra padding helps to prevent all that jiggling around on the truck.
Moving Boxes for Pictures and Artwork
Packing art and picture frames is a delicate process, so if you’re nervous to do it yourself, you may want to hire a professional packer to handle these items. Packing art and photos is much easier if you have the proper boxes. You can usually find these boxes at arts and crafts store sor in home improvement stores. Make sure you find the right size box so the art doesn’t move around during transportation.
If you have several pictures that are the same size, you can wrap them individually in fitted boxes and then and then pack them into a larger box.
Moving Boxes for TVs and Electronics
Hopefully you saved some of the boxes your electronics came in, because those are the best boxes for packing them back up. If you don’t have those boxes, stop by the Best Buy or electronics store and see if they have any extra boxes in the warehouse. You may also find luck at Walmart and big department stores.
You can also ask your friends and family if they have any electronics boxes they would be willing to get rid of. Once you have your boxes, remember to wrap your cords carefully and separately to avoid a tangled mess when you arrive. If necessary, color code your cords so it’s easier to set up your entertainment station and computer at your new place.
Specialty Moving Boxes for Recreational Items
There really is a box for everything. BOxes for recreational items are fantastic because they protect your items from damage as well as theft -- thieves are less likely to steal your bike if it’s disguised in a big box.
You can often by specialty boxes for items like surfboards, bikes and skateboards online. You may also have some luck at recreational sports stores -- who knows what kind of boxes they have in the back. Remember to wrap your items before placing them in the box, you don’t want the paint or gloss to get damaged in transit
Moving Boxes for Books
We’ve all made the mistake of packing a box with way too many books and then having to unpack it because it’s too heavy. Book boxes help us avoid that silly mistake. Book boxes come with a removable tip and are relatively small, so you can only fit about 50 pounds worth of books in a single box.
Book boxes are also great for packing documents and loose papers that would otherwise get lost or thrown out during the move. You can pick up book boxes at offices around town or online. Most home improvement and superstores will have book boxes as well.
Takeaway
Investing in the right boxes for your move can prevent damage to your items and can also decrease the amount of trial and error time you waste figure out how to properly pack your stuff. If you need help finding some of these especially boxes, give us a call and we’ll let you know if we have any leads on boxes. Good luck with packing!
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