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Your 10-Minute Guide to Packing

This article will teach you a packing process that will make your move easier -- if this is the only thing you have time to read about packing for your upcoming move, it will be enough.

Get Organized

• Buy boxes, packing tape, magic markers, and a clipboard.
• In each room of your house, put the boxes and packing tape that you'll need for each room. If you have the space, put together the boxes well before packing.
• Buy a box of magic markers and put a different colour marker in each room. You will use the magic marker to mark the boxes in that room, creating a 'colour code' system for your movers -- red for the boxes for the living room, blue for the boxes in the kitchen, etc.
• Have a piece of paper for each room on the clipboard.

Pack It

• In each room, pack first the things you use infrequently -- clothes and sporting goods that are out of season, knickknacks, etc.
• Using that room's designated colour, label the first box you pack "1" with a description of contents, the second box, "2," etc. When you unpack, you will unpack the higher-numbered boxes first -- these are the items you use more frequently.
• Before moving on to the next box, pack each box full and seal it. After you get a closet packed, move the boxes into the closet.
• In addition to a brief label on the box itself, on your clipboard write a more detailed description of the box's contents and its number -- you will use this list to make sure each box was delivered, and you will use this list to help you find things you might need access to quickly.
• Pack a few boxes a day so you don't get overwhelmed.
• Pack a separate box of items you'll need right away at the new house -- carry it with you in case you arrive before the movers. Pack in this box: Cleaning supplies, basic kitchen utensils, simple food items, a set of clothes per person, bathroom items, and new sheets.

Unpack It

• Lay out the rugs, and get the furniture and dressers where you want them. Then tackle boxes.
• Unpack these rooms first: kids rooms (keeps them occupied); your bedroom (at least set up the bed, it's a nice thing after a stressful day); the kitchen (you like eating, right?).
• In each room, unpack the higher numbers first, and check each box off your inventory.
• Unpack each box completely, break down the box, and discard it before moving on.
• Like packing, set a daily box goal for unpacking.

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