Comments on: Getting through a move in one piece + giveaway!

By: Jillian

Jillian — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:52:01 +0000

Ahhh. My husband color-coded our move, and at first I thought her was nuts. But then, when he was off to work and I was left home with the kids to unpack, I was so grateful we’d done it. We also had a master info sheet, that had the basic contents of each numbered color-coded box, so we didn’t have to open them to figure out where stuff was.

By: Jena (O.M.)

Jena (O.M.) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:24:56 +0000

We’ve moved a lot also–(military family), and I’ve never thought about color-coding! Great idea. I agree with the ladies: purge on both ends of the move. The “moving in” garage sale is a good thing. Thanks.

By: Tamy ~ 3 Sides of Cr

Tamy ~ 3 Sides of Cr — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:07:32 +0000

I did the EXACT same thing – even had the bedding & towels for the first night separate yet. And uniform boxes are a MUST!!!! I took the color coding to an additional level of also numbering for each room. As the movers approached each room they found a large colored sheet with a number on it. All the red #1′s ended up in Amber’s room, red #2′s ended up in our room, red #3′s in the guest room, etc… Even the furniture had a tag on it. It freed me from playing navigator all day!

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:19:48 +0000

You do need to sell the labels! I use some totes & some boxes. We are getting ready to move our 11th time in 7 yrs!!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:09:10 +0000

Wow, that color coded label idea is fantastic! Wish I’d thought of that for my move. I thought I was being highly clever by getting my moving supplies in a kit from UsedCardboardBoxes.com, saving me the hassle of trying to get everything together. On the plus side, they were cheaper than new boxes, and even delivered it for free via UPS.

I don’t know how your aunt does it. I am glad to be done with this move and hope I stay put for a long time. Of course, if I do have to move again, I’ll combine both of our ideas, putting your color coded labels on boxes from UsedCardboardBoxes.com!

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:35:11 +0000

AWESOME IDEAS!!! Where can I buy those lables???

By: Lara T.

Lara T. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:44:03 +0000

I can’t agree more with this post. We have moved 6 times in 5.5 years. Our last move we just threw anything in a box that would fit! It took forever to unpack and find everything!! Every time we thought a room was finished we would find something else that belonged there and have to re-arrange (we only have a two bedroom apartment, just imagine the mess if it were a 3-4 bedroom home).

By: Rona

Rona — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:54:59 +0000

We’re moving again..4 moves in 2 years! I would like to say that we’re experts but NOT!
We have started packing things last week. The hubby thinks we should be done by next Monday. We better be because the movers will be there on Tuesday.

By: LaTanya

LaTanya — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:27:23 +0000

This is perfect timing for this post!! We’re looking at houses and expect to move in the next 2-6 months. I’m already bringing home paper ream boxes from work. I plan to start boxing non-essentials in the next week.

I love the idea of color-coding the boxes. This will really help the unpacking process. I’m also considering getting some sort of colored packing tape to use on the boxes that contain fragile items. Hopefully this with help prevent anything getting broken.

By: Laurieann

Laurieann — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:34:07 +0000

Fantastic ideas! Too bad I’m IN my dream home or I’d be all ready to move again with all of your great ideas!

And thanks Laura for letting me guest post.