Packing can be a hassle for many reasons. One of the challenges you’re bound to face is deciding how to pack your smaller items. They can easily become misplaced at the bottom of boxes or even get left behind in your old home. Luckily, we have a few easy tips on how to avoid this. Read on below to guarantee your favorite necklace or television remote doesn’t get lost in the moving shuffle.
Strategic Packing
There are a few basic tricks you can use when packing small items. It’s important to be strategic with your packing to best stay organized. Use the correct size of boxes. Small items should be put in smaller boxes, which can be stacked in a larger box. This tactic keeps all your little items together and well sorted. When packing, always put lighter items on top and heavier items at the bottom. Never leave spaces in your boxes. Fill the gaps with newspaper, towels, or clothing, so that small items don’t fall through cracks and into the bottom of boxes. You should avoid mixing items intended for different rooms in the same box. Keep them separate and write the intended room on the box’s front. Try to be as specific as possible with precise labeling, like “top-left kitchen cupboard” instead of simply writing “kitchen”.
Take photos or use moving apps
Once you’re done packing a box, take a photo of its contents with your phone. Label the box with a number, then change the photo’s file name to correspond with the same number. Or alternatively, when you take the photo, make sure that the number on the box is also visible. This way, you can simply flip through your phone’s gallery to know what items a box contains. No pesky reopening and re-taping required!
There are also plenty of free moving apps available in both the iTunes and Android stores. These apps are especially designed to navigate the pitfalls in both the packing and unpacking process. For example, Sortly (for iPhone) and MoveMatch (for Android) are two helpful choices. Sortly helps to create visual hierarchies of everything you own and MoveMatch estimates the weight of your household items.
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