It's Monday!!!! That only means one thing.....

Re: It's Monday!!!! That only means one thing.....

• Namasteak

  August 2011

  mseale:

  Namasteak:

  I'm so glad that we are officially moving, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with packing. DH has some hunting trophies I have no clue how to pack and I don't know how to protect our furniture when we move. 

  I really want to hire movers but don't want to spend that much $$$$.  

   You may want to look into the U Pack It type of movers.  You are still going to have to pack and load the truck, but you only rent so many linear feet on the truck.  Then they drive it to your destination where you unload.  When I moved from Chicago to Houston the cost was w/in $100 of renting a uhaul, but I was not paying for gas, tolls, or driving a uhaul across the country.
  

  I think we are going to use the terminal to terminal option with ABF U-Pack It. Rent a UHAUL to take it to the terminal in LA & renting another one to pick the stuff up from the terminal in Dallas (after we have to store our stuff for 1 month). (blargh) 

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• Namasteak

  August 2011

  Tiffany618:

  Namasteak:

  Tiffany618:

  Namasteak:

  I'm so glad that we are officially moving, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with packing. DH has some hunting trophies I have no clue how to pack and I don't know how to protect our furniture when we move. 

  I really want to hire movers but don't want to spend that much $$$$.  

  Plastic Wrap.... giant rolls of shrink wrap.   Seriously...wrap EVERYTHING in it.... the stuff is ah-mazing.   A few layers and it keeps wood from getting scratched up, cloth/leather furniture from getting torn or punctured.   It is about $20-25 per roll but well worth it.

  You can get it at Lowe's or any place that sells boxes, usually.

   

  Thanks! I didn't know it would work on wood too...I've been looking for a thin foamy material to protect the wooden shelves but now I may not have to!  

  It works great.    Since your coming halfway across the country you could probably wrap blankets around wooden pieces and then cover in plastic wrap too for extra precaution.   

   Gotta search the thrift stores for cheap old blankets! 

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