The deal on the new house has closed, and all that's left is to pack up and leave your overcrowded, two-bedroom life behind. Now, picture your arrival in your new four-bedroom home. Tearing open the seams, you uncover not accessories, but rather shards of glass, which have settled in every nook and crevice of the accessories that miraculously stayed in tact. To avoid accessory-break and heartbreak, purchase more boxes than you think you'll need before you begin packing. For starters, this avoids your having to run out, mid-packing session, to purchase more boxes.
Nobody wants to end up in traction after a move.
Savvy movers head to their local grocery store or furniture store and ask for their empty boxes. Most retailers are more than happy to accommodate you and merely point you in the direction of the trash bin. Before you haul those boxes into your car and into your home, however, peer inside them first. Before you begin to fill each box, make sure that the bottom flaps aren't just closed securely, but that they're also taped shut with heavy-duty packing tape. This saves you loads of time upon your arrival.