Comments on: We’re Moved

By: Homemaker Barbi (Danelle Ice)

Homemaker Barbi (Danelle Ice) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:51:17 +0000

Congratulations on the move! I agree that tweens/teens need to have a bedroom apart from others to help with the music issue! If I have to listen to Hannah Montana one more time while I’m making breakfast… lol

Homemaker Barbi (Danelle Ice)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:06:33 +0000

Congrats on a successful move! Hope it continues to go well for you and your family

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:49:09 +0000

Glad you are finally in your OWN PLACE!!! I can imagine your relief. It is so great to have a house that you own (no matter how many maintenance issues it has!) :-)

All of your tips are mine. I just wanted to add that I labeled every box with a colored tag–a different color for each room of the house. I kept a notebook in which I entered most of the contents of each box, along with the number that coincided with the tag on the box. I also put a star on the tags of the boxes that did not need to be unpacked right away.
It saved so much time and stress when we moved in!

By: Damsel

Damsel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:32:06 +0000

Depending on the age of the kids, I’d almost say do their rooms first (after the beds and at least one bathroom). We moved when our son was 2, and by having his room “done” (read: toys unboxed, but not organized) first, he would play quite happily in there for big chunks of time, allowing me to do other things.

Another thing I did before that move was to pack up about 1/2 of his toys a good month or so before the move… partly because it was an easy place to start with the packing, and partly because it made everything “new” again when we moved in!

By: Marci

Marci — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:29:48 +0000

If I ever build/remodel a house again, I would say to build the garage first so you have a place to unload everything and leave it there until you need it.

I must have moved everybox in my house 10 times already, or so it seems, and it would have been much easier with everything in a garage until the construction/remodel of each room was done!

Live and learn!

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:39:45 +0000

Lots of great moving tips. I’m also getting ready to move soon. I also would comment on the packing side … have meals planned and easy to make. It’s a lot easier to deal with the stress when in the midst of packing, cleaning, and even painting type stuff when you have a regular eating schedule.

When you are looking at moving in, if possible, try to paint before you move in. The same goes for any carpet cleaning, bombing for bugs if it sat empty for a while, and cleaning that needs to take place for general purposes. It saves having to move a lot of stuff around for access to where you want to work AND you don’t have the other distractions to pull you away from your work! Depending on your move, however, it’s not always possible.

By: my daily dollars

my daily dollars — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:19:19 +0000

Congrats on getting moved in! It’s so much work. My packing tip would be to have a “Last Out/First In” box. Put in the things that you’ll really need the first day of unpacking, like a tool kit, coffee maker, radio, whatever you know you’ll want right away. That way, you’re not rooting through lots of boxes to find things that first day.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:57:55 +0000

I just recently moved into a new apartment (not quite as much work as a new house, yet still a chore unto itself). I agree with getting the bed up first.

Another tip isn’t unpacking but packing. If you do it in an organized manner it makes unpacking SO much easier. I made the mistake of just throwing everything into various boxes. When I needed something, I couldn’t find it when I unpacked. It made everything so much more difficult. Great Post!

By: FFB

FFB — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:49:54 +0000

Congrats on getting moved in to your new home! Best of luck with it!

By: Marci

Marci — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:31:24 +0000

Typo – should be PLAN to unpack… I’ve got new edible landscaping to plant today, so Planting was on my mind! Aronia berries and Serviceberries for a hedge.