Topic: Packing Guides & Tips

If you’re planning on moving, you have a lot on your plate, and you can’t do it all alone. Your friends can be a great resource for you. But will your friends be willing to help you move? Is it a good idea to ask them for help? While your friends can certainly help with…

Once the hustle and bustle of moving has slowed and you’ve unpacked all your belongings, there’s a good chance you’ll be left with a bunch of empty moving boxes… and you’re probably more than ready to get rid of them. Sure, you can always throw away your moving boxes after the big day. However, there…

You planned, packed, ran last minute errands, and journeyed for a long time. When you eventually arrive at your new home, the adventure will continue on, only this time, you’ll have to unload everything and set up your house. Luckily, we have some simple tips to help you unpack with ease. Items in their proper…

You’ve packed up almost all of your belongings for your upcoming move, but you don’t know how to transport valuable artwork. Paintings and framed can add stress to your packing list. Mishaps occur during moves, and the risk of transporting valuables makes it difficult to guarantee the flawless protection you need for artwork. However, when…

When you move to a new home, you try to pack and travel efficiently. But even smart moving practices can have a negative environmental impact. From non-degradable packing materials to toxic gases emitted during transit, a move has potential for a large carbon footprint. Use the following steps during each stage of your move to…

As an aspiring artist or a long-time professional painter, you take great care to ensure each piece looks its best. You deliberate over tempera or oil paints. You thoughtfully choose between fan, angle, or rigger brushes. And you painstakingly select your references so each pose, angle, and shadow comes out the way you envisioned. When…

Moving to a new home presents the perfect opportunity to organize your media collection(s). Media comes in many forms: books, movies, comic books, and video games. The more you have, the harder it gets to find what you’re looking for. Not to mention your items look great when lined up. Here are our step-by-step instructions…

Your pantry and your refrigerator: these are some of the last spots in your house that get attention before a move. After all, you have to eat between packing up your belongings and tidying up rooms. As you pack up the rest of your belongings, you begin to wonder if you should just leave some…

No one wants to make packing or unpacking more unpleasant than it already is, but many people make this mistake unintentionally. If you’re packing up all your belongings, you might make matters harder than they need to be. Use these tips to know what ditch and how to do it for a move around the…

Whether you’re neck deep in Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett’s love affair, you’ve just reached the most interesting argument in your medical journal or you can’t take your eyes away from the records of Malcolm Gladwell’s latest social science experiment, it’s time to break away from whatever book you’re reading and turn your attention to…