Topic: Moving Specialty Items

Are you the person on your block with the most stunning outdoor holiday displays? Do you have an extensive seasonal collection that includes fragile ornaments, multiple strings of lights and artificial trees? With careful planning, all of these items can be relocated securely. Here are some tips for packing and moving your seasonal items to…

Many of the items that you prioritize during a move are easy to remember due to their size, weight, or special significance. For example, you probably won’t forget to account for the challenges of moving your large pieces of artwork, bed frame, or family heirlooms. However, some of the most important items to care for…

Boxing up items like books, kitchen utensils, and clothing is relatively easy because you know the contents are likely to stay safe inside a sealed box. Irregularly shaped or delicate items are trickier, and these are more likely to suffer damage during the moving process. Everyone has property that is more difficult to move. Here…

You’ve spent years cultivating your koi pond. You chose the perfect fish to put in it and you’ve carefully tended to them through every season. But now, you’re moving and you don’t know how to move your fish across town or across the country. You have a strict no-koi-left-behind policy, but how do you go…

Moving an overly large instrument require planning for the safety of the item and those helping to move it. We’ve discussed several ways to move different large instruments in a previous blog, but there’s more to discuss when it comes to pianos. Pianos are one of the most commonly moved large instruments. Although many people…

When you’re preparing for a move, you’ll sort through your possessions and-more likely than not-find a few things that you’d rather throw away than move to your new home. These items are old or broken, out-of-date, or not worth the time it would take to load into a truck and unpack. The trouble is that…

Over the years, you’ve added a several literary friends to your bookshelves. They wear worn leather bindings and have yellowed pages. They have that distinct musty but somehow pleasant smell that makes you sigh. They come in many shapes and sizes, and they contain the classics, histories, even criticisms. And they make your home look…

You know that your couch, your dining room set, your clothes, and your books will all arrive safely at your new home. These items will stay solidly in place in the moving van, and they’ll show up at your front door intact. You don’t have to worry about them. However, you probably don’t feel the…