14 Tips to Make Moving Day Easier

Written by Carole Pagan


14 Tips to Make Moving Day Less Painful Carole Pagan CommonSenseLiving.com © 2005

It’s that time of year again for a lot of us. Here are some tips to make your moving day less painful, both mentally and physically.

1. Lightenrepparttar load. Dispose of as much as possible before you start to pack. Donate to charity, have a yard sale or throw out.

2. Userepparttar 136800 same size boxes. They will be easier to stack both while you are packing, and inrepparttar 136801 truck. No more spending time trying to figure out how to get all those different sized boxes stacked so they won’t fall over.

3. Use smaller boxes. Then you won’t have big heavy boxes that will wear you out fast. You, and your moving team will be able to keep going without struggling.

4. Use a good quality tape and tape gun. The couple extra bucks will save you tons of frustration.

5. A couple of wardrobe boxes are always a good idea. They keep your clothes clean and ready to hang. Plus, you can throw boots, shoes, and purses inrepparttar 136802 bottom.

6. Before wrapping your figures in newspaper, put them in a plastic shopping bag. It will keep them clean. A paper towel will work with smaller items.

7. Always writerepparttar 136803 roomrepparttar 136804 box goes into onrepparttar 136805 outside ofrepparttar 136806 box so your movers or helpers can depositrepparttar 136807 boxes without you having to play traffic cop all day.

8. Write a description of what’s inrepparttar 136808 box so you can find things easily. If you are using recycled boxes (always a good idea), tape a sheet of paper onrepparttar 136809 outside to make a nice clean readable label.

Maximize Space with Loft Beds

Written by Julie Bonner


Is lack of space a problem in your kid's room? Joinrepparttar club! Many parents deal with this issue and can't seem to figure out exactly what to do about it. Let me share what we decided to do in our son's room that is working out great! Our son has a loft bed with an extra bed underneath (basically a versatile bunkbed), but he hasrepparttar 136707 luxury of not sharing a room with anyone. So,repparttar 136708 bottom bed was never used (except as a landing pad for items he doesn't feel like putting away!). We decided to takerepparttar 136709 bottom bed out and userepparttar 136710 space underneath for a tent that all three of our children love to play in. Not only does it look REALLY cool, but it saved us SO much space. (The extra bed was placed inrepparttar 136711 nursery of our youngest son forrepparttar 136712 day he is ready for it.) We had contemplated takingrepparttar 136713 tent down before this because ofrepparttar 136714 lack of space, but our kids didn't like that idea one bit. So by puttingrepparttar 136715 tent whererepparttar 136716 bottom bed had been, it gave them a cool hideaway space and much more room for playing.

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