A quick guide to moving furniture
How difficult can it be to move? Certainly not that bad. Simply strap the mattress to your carrier; your pillows go in the basket in the front; soap and toothpaste go in your shoulder bag. Make sure the tires are inflated, and that the brakes work properly. Ok, so maybe you have a few more items to move than those. Perhaps you are the owner of quite a few pieces of furniture, including the swish berkline sofa you received as a wedding present from father-in-law. Things get a little more complicated then as you will have some tracky work to do to not crack all the walls with the block shaped but very cool sofas.
Perhaps the best place to start is right at the beginning.
Take inventory of your furniture
Take an inventory of everything that needs to be moved. This allows you to see which items can be disassembled prior to the move, as well as allow you to do the necessary preparations. This is also a great time to get rid of everything that’s in the way.
Get out the tool box
Spanners, screw drivers and permanent markers should now become as natural in your hands as your Xbox 360 controller. Mark large items before disassembling them. Desks, chairs and nuclear power plants could take a while to disassemble. Do these when the energy levels are at Aaron Rodgers. This means that you wont easily give up.
Remove any and all parts that can be removed. Place washers, nuts and bolts in a bag. Better yet, have small little bags each marked clearly for its corresponding item.
The key here is that you can never do too much marking. Trust your fingers. You’ll thank them later.
Keep it together
Don’t lose your mind, and don’t misplace these bags. Tape the bags to the furniture. Make sure you don’t fasten it in a manner that could damage the goods when removing it. for instance, if you own the original Mona Lisa, taping any goods to the front of the picture may not be such a good idea.
Use your first grade maths
If your furniture is made of many parts, number them: “1 of 640,000”, “3 of 5,430,984”, etc. Use small stickers which can later be easily removed.
If you have the original assembly instructions booklets, tape these along with the bolts and nuts to the furniture.
Wax on, wax off
Wax your precious wooden furniture pieces to protect it from being scratched.
Bag your sofa
Place pillows and cushions in clear, see-through plastic bags. Fasten these bags. You don’t want the whole trek to fall out on the highway. Make sure they are the type that comes with one hole. These bags can be used to cushion items in the great trek.
Wrap it all up
Use blankets, towels and bubble wrap to wrap pieces of furniture with. This should save you some cleaning when you arrive in the promised land.
Be filthy; it is good for you
There’s no point in cleaning furniture or upholstery before moving. When you arrive at your new place, first you’ll need to unpack, after which you’ll want a coffee. Then, once you're properly moved in, you can start cleaning and invite family around to “Ooh!” and “Aah!”
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