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Before You Move: Start Packing Part (5)

moving in9 268x300 Before You Move: Start Packing Part (5) I know that most bThe newspapers are for stuffing any empty spaces in the boxes to make sure that things don’t shift around and get damaged in the move.ig items won’t fit in boxes, things like your bed, fridge, chest of drawers and dining table. But there is still a lot that you can do to protect them in a move.

You can cover things like tables or shelves in old sheets, take apart anything that is bolted together (like your bed and dining table), and stuff other things, like the fridge and washing machine, with old towels. Tricky things that have sharp edges or are big and breakable, like a glass TV cabinet, must be carefully wrapped and padded to prevent damage.

Plastic bags that lock at the top (zip-lock bags) are great for miscellaneous items, all the stuff that you can’t bear to part with that has been jammed in drawers around the house for a few years— things like old coins, stickers, autographs and the findings from that gold-panning excursion in Year 5.

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