The Best Ways To Unpack After Your Move

The Best Ways To Unpack After Your Move

Many first-time movers are surprised to discover that their work is only beginning to start once the moving truck is unloaded.

Here are a few things that you can do to make your unpacking as much fun as your move turned out to be:

Before you begin opening any boxes, unpacking will go much faster if you put each box in the room that the box was labeled for.  Bedroom boxes in the bedroom, kitchen boxes in the kitchen, and so on.

Unpack one room at a time instead of moving to and fro between rooms.  Unpacking from your move will go much quicker this way, and you can step back and be proud of the progress you've made when you're finished with each room.

Decide where you want your big items to go - dining table, sofa, big-screen TV, armoire - first, and you will find that it is much easier to place the smaller items.

Put your bedroom set together first so that you have a comfortable place to sleep your first night in your new home.

Make hanging things on the walls your last step.  It's OK to place them on the floor for perspective, but by saving your artwork for last you won't end up having to rehang if you decide to move a large piece of furniture.

Break down each box as you empty it, to reduce the inevitable clutter of packing material and so that you can get a better perspective of each room that you have unpacked.

If you are a little bit of a procrastinator, consider giving yourself a time limit of how many boxes that must be unpacked every hour.  Inviting friends over to help you unpack after your move can also be a fun way to get your unpacking done quickly.