How to Pack a Bedroom in Los Angeles

If you are moving, and would like to do the packing yourself, it is a good idea to start with the room least used. Guest rooms or spare rooms are usually your best bets. Once the rooms are cleaned out, they can also be helpful to place and store packed boxes and disassembled furniture.

Sort, select and simplify
If you are not looking to hire a professional mover, put your family members to good use. Each family member, except for the very small or the elderly, can help pack his or her own room. Older children can help by sorting out their toy bins, closets, and dressers. They can make piles of what to keep and what to donate. It is a good idea to have children decide what they want to move with them in an essential box. You can even have them decorate this box, and explain to them that this can contain the things
they will need during the move and for the first couple of nights in the new home. These items can include a favorite blankie or teddy bear, etc.

Clothing

Every family member should pack clothing they will need during the move and for the first few nights. The sorting should begin with the closets, then continue with dressers, desk drawers and other miscellaneous furniture.
Using a travel bag or suitcase could will make the items easier to store. For clothing that you don’t want to get wrinkled, consider buying or renting wardrobe boxes from MOVING SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES on the day of your
move. A wardrobe box can hold the equivalent of two feet of closet space. This can be especially useful when it comes to maintaining your work clothes.

If wrinkled clothes are not an issue, then leave clothes on hangers and fold into a medium to large-size box that has been lined with plain paper or sheets. The clothes from drawers can be kept folded and packed up in boxes. Label your boxes, and make
sure they are not too heavy for the movers.

Shoes
If you have shoes that are still in their boxes, you can leave them in there, and pack them up in larger boxes. If you no longer have the individual boxes, then wrap each individual shoe in a plain newspaper, then wrap each pair of shoes together and pack them all in a box. Label your box. You can top off the boxes with pillows, soft blankets or other light clothing for extra protection.

Jewelry
Make sure to place jewelry in a secure box, or better yet, a small safe. It is recommended to leave the jewelry with someone you trust for safekeeping during your move, or putting them into a bank’s safety deposit box.

Bedding, Linens and Pillows
Pack linens, sheets and pillows in trash bags. Label them so you can identify what room the bags belongs to. These bags can be handy for you, or MOVERS LOS ANGELES to use for stuffing into odd spaces on the moving truck. Just make sure the bags are sealed.

Furniture
Any furniture with drawers should be emptied out. If you are have trouble disassembling the furniture, then you can trust the MOVING COMPANIES LOS ANGELES to do it for you on the day of the move. They do this on a daily basis, and can get it done much faster than you probably can. After the furniture is taken apart, each individual piece should be wrapped with shrink wrap and moving blankets to prevent it from getting scratched or damaged during the move.

Mattresses should be in a mattress bag or wrapped with several fitted sheets if you have extra to keep them protected.

Pictures, Mirrors and Frames
Always use wrapping material for these items, such as shrink-wrap or bubble wrap. If
the item is too big for you to wrap, you can always have the LOS ANGELES MOVERS
help you wrap them. Do not rely only on moving blankets alone for these fragile items.

Blinds and Curtains
You can keep the drapes and curtains wrinkle and tangle-free by placing them in
wardrobe boxes. Make sure to fill up the wardrobes with other clothing from the closet
to keep them in place. Or, you can consider taking them to the dry cleaners to get them
cleaned while you are moving to have ready to install at your new locations.