6 Ways to Make Unpacking A Stress-Free Experience

Sarah Lifestyle

You’ve finally purchased your first home in a great neighborhood for you and your family. You’re looking forward to outdoor barbeques with the neighbors, walks down the street with your dog, and teaching your kids to ride their first bike in the driveway. But before any of these fun and fulfilling experiences can take place, you have to unpack and organize everything from your previous abode.

Unpacking towering stacks of boxes, buying and assembling new furniture, and cleaning everything from head to toe can feel pretty daunting. The good news is that there’s lots of ways to make your move and unpacking experience free of hassle and stress. The easiest way of course is to hire these Queens movers and packers or a similar service to do most of the work for you. Professional experience has a lower risk of the moving and unpacking process going awry than when you try to wing it. So, if you insist on doing the unpacking on your own, here’s some helpful tips that should get you comfortably situated in your new home in no time.

  1. Declutter before packing. It may seem tempting to just throw all your belongings into boxes and sort them when you arrive at your new home, but there’s little doubt that this will make the unpacking experience less manageable. After buying your new home, start right away to declutter your house. Go room by room (or at least closet by closet) and sort into three piles: Keep, Donate, and Throw Away. If you haven’t used something in over a year, maybe it’s time to let it go, especially clothes. If you’ve used household items for longer than intended, consider starting fresh, like with a new non-toxic mattress. Remember that each unused, unwanted item you leave behind means one less item to unpack. You could also put all of the non-essential items in a pile and contact rubbish removal st kilda companies or similar agencies in your locality to get rid of them. This might help you divert your attention to more pressing tasks during the moving process. Hopefully, that’s enough motivation to help you declutter what you need to!
  2. Know where each box should go. It’s a no-brainer that you should properly categorize and label each moving box (on the side and the top!) in order to stay organized during the moving process. But if there are tons of mixed boxes stacked throughout your home, then it doesn’t make the unpacking process all that much easier. In such cases, you can consider hiring Professional Movers in the St. Louis Area, or in your vicinity who can relocate them to your new house as well as help you efficiently pack your belongings. In addition, they can examine items that might need disassembling, and prepare the house for moving day so that the move goes smoothly. Additionally, before moving day, take a walk through your new home and figure out which boxes and items should be placed in each room. This will make moving day much easier and swifter since you will know exactly where every box should go. Once everything is moved in, you won’t have to worry about shuffling boxes and furniture to and from rooms as you unpack.
  3. Put everyone to work. In order to get unpacking done quickly and efficiently, it needs to be a team effort. Reward your kids with an evening of ice cream and mini-golf if they unpack everything in their room before a deadline. If you need more than two adults for things like furniture assembly, painting, or heavy lifting, ask a few friends to help out for an evening-just offer to order Chinese food for everyone afterwards! The more hands you have involved, the quicker you’ll get the job done. There’s no harm in asking for a little help!
  4. Create an unpacking schedule. In order to avoid procrastinating on unpacking, create a schedule that you and your family can follow. If you only have a few hours each evening to unpack, write that in your calendar. Organize who should be unpacking in which room. This will eliminate any confusion or feeling overwhelmed by the task at hand. Make sure not to do too much at once, however, or you’ll feel discouraged to return to unpacking in the future. A few hours here and there will get you finished in no time.
  5. Unpack room by room. Another way to feel less overwhelmed by all the unpacking is to do it room by room. Start with your kitchen, as this is the room you will probably need to use the soonest. Before you start unpacking dishware and smaller appliances, make sure you know exactly where you want everything to go in order to save you the time and hassle to rearrange items in the future. When you’re done unpacking, clean up as you go as well. Seeing a clean, put together room is a great accomplishment and will keep you motivated to unpack the other rooms.
  6. Purge your items one more time. As you unpack each item, ask yourself one last time if you’re sure you want to keep it. You may realize how poorly a piece of furniture fits into a room, or how beaten up and busted a kitchen appliance really is, or maybe how you just want a new toaster to match the shiny new kitchen counter. Just as before, make your three piles and sort items as you see fit. You may find you need a skip to get rid of everything you no longer want, and you may find things did not survive the move and have broken in transit, giving you a whole load of rubbish to get rid of. This is before you even realise you have dozens of cardboard boxes that need recycling. Luckily, you can head to a site like wasteremovalusa.com to hire the perfect skip for your needs. Whether you need a small skip to get rid of a few boxes, or a large skip to get rid of an old fridge, it’s best to do a complete purge before things start to get in the way. This is a huge opportunity to start fresh, so make sure not to miss it!

      7. Moving house can be an exciting time, but it can also cause a lot of stress and anxiety. The best thing to do is to take things one box at a time and follow the tips above for a smooth moving experience. Staying calm and organised will ensure everything goes as planned, allowing you to sit back and relax at the end of the day in your new home.

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