Most of your belongings are pretty easy to move. You just pack them up into boxes and bring them to your new home, but with some items, it isn’t so simple. Lamps, for example, can be awkward to move because of their irregular size and shape, but don’t worry: there’s almost always a way to [...]
Several years ago, my family and I visited some friends of my parents on their farm in rural Pennsylvania. The farm was built in the 1800s and still had the original barn and several old sheds located throughout the large property. The land consisted of boulder-strewn fields, woods, and a lake. We spent the day [...]
There are plenty of things to pack up when you get ready for a move. While you are likely to account for most of the items in your kitchen, it is easy to forget about the items in your refrigerator.
It can be costly and wasteful to throw away the contents of your fridge and repurchase [...]
Beds can often be one of the hardest things to move. As your bed contains several large, bulky parts – mattress, box spring, headboard, and frame - it can indeed be troubling to get out of the house and into a moving truck. While moving a regular bed can be challenging enough, a waterbed presents [...]
A couple years ago, I helped my brother move into an apartment on the 14th floor of a high rise in Hoboken, N.J. As I’m sure is the case with most high-rises, the building provided a special service elevator for us to use. Actually, it was just a regular elevator with the walls covered in [...]
