How to Pack Your Dishes & Glassware for Moving Day
By Mariette Mifflin, About.com Guide
Start With a Soft Bed of Paper in Your Dish Barrel
Crumple paper in the bottom
Photo: © Mifflin
The first thing to go into your packing carton, is a soft bed of packing paper to cushion box contents during travel. Crumpled paper is the best, not folded newsprint or paper. The crumpling provides more shock absorbing benefits for the move. Children love to crumple paper and don't be thrifty with the paper - you need about a 6" bed of paper on the bottom of the packing box.
Prev
- Use Proper Boxes for Packing Breakables
- Start With a Soft Bed of Paper in Your Dish Barrel
- Packing Glassware - Insert Paper in Open End
- Wrapping Glassware - Roll & Tuck
- Pack & Wrap Drinkware
- Wrap & Pack Plates
- Fill Your Packing Box to the Top
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