How To Pack kitchen items when moving

So, you have decided to make the move! Congrats.

But, are you worried about packing the little corner of your house which makes it home?

Packing your stuff for home shifting can come with complications, but packing kitchen items is whole different ball game; despite being one of the smallest parts of your house, it requires most diligence and care. As you start to pack, the sheer number of dishes, glasses and what not might shock you! Fortunately, you need not get overwhelmed as we have created a guide for you explaining how to pack kitchen items so as to make your move of home shifting all the more easier.

1. Checklist: it’s a age old mantra – what is written, gets done. Make a note of everything present in the drawers, shelfs or in any corner of your kitchen.
2. Sort out things: Home shifting could be an opportunity to get rid of stuff which is no longer needed but got overlooked because we are generally too busy to pay attention. So, go to your cabinets and drawers, see if there is any item which is broken, cracked and is no longer needed. Though generally small, but kitchen items can be difficult to segregate since there are so many things to cover from fork to microwave. Therefore, its preferable to start home shifting and especially shifting kitchen items through segregation.
3. Essentials: for packing kitchen item or household items shifting in general, you should first gather following material:
   • Large boxes for hard to pick plastic items, and other small appliances.
   • Medium sized boxes for heavy material like appliances, crockery,Heavy duty boxes are required for delicate and fragile objects such as glasses and wine. It is very important to pick tough and hard boxes as the safety of your utensils depend on it.
   • Use bubble wrappers, as they reduce the pressure on your well packaged utensils and prevents damage.
4. How to Pack: Poor packing leads to broken things. So while packing ensure the following:
   • heaviest things are kept at bottom of the box,
   • Always pack glasses separately wrapped with glass wrapping materials
   • After packing the boxes, label them which will help you after home shifting in unpackaging.
5. In what order should you pack the things? – Randomly packing would most certainly make a chaos of your home shifting process. So, you should keep following things in mind:
   • First pack rarely used items, it can also include fragile ones like wine glass and vases
   • Bottles, should be packed next, see if there some already opened vinegar bottle, you can always buy, so pick smartly. For the ones which you are taking with you in your new place, use boxes outwitted with cell.
   • Drawer and shelf items: start with the most unorganized one, there is always that one drawer, which contains almost anything. Declutter that!
   • Next, go for dishes and pantry
6. Delicate care to Dishes: Be gentle with dishes as they are prone to get broken during home shifting.  Pack each piece individually and put them side by side, instead of horizontally – one on one and use paper for filling leftover space   then seal the box.
7. Extra caution with breakable items: During home shifting, breakable items are at large risk since they have to be handled delicately. So, make sure you have adequate number of boxes, tapes wrap before initiating household items shifting for a smooth move.
8. The Pantry:  Pantry is one of the crucial parts of kitchen. You can pack them at last, began by smaller ones, then move to larger ones. If you have broken bottles, or almost used one, you can discard those and buy new at new home, same can be done for perishables from refrigerator. As for canned items, though they are generally safer to move, but they can weight a lot and might increasing your home shifting expenditure. So, you need to do the math here.
9. Be careful with large appliances: You need to prepare large appliances for moving 24 hours before the move, so as to prevent gas leaks and broken parts during home shifting. You can read manuals for help.During home shifting, you need to be careful with larger items such as refrigerator as any mishandling can incur huge damages. So, its preferable to get some professional help for them.
10. Do not forget an essential box: There will always be certain kitchen items which you will need until you do the home shifting, and will need them just after home shifting such as coffee maker (if you are one of those person’s whose life begins after coffee).

Finally, if you feel like you got major chunk of work from your to do list off, you are right and after all this work, should definitely treat yourself with a pizza.

Cheers!