Moving is never cheap. You may lose a rental deposit and hours at work, and then there’s the time investment, the stress, and the sheer exhaustion, not to mention the expenses of hiring movers, renting a truck, and buying boxes and packing materials. Most moving...
Of all the items to move into your new apartment, the couch may be the one you dread the most. Couches are bulky, heavy, unwieldy, and generally painful to move, even from one corner of the living room to another. Add a staircase to the mix, and — ouch — you’ve...
Moving is always heavy work, and it always pays to have help. But there may be a time when you’re entirely on your own. No help. No time to hire a mover. What then? Kitchen supplies are one thing, but what about the sofa? Your mattress? And what if you’re:...
Packing is never fun. Nobody packs for pleasure or therapy. Packing highly fragile items like glasses, wine goblets, and cups can be downright nerve-wracking. You may harbor memories of past failures — expensive wine glasses arriving in shards at the new address;...
Moving is never cheap, unless you’re a recent college grad with only a few boxes to your name. By the third or fourth move, you’ve accumulated so much stuff that you may need a 17-ft truck — or larger. You’re no longer moving into a studio apartment,...
