Moving furniture is a piece of cake, but moving one's wardrobe? For a blogger... this is kind of a big deal. Luckily my friend De came to my rescue! She had this nifty system of moving clothes and it worked a treat. To be honest I had planned on just carrying as many hangers as would fit into my arms and throwing them into the back of my car leaving a trail of dropped clothing along the way (which is totally how I've moved in the past - don't lie you have too) but De wasn't having it. Apparently she got this method from Martha Stewart so there may be better instructions for this method somewhere on the internet, but in this case I thought pictures would be better than words.
As you can see, you slip a garbage bag up (from below) over your clothes, about 5 hangers at a time, then tie the bag tightly at the top. I could carry 4 bags at a time and stack them neatly into the back of my car, no dropped clothes and no falling off hangers. When I got my bags to their final destination, hanging in my new closet, all that was left for me to do was untie (or if you're impatient, rip) the bags to reveal your neatly hanging clothes: organized, hanging, and in tact in their new home. The whole process was astonishingly fast and easy. I mostly tried to untie the knots and re-use the bags, but it's also quite fun to rip them off in a rather Hulk-like fashion. GENIUS, right?
I don't know how I'll ever re-pay De (a bottle of Prosecco might do the trick) but I fully plan to pay this kindness forward to my next friend making a move.
My shoes however, that's a different story.
xo Cristina
What a GREAT and CLEVER idea!!!!!!!!!! So much easier, dust-free and easy!!!! Good TIP, def!!!!
ReplyDeleteKisses my dear, can't wait to see your new house!
I can't take credit for it, but it is SUCH a good idea! You're right it's also a great way to keep the dust of moving and furniture building off of clothes
DeleteOMG this is genius!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere was this when I moved all the time? ;)
Amy
I know! Where was this the last 5 times I've moved? It's ok, now we know :)
DeleteSMART :)
ReplyDeleteYou're smart Nancy Tran
DeleteThis is ABSOLUTELY brilliant! When I move again, I'll definitely be doing this!
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Lia
Definitely, it was a lifesaver.
DeleteSuch a great tip for moving your closet. It's the best way to keep things neat and tidy without all the work of unpacking and hanging everything back up.
ReplyDeleteI can't describe how easy this was to unpack, it seriously felt so easy that afterwards I said "that was it?"
Deleteseriously genius.
ReplyDeleteAhh. This is brilliant! Moving will be soo much easier for me now lol
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Maggie
Love Scrapbook
Makes me feel good to hear that Maggie
DeleteThese photos are brilliant! Excellent way to move your wardrobe! =)
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nancy
It was soo easy Nancy!
DeleteThis is such a fabulous idea! I am definitely going to try it when I move this summer!
ReplyDeleteUsed this idea this weekend while moving! It was super easy, and so happy I saw this before tackling the flight of stairs up to my bedroom in my new loft.
ReplyDeleteThanks girl for posting!
Such a good idea - definitely going to do that when I have to move!
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