I
am finally back and writing on the blog again- I had abandoned it a
bit truth be said. As you might recall, I just got back from my
first international project and I must say, I've come back rather
satisfied with the work done. It has also been an exotic adventure in
a country and continent I had never been to. So, I won't waste time
and will start telling you all about this adventure from the very
beginning.
The
moving company's truck arrived early in the morning and in about one
hour, the 6 men employed efficiently brought out all the boxes and
pieces of furniture from the truck . Once they had done that, they
formed a human chain to bring everything into the client's house.
At
this point, I can now tell you about the following phases of the
move:
The
moment the truck arrives
- Indicate
where each box goes
- Open
the boxes with the moving company in order to get rid of the
cardboard (very important)
- Set
up the necessary furniture (tables, beds, shelves, etc)
Start
organizing room by room
- Begin
organizing furniture in basic order
- Place
objects, clothes and other bits inside or on top of the pieces of
furniture where they belong (ex: towels inside a cupboard) in order
to later place them according to the needs of the client.
- Organize
the contents of each piece of furniture (cupboard, chest of drawers
or shelves) room by room.
From
my many years experience in organizing moves I have to say that what
is most crucial in terms of organization is the moment the truck
arrives. It is important to be centered since you will have to tell
the company employees exactly where each box should go. Moving
companies have the full list of all the boxes, properly numbered and
with a clear explanation of the room these boxes came from. They also
have an indication of what sort of objects are inside the box. The
client receives a copy of this list so that he/she can monitor the
arrival of the boxes. Once all the boxes have been taken out of the
truck and placed in the rooms they belong in, it is important that
the moving company helps you to open
all the boxes so that they can take the cardboard with them as
soon as possible, in this way, your work will be significantly
easier. The company should also help in setting up furniture when
needed.
In
the moment where the cardboard and the rest of the packaging
materials disappear and each piece of furniture and objects are in
their corresponding rooms that is when the actual organization work
begins. At this point in time, the first thing that needs to be done
is to analyze the available space well in order to assign a new
“home” to each object. I usually begin by doing this with the
house linen (bed sheets, towels, tablecloths...) since they usually
take up a lot of space.
As
you can see from the photo, I usually organize towels by colour. I
don't only do this for aesthetic reasons but also because it makes it
easier when you need to pick out a new set.
Detail
of the tablecloths
Once
I was done with the house linen, I worked with the client to unpack
and organize the clothes. The good thing about this move is that when
packing back home the client decided to put the clothes in synthetic
bags that were easily closed with a zipper. The client had divided
the clothes by category, in other words, by shirts, sweaters,
trousers, etc. In this way, sorting out the clothes is done much more
easily.
Detail
of the customer's handbags.
View
of the tablecloths, winter clothes, organized bags in a wardrobe
also from IKEA (cheap, pretty and very practical).
Once
I was done with the upstairs rooms, we began organizing the crockery
and glassware.
The
storage cabinet chosen for the glassware with all the objects duly
arranged.
Cabinet
where the crockery was placed.
Before
I say goodbye, I wanted to leave you with a piece of advice: do not
stress, this doesn't help you at all. The most important thing is to
remain calm and centered each day, focusing on organizing, opening
boxes and placing each object in its new place. It is useless to
carry out a move in a “global” way, trying to organize all rooms
at the same time. First thing, do a semi-organization of each space.
Then, you can perfect each room, one by one, in order to reach their
most perfect state (this is what I find most satisfying).
Having
said this, I have to leave now since I need to prepare a new move...
in this case... mine!
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