6 Tips for Labeling Moving Boxes Like a Pro

Relocating from one place to another requires a lot of organizing and planning, but only with those skills you can keep your head calm and not become overstressed. When your possessions finally arrive, one of the worst things that can happen is discovering that all boxes are identical, and you don’t have any clue which items are inside because you forget to label them. Here are some tips for labeling moving boxes which may help you to avoid this situation and to make your move easier.

Prepare packing supplies

Before you start with packing, you will need to prepare some packing and moving supplies like boxes, bubble wrap, packing paper, a packing tape dispenser, labels, and permanent markers. When you are searching for cardboard boxes, most often you can find them in the supermarket, tech stores, or liquor shops where you can pick them up for free. Labeling boxes is a pretty easy job, but before buying permanent markers, you should pay attention to some small details. There are different types of markers, and they can change your packing and labeling experience.

Consider using these:

•  Take high-quality markers: Instead of trying to save a few dollars purchasing the cheapest permanent markers, choose better quality ones. Those will not stop coloring in the middle of work.
• Waterproof permanent markers: Markers with good quality have vibrant colors and will be visible to read. Also, choosing waterproof permanent markers will be better, especially if it’s a rainy day outside and your boxes are getting soaked.
• Labels: If you prefer downloadable and printable moving box labels, you can purchase them online or check with your moving company if they have them too. Those labels have already printed names of the different rooms, which will make this job easy.

Make an inventory list

Making a home inventory list will help you with the organization of your possession, and at the same time, you will be on track when packing your stuff. When you are making an inventory list, always start room by room, from the top (attic) to the bottom (basement), and write details like name of the item, description, SKU or serial number, price, quantity, and always take photos of high-value items. In case of any damage during a move or after, having an accurate inventory list will help you when claiming insurance too.

Labeling the boxes will help your movers

Moving boxing from one side to another may always be “tricky.” Time is one of the crucial factors in the moving process. That’s why, when movers start with the packing of your boxes in the truck, they will take extra care of items when seeing labels as ” fragile” or have signed “this side up,” which will save you from unnecessary stress when opening a box and seeing your goods damaged.

Some ideas on how you can label your boxes

• Label with content: One of the options is to write with a permanent marker on the outside of the cardboard or plastic box names of all items that are placed inside. By doing this, you will find a specific item faster when needed.
• Label using a color: This will be one creative way to label your boxes. You can use a colored marker to write on them or colored tape, whatever is best suited for you. It is simple. Take the same color, which will be corresponding with a specific place in your house. For example, you can use blue color for the living room, yellow for the kitchen, violet for the bedroom. That way, when your boxes arrive, it will be easy for your local Brooklyn movers to know where to place them.
• Write the numbers: When you are moving, most likely, there will be more than one box in your load. For that reason, you can use this method too. One more advantage is that you can link information from your inventory list with this method, which means you will have all details in one place. For example, write with a marker number of box and place where it should be. “Living room- 10.” This information also adds to your inventory list, like an extra column where you can write the place where the item needs to be, which will make your search easier later.
• Label your boxes by the room: This is the most common way to label your boxes, but unfortunately, it is not the best way. Only writing which room is belongs not giving too much information for you who need to open every box later, but in another way, this will be enough information for your movers.

Label high priority boxes

Opening and searching unsuccessfully for an item through different moving boxes can be terrible and tense. However, you should think of dividing stuff that you will need in the first days and high priority from items that you will need after a couple of months. Before you close the box, check the goods you have there, and write which level of priority is. Mark them with ” H” as a high priority, “M” as a medium, and ” L” like a low priority (which means they can stay longer time inside the box).

Label all sides of the box

When your property arrives at your new address, professional movers who you hire would like to know in which room to leave your stuff, without turning every box over and again to find a label. Because let is realistic, loading may be quite heavy indeed. Therefore, label every side of the box and write more details about the stuff inside, for example, if something is fragile or requires special attention.

Labeling boxes is a simple job, but if you arrange it in the right way may have a lot of benefits, with impressive results.