Generally recommended Tips You are the best judge of your stuff and packing. But as the word of the mouth, following can or may help. Metropolitan You Call 1-800-300-7417 Your Movers List Items Pack extension power cords with appliances. Small, tiny parts can be put into kitchen food/sandwich bags and can be attached to the item these belong to, with tape. Keep picture hooks with pictures, shelf brackets with bookcase and Nuts, Bolts with furniture for reassembly. Pack Together Make a list of packing items, as much as possible. The goal is, when the items are packed, the pack (Box) should be marked with Number / Character as 1,2....99 etc, and write down the contents in front on the list.....Box 1 --- Books, Book Racks Color Labels Buy Color labels, Run separate color theme for each room and kitchen. For example, you can start putting: “Yellow” labels on the Kitchen boxes/cartons. “Green” labels on the Master Bedroom boxes. “Orange” labels on the Kids’ Room boxes, and so on. Pack Ahead Remember:  Anything you pack ahead, will definitely going to save a lot of time at the eleventh hour. Always remember last move Learn from the experience of last move, (if you had before) This can be a very good lesson for this move. Personal Boxes for each Family Member Every member of the family can have their person box, for personal stuff, it will cut down your packing burden up to certain level. Schedule your Move with  Professional Movers Customer Service Service division of Metropolitan Warehouse & Delivery Its Simple 1 2 3 Go Its Simple