How to pack your glass when moving

Changing homes can be an intimidating task. With the constant barrage of stressful situations, moving your glassware and expensive China should be something that you are confident in. Here are a few tips to help you find that confidence.

The first things you are going to need are supplies. This may consist of a plethora of things but the basics are boxes, tape, and some sort of cushioning. Now when it comes to padding, different strokes for different folks. Bubble wrap is pretty good; wax paper as well, but if you do not have any lying around, newspaper works just fine.
For the packing itself, the devil is in the details; Set up is key. If your boxes are of the collapsible variety, make sure you put them together, and tape the bottom well. Next, tear off strips of tape and have them at the ready. Now you are ready to pack.
Wrapping
For this example we will use newspaper. Use a flat surface; a table, the floor, what have you. Lay your newspaper on the surface and put your glassware near the edge of one of the corners. Fold the corner of the newspaper into your glassware and use one of the strips of tape to secure it. Carefully fold your glassware a few times until you reach the middle point of the newspaper. Fold the side pieces, one at a time, use pieces of tape to secure both ends over your glassware. Last, fold the glass the last few times until your newspaper is completely gone. Use one more piece of tape to secure it.
Packing
Putting your dishes into a box may seem an easy task to complete, and there may be several ways to do it, but as with everything else, technique is the key. Put the first row of dishes into the bottom of the box, the first layer. Once the whole bottom is filled, wedge dishes in, one by one. Wedge, meaning use the bottom layer of dishes and the sides of the box. Where you have gaps between dishes, use crumpled up newspaper as your filler. This will limit the movement of dishes during the transition of your move. Repeat the process until the box is filled. Use one last layer of wadded newspaper to fill the topmost part of the box. Tape it shut. Repeat the process until you have filled all your boxes. Lastly, try to number your boxes on a 1-10 scale, 10 being the heaviest and 1 being the lightest.
Truck packing
With the truck completely filled, make sure you pack your dishes last. You do not want your glassware underneath anything, and you also want to limit putting these boxes on top of other furniture; it is always a bumpy ride and the last thing you will want is to have carefully packed all your dishes only to be foiled by a speedbump. Ask your movers to leave a space at the end of the truck for your fragile boxes. If you are going to allow the movers to pack these for you; supervise. Make sure all your tens, or heavy boxes are at the bottom, and all your ones, or light boxes are at the top.
Moving can be challenging, but by following these guidelines, you can at least put to rest any fears that your mother will yell at you for breaking the tea set she gave you for Christmas.

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