Whether you are packing up your home for a quick move or to put your belongings in storage, it’s important to be organized. Carefully labeling your moving boxes is one of the most essential ways for protecting them during transportation and quickly finding specific possessions later on. Here are a few labeling tips you can implement to make your move go smoother. 

How to Keep Your Moving Boxes Organized

1. Create an Inventory

When you begin packing, keep a detailed list of every item placed in each box. Describe what each piece is and its current condition.

For expensive items, it can also be useful to take pictures so you can be sure of their pre-boxed condition. Make copies of the inventory and tape one onto each side of the box, so you can easily see what’s inside no matter how the box is stacked or stored. 

2. Use a Number & Color System

If you are trying to keep your possessions together by room, assign each space a number and label each moving box with items from this room with this number. For instance, the master bedroom is one, the living room is two, and the kitchen is three.

Further this organization by adding a color to boxes containing the same or similar items. For example, in the kitchen, glassware might be labeled yellow while pots and pans are marked blue.

Later, when these boxes arrive at your home, the movers will know that three means to put them in the kitchen, and you’ll know that yellow means you can find a glass.

3. Protect Labels

Going through all of the effort to organize and label your boxes will help you to keep better track of your belongings and protect them from damage. However, if you are planning on putting them in storage, the elements can take their toll over time.

Protect your list and other identifiers by covering them with or placing them in a plastic protector. Also, use waterproof markers that won’t smear or smudge any handwritten notes. 

When you need moving boxes and other supplies to make your relocation go smoother, visit Treweek Mini Storage in Kalispell, MT.  This storage facility provides secure self-storage and commercial storage units to the Greater Flathead Valley. They also offer U-Haul® truck rentals and maintain a full moving supply store filled with all the materials needed for a successful move. Visit their website to learn more about their team, and call them today at (406) 752-2835 for more information about their units and services.