Opening on Oct. 13, 2020, the High Point Market carries wide selections of designer furniture so you can find exciting new products for your store. Once you buy your favorite ones, the right furniture packaging will keep them safe in transit. Here’s what professionals might do to protect your pieces.

How Professionals Protect Your Furniture

1. Disassemble Everything

While some furniture items, especially antiques, come in single pieces or have their components glued together, many modern options have multiple parts.

Disassembling these components and wrapping them separately will make pieces more convenient to move. With fewer parts extending outward, there’s also a reduced risk of scratches and joint stress. Your furniture packaging provider will take legs off tables, cushions off chairs, and drawers out of dressers wherever possible.

2. Pad Thoroughly

Your pieces will be completely covered in layers of cloth, plastic sheeting, bubble wrap, or cardboard to cushion them from bumps and keep dirt off.

Some areas require extra protection. If any item includes glass or mirrors, professionals might apply tape across the breakable surfaces to keep the shards in place if they break, then lay extra padding over these areas. They may also add padding around any parts that extend out, like legs, knobs, and decorative elements. Finally, they’ll pad furniture edges and corners since these spots are more likely to hit objects in transit.

3. Protect From the Elements

Upholstery is vulnerable to stains from moisture and spills, so professionals typically use plastic sheeting to protect textile-based pieces.

Wood, on the other hand, is sensitive to humidity. The material can swell and warp if it gets too humid, or crack in overly dry conditions. Plastic can trap condensation against it, so your provider will wrap any wooden furniture in cloth or cardboard to let the material breathe.

Packaging Center Inc. welcomes High Point Market customers. Serving the Triad area, they offer quality furniture packaging services to protect your purchases. They have over 30 years of experience preparing items for shipping and will ensure your products arrive at their destinations safely. They carry a full selection of custom packing materials to fit to your needs. Learn more about their work with furniture online, or call (336) 885-2747 for a free estimate.