How to Pack a Child’s Room for a Move: Leave Their Favorites for Last

How to Pack a Child’s Room for a Move: Leave Their Favorites for Last You can pack half the house without anyone noticing. Pack the wrong stuffed animal, though, and you’ll hear about it before bedtime. Between toys, books, clothes, and all those little treasures, packing a child’s room takes some planning. You want to […]

Easy Meals During a Move | Birmingham Food Plan

Easy Meals During a Move: A Birmingham Moving-Week Food Plan Moving week turns a perfectly normal kitchen into a room full of mystery. The pots are packed, the fridge is down to condiments and a jar of pickles, and the can opener is somewhere in a bin labeled “misc” — which, if we’re honest, is […]

Stop Buying So Much Bubble Wrap: Pack Smarter With Things You Already Own

How to use towels, T-shirts, sheets, socks and other household items to protect breakables during your next move Pop. Pop. Pop. During our last move, my daughter found the bubble wrap, and that was the end of my productivity for about twenty minutes. I was in the middle of packing an entire house, trying to […]

Moving With Pets: Packing Tips for a Safe, Stress-Free Move

A pet packing checklist for moving day — food, records, ID tags, a quiet room during the move and a gradual introduction to the new home.

How to Use Reusable Moving Bins: The AMB Guide to a Smarter Move

From delivery day through pickup: choosing a package, labelling by room, packing bins for safe lifting, using The First One and getting the bins collected.

How to Pack Hanging Clothes for Moving

Don’t unhang your whole closet. Bundle the hangers, slide a drawstring bag over them and carry each section straight into the new closet.

How to Pack a Kitchen for Moving Without Wasting Space

Your pots and pans come with built-in packing space. Nest smaller items inside them, protect the knives, and don’t make any one bin too heavy.

Free Donation Pickup Services in Birmingham

Several Birmingham-area charities will collect furniture, clothing and household goods from your home. Here’s who picks up, what they take and how to book.

Declutter Before Moving: Purge Before You Pack

Moving is the perfect time to decide what deserves space in your new home. Sort into keep, sell, donate and toss before you pack a single bin.