Making Move Day a Little Less Maddening
The boxes are packed, the movers are scheduled, the new home is ready for you. You’ve got the big moving day coming up, but will you be ready? With a little preparation, move day can be a breeze. Here are some ways to prepare that you may not have thought about:
1. Pet Care
While you’re excited about the move, your pet may be very confused and scared when the door is flung open wide and strangers are toting his favorite couch out to the truck. Consider an offsite pet sitter or doggie daycare for the day, so you won’t have to worry about your pup hiding somewhere or bolting out into the neighborhood.
Organizing For Downsizing
In this first of our new Web Video Series, The Move Makers Organizing Professional Jill Viglione discusses important points to consider as you embark on a downsizing project.
Check back in with us for more video content full of useful information!.. Read the rest
Donating During the Quarantine – Here’s What You Can Do
Spring cleaning has taken on a further meaning this year since most of us around the country are under stay at home orders. One positive aspect created from this order is the ample opportunity of time for sorting, cleaning, throwing out and creating piles for donation. Unfortunately, that pile may be hanging around for a while longer than usual, as donation options remain limited.
There are some alternatives now, and some tried and true locations that will gladly accept your donations once the restrictions have been lifted. Here are a few fresh ideas for donating certain items around your house. You can find links to their sites on our Resources Page... Read the rest
Turning Idle Time into Productive Time – How The Move Makers are Spending their Days
While we’re still busy behind the scenes at the Move Makers as we work remotely from our homes during this challenging time, some of us are taking the extra time at home to follow our creative pursuits or getting to things we’d been putting on the back burner. Here’s a sampling of what some of our team members are doing during the COVID-19 quarantine:
Jennifer
Operations Manager
Jennifer’s been with The Move Makers almost since its inception in 2013 and has a solid background in professional organizing. But Jennifer also has a very artistic side. She is a mural painter as well as a jewelry artisan.
Leaving A Little Comfort Behind
Leaving a home you love after living there for many years can take an emotional toll. Whether you’ve downsized to a smaller home, left for a job in another town, or moved after a loss of a loved one, the memories held there can be bittersweet, especially once the home is emptied of the things you’ve loved.
But sometimes acknowledging that the house could make more memories for its new inhabitants can ease the sting a bit. And leaving a little of yourself behind in the form of a gift or handwritten letter can bring joy as the new homeowners settle in... Read the rest
Ready, Set, Sell Your House!
The newness of spring not only brings buds to the trees but a change in real estate as sellers gear up to put their homes on the market. With more homes on the market comes more competition. And with more competition, many homeowners are looking for an advantage of how to make their homes more appealing to buyers.
A clean and uncluttered home sells faster and often for more money, according to Trulia.com.
Here are a few tips to help your home ready for the peak home-buying season.
Make a Plan
You would be hard-pressed to find a home that is so well kept that it is ready to go when the homeowner decides to sell. .. Read the rest
Giving New Life to Old Electronics
This month we feature another Move Maker Resource Partner – EcoBinary
Chances are if your old computer monitor is beige in color and the screen is green, you probably aren’t using it anymore. Those multiple cords once used to hook up the VCR to the TV, their usefulness long past, leave us with a tangled mess of black wires. Even a laptop bought five years ago sometimes seems obsolete by year two. What do you do with old electronics, especially when you’re downsizing your home or organizing your office and don’t have room to store them anymore?
Don’t just throw them in the trash bin. .. Read the rest
Tools 4 Troops: Helping Veterans with Tool Donations
Some movies make us laugh, some movies make us cry. But for Pete Wall, the film Pearl Harbor made him look at ways to help veterans. A few short months after viewing that fateful film, he formed Tools4Troops and has helped change the lives of veterans.
Pete, a retired sustainable construction specialist, teamed with Coast Guard veteran, Realtor and property manager Pat Dillow on a mission to deliver donated tools to both active duty and discharged veterans. Since 2014, Tools4Troops has supplied tools to over 4,000 veterans.
There is a real need for tools and supplies for veterans leaving the military and entering the job force. According.. Read the rest
Tackling the Appliance Overload
We really like our kitchen gadgets in the United States. According to statistics website Statista.com, the kitchen accessories market hit $1.2 billion in 2017; that’s a lot of garlic presses and juicers. And for those of us who thought they’d be grilling at least three times a week on the George Foreman, it’s a safe bet to say that didn’t come to pass.
Many unused kitchen appliances end up on pantry or garage shelves, or the back recesses of the kitchen cabinets, their bulkiness something to be dealt with later. How do we decide what appliances to keep, and which we can say goodbye to?