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Moving home is a stressful business, but you can make it less so – and reduce the potential for damage – by investing in quality packing materials to suit your belongings. Try these tips from Wrap & Move

Boxing Clever

Start with the right box. For weightier items such as books and kitchenware, choose red heavy-duty Moving Cartons designed to suit heavy loads, and blue light-duty box options for cushions, kids’ toys and the like. Zip-up Moving Bags are perfect for linen, towels and clothing – they’re lightweight and have carry handles. Specialised Moving Cartons include a convenient portable wardrobe (Porta Robe) with hanging rail, and 60 Inch TV Cartons that are also ideal for mirrors, slim paintings and computer screens. Dividers and Inserts can be used inside cartons to transport glasses, bottles and small fragile items.

IT’S A WRAP

Secure Moving Blankets around white goods and large pieces of furniture, and tape table and chair legs with padded Corrugated Paper Wrap

To pack breakables, wrap each item individually with Butchers Paper or the now popular Honeycomb Paper Wrap Ultra-fragile items are best enveloped in Bubble Wrap

Stick It

Good quality Packaging Tape should be used around the seams of each box – choose from light or heavy duty options. Tapes labelled ‘Fragile’ will help those who are handling cartons be aware of precious breakables inside. And if you want to be super-efficient, label each box by room with colour-coded tapes.

Greener Choices

If you’re after a more eco-friendly move, go for Self-Locking Moving Cartons – with these, there’s no tape required! The same applies to honeycomb paper wrap – just scrunch it around each item for filling and protection. Along with butchers paper, corrugated paper and cardboard dividers and inserts, these can be easily recycled as soon as you’re done.

1 Wrap & Move 800mm x 580mm butchers paper, $11.80/125 sheets, I/N: 0074014. 2 Wrap & Move 438mm x 415mm x 305mm 52L light duty rectangle moving carton, $2.50, I/N: 2583466. 3 Wrap & Move 2m x

1.8m quilted moving blanket, $10.60, I/N: 2610110. 4 Wrap & Move 596mm x 431mm x 406mm 104L heavy duty tea chest moving carton, $5.32, I/N: 2583381. 5 Wrap & Move 48mm clear packaging tape, $4.50/pack of 3 50m rolls, I/N: 0372478. 6 Wrap & Move tape dispenser with two tape rolls, $7.98, I/N: 2610095. 7 Wrap & Move 375mm light duty bubble wrap, $11.69/25m, I/N: 6650210.

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