So this pin was something I actually did but didn't really get to use. The idea is to pre-plan your move by determining where everything will go before your actual move in day. You could do this on a large or small scale...it just depends on you. Just to give full disclosure, I expanded on the idea in this post and took some ideas from my office moves as well. See we were going through a major renovation at work which required people to be moved from one floor temporarily to a "swing" space and then back post renovation...and anyone who has experienced this knows it can be a huge undertaking in a 400 Employee company.

So to start, I took photos of the house we had planned to purchase (I got these from the real estate posting by right clicking and saving them down. Some won't allow this save function so you may have to use the print screen option of shift + print screen button and then shift + insert button into a clean document). If your house doesn't have photos available take your own. Once I had all the photos I went through and numbered all the cabinets and closets. I also added letters for where furniture would be placed in each room.

Then, you want to assign each of those letters a piece of furniture (pretty much all your heavy furniture) and your numbers, which are pretty much in the kitchens, bathroom and possibly closets, you want to assign items [i.e., 1. drink pitchers, 2. pots and pans 3. Silverware, etc.]. I did this in powerpoint so I could layer the numbers/letters on top of the photo and so I could use the notes section to write the letter/number and their assignment.

Now, for those who are wondering, my main reason for doing this is because at the time we anticipated moving while I was in the last weeks of my pregnancy so I couldn't help lift anything, may have been at the old space and not the new, might have been in one room and not available in another or (as probably would have been the case) my husband and I would be at the hospital having a baby lol. I wanted to put my brain on paper because I know my family and they would have attempted to help by handling the move and unpacking some items so I wouldn't have to. So, by doing this I was covered no matter what happened and I could stop stressing about it...blame it on the project manager and nesting mother in me, I wanted to have plan A, B and C in my pocket lol.

Well, we ended up not needing this plan after all because the deal on our house at the time fell through (can we say stress for a pregnant woman!!!!) and we ultimately chose another house...which was too fast for me to redo the plan with the new house...I also ended up having the baby before we moved and lastly we had to move everything into the garage of the new home due to issues with the closing. Again can we say stress???? The one saving grace is the way we packed (teaser to another T&amp;E challenge.

So as you can see, I was not able to see this pin all the way through, but I will say that I know it can work. For anyone planning to do this I would suggest that you tape or pin the floor plan (numbered/lettered photo) on the frame of the door and that way as your movers are bringing in the large pieces of furniture they can see where to put it. This negates the normal process which is for them to call your name over and over until you come exhasberated because you were in another room doing the same thing...or they just put the furniture down in the middle of the floor and you have to either get them to come and move it or you put your back out trying to move it yourself (am I being a little dramatic here...ummmm I don't know lol). You should also have a "move meeting" before they start taking things off trucks and out of cars so everyone is on the same page.

So what is the verdict? I still believe this is a keeper, although some may look at you as obsessive deep down inside they are just amazed that you are that organized!

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