The dining room is perhaps one of the most high value rooms in the entire house for many of us, just after the living room. From expensive china glassware to fine glass utensils, the cost of the crockery and other household items often exceeds a few thousand.
Before you start with the process of packing your dining room stuffs, make sure you have all the important materials ready, including the cartons, packing paper, packing bags, tissue paper and packing tapes.
The best way to start packing is to fill the bottom of the cartoons with crushed paper; this shall provide extra cushioning support and prevent any damage In case there is any mishandling by the packers and movers from Gurgaon.
While wrapping expensive china ware, start with the heaviest items. Wrap them in double sheets of packing paper and close the sheets with packing tapes. Places then vertically on the bottom .If you wish you can separate the layers with crushed papers. For packing silver ware, you can either use a chest or pack each silver ware separately.
Vases form an important part of the dining room décor. If you want to prevent your vases from breaking or cracking, use bubble wrap to wrap them on the inside and then a paper pad on the outside.
When you pack silverware or any flatware, always place them face up and never place them flat. While packing expensive china cups, make sure, you pack them in packing papers and wrap the handles in a piece clear plastic and place them on small boxes, to ensure they do not break.
If you ever run out of packing papers or tissue papers, you can make use of kitchen towels or napkins to fill up the gaps. Packing glass items and crockery with newspaper and taping it with brown tape can also serve the purpose well. While packing decorative items like figurines and curios,make sure you pack each one of them individually in a tissue paper and then latter on a newsprint or packing paper on the outside.
While moving lamp shades, remove the shade and the bulb and wrap the stand on a packing paper. However never pack lamp shades on newsprint as the ink may get smudged on the shade and spoil its beauty. The same rule applies for oil painting. Do not cover any oil painting in newsprint. Instead order custom made crates for transporting such high value items.
Whenever you pack high value fragile items, always mark the cartoon as fragile. This would help the packers and movers from Gurgaon to be extra cautious while dealing with them.