A suggestion may be to go to liquor/beer store and grab boxes with the seperators which makes it really easy to pack glasses, particularly wine glasses, and mugs.

If you havent already, keep a master list of what's in each box.  This makes it easier when you get to your new home and are looking for something.  If you are anything like me, you have around 50 boxes all labelled 'kitchen'....,but which one is the kettle in?????  The master list helps to narrow down which box its actually in.

Good luck.

Scotch Mommy - you have just discovered a gaping hole on HGTV.ca! A moving checklist! Why do we not have one? I'm getting our brilliant (and super-organized) content team on the case! Next time you move (haha!) it'll be ready for you. :)

As a result of several moves within a our family, I have purchased several different-sized Debbie Travis' Folding Tote-Boxes with Zippered Lids (small, medium and large).  The initial costs of these boxes are a little "pricey" but the end result is totally sooooooooo practical.  The boxes can be folded and stored after the move....and the boxes can be either used for storage following the move or can be handed back and forth between family members as household moves are required.  The small boxes are fantastic for small items or for moving items out of an entire bathroom, etc.  There are labels on the sides of the tote boxes where you can label your contents without writing on cardboard boxes.  And best of all, you don't have that "cardboard box" smell during your move.  In addition, you are avoiding possible germs and contamination from boxes picked up from various stores, etc.  You never know what boxes have had food or contaminated goods in them prior to you receiving them.  This was a little costly...but it is a one-time cost which has provided an on-going resource for moving purposes within our family.

I have moved many times (over 30 times in my life, so far). I have come up with some helpful hints that you may or may not have thought of yourself. 1. use your towels, cloth napkins, and other small clothes to wrap your art work, fine china, and ornaments. You don't need a box for the linens and you are protecting the breakables. Use the blankets and comforters to cover the small tables.

2. use your luggage to pack your small items. You can also use the large luggage to pack some of the clothing. I don't pack items from the dresser drawers (unless you have breakables). I get some shrink wrap and wrap up the dresser and the jewelry tower just as they are. Then I don't need to unpack, just straighten around a little. The clothing in the closet just get transferred to the car and taken to the new closet to be rehung.

3. Use the move to get rid of stuff: garage sales, goodwill, friends and relatives can use what you haven't looked at for a year. Plastic drawer...if it doesn't have a matching lid, it goes into the garbage. It's strange how my plastics have bottoms but no tops or tops but no bottoms???

4. Spend at least one to two days phoning all the utilities, banking, and other necessary institutions that need the change of address. I am always amazed at how much time that takes.

These are just some suggestions that may help you.