Packing Tips Video: Stemware and Dishes
April Milner from Wheaton | Bekins and Matt Paxton from Legacy List with Matt Paxton are teaming up to bring you the best practices for packing.
Packing Wine Glasses
MATT: Alright. Now it’s time to I wanna really dig down deep into specific items. Wine glasses, pretty much everybody’s got them. How would you pack them?
APRIL: Great question. So wine glasses, there’s a couple really important things. One, you wanna protect the stem. Okay? So let me show you how we’re gonna do that real quick. I like to do is I fold the paper into several spots, and it’s okay if it’s not perfect. Okay? And I always roll my stem, my glass.
MATT: Alright. So you fold it, roll it around the stem.
APRIL: Mhmm. So that way it is more cohesive.
MATT: Okay.
APRIL: Okay. Then we’re gonna take two pieces of paper at minimum. We’re gonna wrap this glass. Okay, so now we have a protected wine glass, but the really important thing, we’re gonna put these in a small box.
MATT: Okay.
APRIL: And we are always going to stand them up.
MATT: Upwards.
APRIL: You do not wanna lay them on their sides, they’re going to be strongest standing up. So we’ve got our nice cushioned box. Okay. We’re gonna go ahead and put this in here. Nice cushion box standing up.
MATT: So stemware has three to four pieces of paper on it and it’s being stored standing up.
APRIL: Absolutely. On cushioned.
MATT: I can see why we need a lot of paper.
APRIL: Yes. Now one other thing I wanna say before we end the segment, once you have your box full and if you don’t have it full of stemware, you can put bowls or another breakable on the side. Once we seal it, we’re going to draw a picture of a wine glass on the box. Would you like to draw a picture?
MATT: Let’s do this, man. I’m excited. And that’s smart because the night after you unpack, mama’s gonna need some wine, and now you know which box.
APRIL: Absolutely.
Packing Plates
MATT: Alright. How are we gonna do plates?
APRIL: Plates. Another great question. Everyone has plates?
MATT: Yes.
APRIL: This is a very common household item, and they come in many different shapes and sizes. Right? So the first thing you’re gonna do with plates, again, we wanna make sure they’re protected. I always use two to three sheets on my bottom plate. Okay. Cover my plate. You’re gonna multi do it.
MATT: Ooh like this!
APRIL: And I put a second plate on there. Yeah. Fold it over, and I like to do packs of three. It’s a personal preference.
MATT: Three plates. Okay.
APRIL: They’re a little bit bigger. So what I’m gonna do after I pack my stack of three, I’m going to just work. Again, you can never use too much paper. Okay. Now we have our stack of three plates packed.
MATT: Yep.
APRIL: The safest way to pack plates and boxes are on their sides. This is how they’re strongest. People want to put them in this. This is not the right way. They will break and crack like this. You wanna put them up on their side. Please show our audience.
MATT: We have lots of dish packing.
APRIL: We have a box that has a lot of paper on the bottom. Always want the cushion box. And then we’re going to place it in on the side.
MATT: Look at that. Alright. So again, it’s a lot of paper in the box and on the item, but that’s what keeps it safe, and that’s what professionals do at Wheaton | Bekins.
APRIL: That’s correct. And you can fit a lot of items in this box. That paper will crunch down. It will consolidate.
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