Dec 14, 2024
Had to share this life hack my mom taught me.
When you're moving (or just wanting to move your furniture), measure your rooms and furniture. Then get yourself some grid paper, draw your rooms to scale, and then cut out pieces for your furniture. It's much easier to move around bits of paper over and over than full size couches and beds to figure out where they'll fit.
Once you're happy with the layout, tape down the pieces. On moving day, you'll know exactly where everything will go, and that it will fit the first time. It's low tech, but it works.
PS: We made little pop-up book foldables for the recliners, so we'd know how much room they'd need to recline, which made us feel pretty smart.
#moving#packing#rearranging furniture#interior design#low tech solutions#life hacks#tips and tricks#advice#you could probably easily do this on a computer#but I've been doing it the low tech way since I was rearranging my bedroom as a teenager#some habits die hard#I was talking to someone and realized not everyone knows to do this#thought it might help someone else#because moving furniture is already a pain#not having to move it twice is preferable#plus you can try every layout possible#and find you actually can fit that desk by the window#useful stuff#interior decorating
