THE ART OF UNPACKING.
Come 21 October and we will be shifting the first 'TRIP' of furniture to our new home. To ensure that I don't spend endless days (or even weeks) setting up the rooms, I devised a strategy for packing and marking the boxes in such a way that they could be placed in their right spots.
So I marked an initial on top of each box with a summary of its contents. The kitchen had K, the hall H, the bedrooms had BB and MB.
In the first TRIP, we are sending boxes marked from 1-37, distributed over three massive cupboards. The boxes will be kept locked in the cupboards until the painting and other works are completed.
As soon as the workers are out of the place, we will get the whole place cleaned up and only then we will take the rest of our furniture and many more boxes on a second TRIP. These boxes, also marked in a similar fashion to the ones that went on the first TRIP, will go directly to their rooms. Then, the ones sitting in the cupboards will go to their rooms.
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| KIRSTEN'S EXCLUSIVE BOX THAT GOES IN THE FIRST TRIP |
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| AARON'S EXCLUSIVE BOX THAT GOES IN THE FIRST TRIP |
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| Our clothes in suitcases! |
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| Boxes for kitchen stuff that goes in the second TRIP. |
Once the cupboards are emptied, it's time to fill them up. The boys will do their room entirely, setting it up the way they like it. I will set the master bedroom and bathroom the way I want it to be and then we will tackle the kitchen and pantry TOGETHER in phases, urgent first. Lastly, we will put up the wall decor in the living room and other areas.
I am expecting another round of decluttering as we unpack, so two bins will be kept in the rooms we tackle - DONATION and TRASH. What we love, use and need goes into a permanent place in the rooms assigned to them. If I do run out of storage space, I will have to declutter further in the weeks thereafter.
To get rid of our DONATION items, I will keep a table in the porch area. Whoever drops in for a 'dekho' (as dear Juliet used to say), will get the chance to take whatever they need from it. That way I know my things will have found a good home.
Those destined for the landfill will be disposed off slowly in our trash can. I would not want that pile to be too much. Only time will tell.
Hats off to all those who move regularly like army personnel etc. It is a trying situation to be always ready to pack, move, unpack. I bet they have mastered minimalism down to an art. Otherwise how would they have survived a stressful situation that is almost on par with fighting the enemy on India's borders!
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