05-16-2008, 12:18 PM
Hi Noel, I agree that you should bring absolutely everything you think you may want and then some. And I agree, if there is something you think you will want, buy it there and bring it with because really nice stuff is sometimes hard to find here - especially nice furniture. And so many things are more expensive too. I even bought a huge box of tube hangers at The Container Store and it was worth it. I wish I had bought stuff like a luggage stand for guests, guest bathroom stuff, even new sheets. We had a major garage sale and got rid of some stuff and in the long run what we got rid of would have taken so little room in our container. Once I settled in I wished I had this or that afterall. We decided at the last minute to bring many pieces and we are glad we did. And after all that, the moving company (we used Allied and were satisfied) estimated a 40' container and we filled, according to them, 6/10 of it! Ha - we could have probably gone with a 20' container. But the movers did a spectacular packing job, within the container. If you pack it yourself you might not pack so concisel or do so well. We brought all our garden equipment, all our ceramic pots. I sold a bedroom set I didn't think we would have room for and we might have afterall and then if not I know we could have sold it here. Some of these things look different in hindsight, though, now that we know the area. When you first move here you don't know a lot. Anyhow, sorry to ramble and I hope that helps some. Good luck with the move. Sheryl