CLOTHING


HANGING CLOTHES: Clothes on hangers are best packed in wardrobe cartons. These are large, heavy-duty cardboard boxes with a metal bar about two feet long. Suits, dresses, and all other clothing on hangers can be transferred directly from the closet to the wardrobe and then to the closet in your new home without folding and without wrinkles.

OTHER CLOTHING AND LINENS: Clothes on closet shelves, in dressers, chests, and bureaus are best packed in linen cartons. It is advisable to empty all bureau drawers; the added weight of full drawers can put stress on furniture joints that will cause them to loosen.

HATS & SHOES: If hats or shoes are already in their own boxes, put these boxes in a larger, medium size box and fill in spaces with crushed newspaper. For unboxed hats, stuff the crown with tissue paper and then loosely wrap the entire hat in tissue. Heavier or sturdier hats go in bottom of carton; more delicate hats go on top. Don't pack anything else with hats. Shoes can be wrapped individually in unprinted news and placed in small cartons.

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