How to Color Code Your Move Like a Professional?

Are you stressed with cardboard boxes during home or office shifting? Then, puzzled with unlimited boxes? Are you forgetting or nerve-strike about the contents of the boxes? Wait, we are sharing an idea to transform the daunting task of packing into the color-splashed DIY. Yes, we are going to tell you about the color code your move process. Marker pens, colorful labels, and tags will energize a lot, and your packing will be completed like a professional movers.

Color coding is a packing process where different colored marker pens and tags are used to differentiate boxes for each room, like the kitchen, study rooms, living room, etc. This concept is helpful to quickly identify which box is for which room. For packing, loading, moving, unloading, and arranging all the home or office goods to the new destination, color coding is very helpful for both customers and packers. Morden packers and movers in Mumbai are using this color code method to save time and effort during shifting.

Here we are detailing a handful of information as your comprehensive guide to color code your move like a professional. Please join us!

#1: What are the benefits of color coding to move like a professional?

1. Complete your packing quickly:

With color coding, you will be able to speed up your moving process. During unpacking, you can direct packers and movers to unpack specific color boxes to particular rooms. In this way, you will be able to save time in arranging goods in your new home also.

If you don’t have color-coding consent, you may write “Kitchen” for utensils or cooking accessories. But if you put yellow or green-colored prominent markers or tape, packers and movers will unpack those boxes in your new kitchen only. It will save a huge time during organizing your new home.

1. New home organization becomes easy:

Colors are more readable than words. Yes, it’s hard to hear, but in the hurry moments of moving and unpacking, packers can easily comprehend the color designed for each room. So, with a color-coded packing system, your movers will keep boxes in specific rooms. Words written on the box are sometimes hard to decipher, but when you put specific colors, then you and packers will be on the same page. Your new home arrangement and unpacking will be completed quickly.

1. Stress-free moving:.

We all know that moving is a hectic process where systematic color coding will provide you with hassle-free manners to pack and unpack quickly.

#2: Materials required for color-coding your move:

Before starting to color code your cardboard boxes for moving, collect the following products:

• Waterproof highlighter permanent marker pen: These are used on the labels to put additional information.

• Colored tape (red, green, and black colors are always available.): These are helpful to reinforcing cardboard boxes and securing other labels.

• Adhesive labels for printing: These are the backbone of the entire color-coding packing system. You should collect sufficiently to put it in all the boxes.

• Color-coded inventory sheets: In this sheet, you can make a list about the content of the box after matching its color with a lebel or marker pen.

• QR-coded moving sheets: In online or offline shops, you may get QR-coded sheets where you may put information regarding the contents of the box.

#3: How to color code your move like professionals?

A. Selection of colors for coding:

You need to assign specific colors for specific rooms according to your total belongings and the layout of the new house. Now just follow the list:

Blue color marker or tapes for living room

Yellow color marker or tapes for bed room

Green color marker or tapes for kitchen

Red color packing materials for bathroom

Orange color tapes are mostly used to pack belongings in the dining room.

Pink color tapes or packing materials are used for kids rooms.

After choosing all the colors for different rooms, you should discuss with your family members or professional packing experts.

1. Creation of color keys for the new home:

We should prepare a color key like an index on printed paper. It will be of three columns containing marker color, its name, and room name. It will be helpful for both us and the Packers. There will be no scope to place a box in the wrong room.

To make our task easy, there are many free online color key templates. With this template, we can easily specify which box is for which room. If there is no color marking, then the box will be placed at a storage place or garage place.

During making the color key palette, you should select some distinct colors only. Otherwise, it will be confusing for both us and packers.

You may add some text symbols on the color marker or construction paper for more specific color-coding packing. Printable and editable color code sheets for packing and moving are available now.

Prepare sufficient color keys for a new home.

After choosing the specific colors for each room, it is crucial to make prints out of their copies. You can take it by phone and print it in sufficient numbers. Initially, you take printed color keys according to the box number and place the remaining in the new home. It will help unloaders to put boxes accordingly at the new home.

1. Don’t forget to color-code boxes at your old home:

You should put markers and other printed papers in your old home. Don’t think that you will make ready color palettes and place them on boxes after reaching the new home. It will be confusing to place color keys on the boxes when you are on the way to packing. After collecting all the color-key-making materials, start marking them from the first one.

1. Don’t forget to stick the color keys and room signs at the new home:

Color keys should be placed at the new home’s doors and other prominent places. It will be easy for unloaders to find the right room and set the right boxes accordingly.

1. Help packers during unloading the moving truck:

It’s very crucial to be present at the new destination before your moving vehicle. In this way, you should verbally explain to packers about the color key, room signs, and the unpacking process according to the color key. It will help packers to place boxes accordingly.

Understanding color keys is crucial between you and the packers. When both of us are on the same page, then unpacking and organizing rooms with color-code will be smoother.

#4: Tips to implement the color-coding system:

1. Lebel the new home, not the old one:

It is crucial to initiate the labeling from the early period of packing. Sometimes we box many items from the old home to organize a particular room in the new

destination.  So, color-coding allows us to re-label the boxes and organize the new room accordingly.

Sometimes we plan to take materials from two rooms and arrange all those goods in a room. With a color-coding system, we can easily assemble goods from two to three rooms of the old house to one room of the new house.

1. Moving box stickers should be big and prominent.

Ideally, sticky labels are small to be adhered to and carry information about their contents. But we should use big labels (3-4” long). Here we can prominently write about the contents of the moving box. So, packing experts and unloaders will be aware of its contents as well as the destination room of the new house.

To utilize the color coding system in a distinct manner, we always recommend purchasing bright colored duct tape. Small pre-printed labels or small tapes will not provide such advantages.

1. Enjoy your labeling DIY:

We always suggest our customers develop their color key. It’s helpful to separate the study room materials from the utility room. In this way, there will be no confusion for the unloaders. They will unpack all the boxes one by one. Many customers use only distinct colors for their three to four rooms without any text. It helps unloaders easily identify boxes with their destination room.

We always ask customers to create their labels instead of pre-printed ones. It helps to identify easily.

1. Colors should be distinct:

During the selection of colors, we should be cautious, as all the colors should be distinct for every room. For example, we should use red, green, yellow, blue, etc. But if we use color-coded tapes in red for the bedroom and light red or chrome red for the study room, that will be confusing for unloaders. Distinct colors will help us to unload and unpack in specific rooms and arrange goods accordingly.

1. Don’t forget to deliver the color key to the unloaders:

Before leaving your moving vehicle to the new house, you should not forget to provide the color key index to the unloaders. You should verbally explain to them about the colors and which color indicates which room. It will help them to understand the process, and the entire unpacking or unloading will be done quickly.

1. Please stick the color key on the new house:

You should reach the new destination before the goods vehicle. After reaching you, you should stick the color key at the front portion of the house. After your detailed verbal explanation about color codes, when unpackers check it at the new house door, there will be no scope of error in unloading.

At a glance…

These are all about the color coding system to make your packing, loading, unloading, and unpacking smoother. All the materials of color-coded packing are nowadays available in online and offline stores. If you are confused or need any support, you can call our customer care at +91 8105600621 or visit cloudpackers.com. We are available 24/7 to assist you with your shifting.

Color-coded packing and moving like a professional will help you to complete the task within the speculated time and budget. So, hurry up! Color your boxes with tape and markers!

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