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How to Move Your Home Office

Prepare, Plan and Pack an Office or Den

By Diane Schmidt, About.com

Find out how to move your home office, including how to organize files, keep receipts and pack a computer to ensure it arrives at your new space safely.

First, Get Your Office in Order

Moving the office requires planning; in some households it is usually the place where things are stored and sometimes it can be the most disorganized place in the house, after all, most people don't see it - except for you. So, before you move, it's a good idea to organize your space. With that in mind, let's look at the steps to preparing your home office, study or den for moving.

Sort Your Files and Records

Record collecting and organizing is not everyone's forte. In fact, most people tend to keep their documents in a desk drawer or in a shoe box in the closet. When you're moving, getting those records together is key to settling into your new place smoothly and painlessly.

How to Move Furniture

Moving furniture requires a little extra care, simply because most furniture pieces are large and can't be packed in a box. Use this guide to disassemble desks, move shelves and other heavy office furniture.

Prepare Your Computer for Moving

We all have them. We all need them. In fact, if you're reading this right now, you're going to have to eventually pack it up. Computers. Fragile, at times testy, equipment that need special consideration when moving.

How to Pack Your Computer

A broken computer is not a headache you'll want to deal with once you're all moved into your new place. Learn how to pack a computer properly using these simple steps.

Pack and Move Books

If you're moving a long distance and are being charged by weight, make sure you carefully go through your books and determine what you really want to keep and pay to move. Books are heavy. Even paperbacks can add up to a lot of money. So use this guide to sort, pack and move your books.

How to Pack Lamps

Lamps are always a little difficult to pack and move; they're fragile, have a strange shape and don't fit well into regular boxes. Find out how to pack table lamps with this easy to use guide.

Pack Pictures and Frames

How do you pack pictures and frames without chipping corners or breaking glass? Find out in this easy step-by-step packing guide.

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