The S&O Guide to Being Prepared for (Almost) Anything: Why You Should Have a Home Inventory

We all like to feel prepared for anything, and good organization is always a great place to start. We are guessing that most home owners have not created a home inventory, and probably haven’t even thought about the need for one. We don’t want to add more to your “to do” list, but here are some compelling reasons why keeping a home inventory just makes sense:

Creating a home inventory is the only way to know if you are insured properly (when you make improvements or add expensive items to your home, your policy may no longer fully cover you in case of a disaster).
A home inventory makes claim reimbursement less risky because you have documented each item and its value.
An inventory can help you keep up with home ...

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Posted September 29, 2016. Written by Leticia Pfeiffer. Edited by .

Making Moving Easy: Unpack

When it’s time to unpack the contents of your home, there are a few methods that will make the unpacking easier. Having a game plan for your team keeps everyone motivated because they’ll know what to do & what to expect.

1. BE AVAILABLE Everyone should be available to the movers directing where items should go in your new home. School age kids can help with this.

2. RECYCLE Have movers take away as much packing material as possible. Schedule a time for them to come back for the rest.

3. UNLOAD Once the movers are finished, unload your car of your necessities. Make the beds, layout towels/toiletries, unpack luggage & set up a coffee/drink/food station in the kitchen. When ...

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Posted July 28, 2014. Written by Leticia Pfeiffer. Edited by .

Make Moving Easy: Packing

When it’s time to pack the contents of your home, there are a few tools & methods of packing that will make the unpacking easier.

1. LIKE ITEMS Box like items together in each room

2. CUSHION For delicate breakables, line the bottom of the box with crumpled paper before packing wrapped breakables. Before closing up the box, line the top of the box with crumpled paper.

3. LABEL Write on the outside of the box contents packed inside.

4. LUGGAGE Pack as much clothing as you can into your luggage. After closing on your new home, drive it over to your new home for instant clothing. Unpacking the luggage immediately makes it even better.

5. NECESSITIES Pack toilet paper, ...

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Posted July 21, 2014. Written by Leticia Pfeiffer. Edited by .

Make Moving Easy: Stage

You’ve made the big & exciting decision to pack-up & move to a new home. If you haven’t tackled the prep work first, you still have time. Cleaning, editing, repairing & updating items in your home is a must to get to top dollar for your home.

Once that is done, you want to stage your home for prospective buyers. “It makes a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property more swiftly & for more money.” Wikipedia

1. PACK Go ahead and pack up extraneous items. A moveable storage box is a great way to store these items. A company will drop the box off at your home & pick it back up storing your box at their temperature ...

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Posted July 15, 2014. Written by Leticia Pfeiffer. Edited by .

Make Moving Easy: Prep

It’s that time of year – lazy days by the pool, heat, humidity, watermelon, afternoon movies, Six Flags & moving. Wait…what?! Yes, summer is the busiest time of the year to move to a new home or off to college. If it’s on your agenda this summer or even this year, I’ve got some keys pre-steps to make moving easier.

EDIT If you are even entertaining the idea of moving, now is the time to start editing items in your home a little at a time.

books
clothes
linens
files
bath products
the garage
storage units
the attic
...

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Posted July 14, 2014. Written by Leticia Pfeiffer. Edited by .

10 Tips for Dorm Room Organization

My eldest niece, Samantha, heads off to college in a few short weeks. Well, they are long weeks for her & short weeks for my sister & brother-in-law. She’ll be heading off to the family alma matter, Mizzou (University of Missouri), to study journalism. Having graduated from Baylor – I’m the black sheep – I have no knowledge of the good or bad dorms at Mizzou. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t get the A#1 dorm on campus at least not by storage option standards. This dorm room has NO storage!

Where is she going to store all her stuff?!

That has become the million dollar question in the family. And if you have or know someone heading off to college, that’s ...

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Posted July 7, 2014. Written by Leticia Pfeiffer. Edited by .

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