Spring cleaning is something you might have a love-hate relationship with. But whether you’re a renter or a homeowner, spring signals the time for fresh starts, de-cluttering, and opening up your home to enjoy the warm months ahead. It’s also the...
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How to Pack Your Dishes in a DishPack
Effective packing is essential to every successful move. It’s always important to select the right box for whatever it is you’re packing. We use the Dish-Pack box, which utilizes double walls for extra durability while moving. Here’s how Elite...
How to Pack a Piano When You are Moving
Packing and moving a piano requires a lot of delicate handling, as well as tight, thorough packing to protect the intricate parts of the instrument. It needs to be professionally dismantled and then wrapped, padded and sealed completely to ensure...
How to Wrap a Dresser for Moving
At Elite Moving & Storage, we take pride in how we pack and move your belongings from your old home to your new home. Dressers and other heavy furniture require protective wrapping to cover and protect them from accidents while moving. In our...
How to Safely Pack a Glass Tabletop for Moving
Glass tabletops are fragile objects and require the utmost protection and careful packing to ensure that they arrive at their destination in one piece. Our experienced packers have a special process to wrap and pack large glass tabletops so that...
How To Wrap A Couch When You Are Moving
Couches are heavy and bulky, and moving them can be a challenge. With years of moving experience, we’d like to give you some tips on How to Wrap a Couch and move it safely. Proper wrapping can help protect your couch from damage such as scratches,...
How To Pack A Flat Screen TV
TVs are one of the most challenging items to pack. They’re bulky, fragile, heavy, and can be expensive to replace. So how do you go about packing a TV? What kind of box should you use? What else should you know to safely transport your TV? Well, we...
Tips For Moving With Pets in 2017
Sure, moves are stressful for us humans, but we often overlook how much it stresses out our pets. Changes to their environment, stressed out owners, and strangers entering the home put our animal friends on edge. One of the biggest concerns our...
GPS Trackers Installed in our Chicagoland Moving Trucks!
Moving can be exciting for some, but oftentimes it can also be stressful. The more peace of mind you get knowing that your household treasures and furnishings will arrive safe, secure, and on time at their final destination is a big relief. That’s...
Long-distance move for a family of four – another success story!
Last month, we helped a family of four move from Illinois to Arizona. The father Craig was transferred to a new position in Phoenix on short notice. Our crew came in and packed the family’s entire Northbrook house in a few hours and loaded...