Subscribe RSS FeedMy wife and I recently moved into a house. Moving sucks, there are very few activities I loath as much as moving. We tried something new this time and used IKEA bags to move. We bought 60 bags, at $.59 a piece. The bags are large and easily compare to a Home Depot medium size box you can get for the same price.
Packing was a cinch. All you did is open the bag, fill it, and put it in another room.
Moving them was awesome. Our friends that helped us move kept commenting on how nice they were. Ikea bags come with long and short handles on each bag. So unlike a box, you don’t have to bend over to pick them up. You reach down, grab the handles and lift. The bag hangs about 1′ off the ground so it’s not as much work to lift them either. We also bought 20 or so small Ikea bags for heavy items such as books.
The one downside to the bags is that they don’t stack very well. That is why we got a 26′ truck for our local move. We had plenty of room and stacked them 2 deep in the truck.
I would highly recommend you get a few dozen bags the next time you move for odds and ends that you can throw on top of stacked boxes in the truck.
Now the only question is what do we do with 60 empty Ikea bags? I think we may build a boat…
Thank you for this post. We are moving soon and the idea of using IKEA bags to move instead of boxes floated into my head the other day. I found your blog through Google while searching for “moving with IKEA bags”. In fact, I’ll buy your bags if you’re nearby! Otherwise, I’ll head off to Woodbridge to get a few dozen of my own!!
I am in Mesa, AZ. We bought 40 to move about 1000sq ft, and we needed another 20 or so.
Good luck!
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