Packing takes time to accomplish. That is why it needs to be planned and to be done early. Before you start the actually boxing though, it is important that you assess your things and segregate those that you will no longer need. While doing so, you can also take this time to clean the whole house as well. By doing so you can minimize the things you need to pack. And so it becomes easier on you and even becomes cheaper as well. To have an orderly packing procedure, it would be better if you pack by rooms. This way, you won't have chaos everywhere in the house. At least, similar things would go in the same box and it would be easier to unpack as well. Since you cannot unpack everything right away, it is important that you pack the things would also be needed first in every room. For personal items, each person should have luggage or a backpack as well. When packing furniture, you can disassemble the legs and other parts. Then you should keep all screws and tape them into the parts. You can then place all the parts and the bag of screws in one box. Before boxing anything though, make sure that you seal the bottom part several times and put criss-cross tapes on the flaps of the box as well. Of course, make sure the top of the box sealed well too. Label the boxes too for easier unpacking.