How To Pack Lamps

Tie the wrapped lamp upright against the wall of the moving truck or stand it up between two heavy pieces of furniture so it won t move during transit.

How to pack lamps. Secure the blanket around the lamp with packing tape. Bases last up is your lamp bases. Lamps can be odd sha. Wrap the harp and finial in packing paper.

If you do use plastic padding secure it with a bit of tape. Crumble packing paper into the bottom of the box for padding and then place the lamp base inside. Use paper pads for large lamps place them together in a carton filling spaces with crushed paper. If you have more than one lamp to move and the box has enough room you can pack a second lamp next to the first one base to base this is ideal for a set of matching lamps.

Taller lamps may require you to use a lamp box. Use two sheets of paper around the lampshade as the initial layer then finish the protective task with a few sheets of bubble wrap. Learn how to wrap the bases pad them in the box and what to do with the lampshades. Use newsprint or extra bubble wrap to fill any spaces so the lamps will not shift during the move.

9 out of 10 times you ll end up with a crushed lampshade and an unplanned trip to target. Wrap each base in packing paper adding a layer of air filled plastic wrap if the base is made of a delicate material like glass or porcelain. If there are multiple lampshades see if they can be nested inside each other to save both space and time. Protect these pieces by wrapping them in packing paper and taping the paper to keep it secure.

Learn my tricks for packing large table lamps for moving. It may be tempting to move lamps without packing them in boxes. How to pack lamps. Place the lamp in the box base down.

Pack the lamp shades and light bulbs as described above.