While moving is a total PITA, I have to admit that one of my favorite things ever is figuring out how and where to put things in a room. My husband, however, would rather punch himself in the face than fuss over the placement of our stuff, especially if it involves him having to lift things repeatedly. For us, the best of both worlds is for me to obsessively plot the furniture placement out virtually and have a decision made so that we just physically move our stuff into place once. [click to continue…]
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How wrong is it that when I see a product that claims to let you carry hundreds of pounds of weight, I wonder how it’ll stand up to those poor sobs featured on TLC (no, not Jon & Kate Plus 8 – those other people … the ones with excessive … um, girth)? Well, yah, I do.
One hefty-does-it product that’s received a lot of positive reviews is the Big Slider Utility Mover. It basically looks like the crazy carpets that are used for out of control slides down ski slopes. Actually, I think it IS a crazy carpet, just marketed in a clever way. Anyhoo – it’s a plastic sheet with a handle that can be placed or wiggled underneath a heavy object. You can then slide said heavy object around with relative ease. [click to continue…]
