| Home | Small | Medium | Large | Wardrobe | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 15–25 |
| 1 bedroom | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 25–40 |
| 2 bedrooms | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 45–70 |
| 3 bedrooms | 30 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 70–100 |
The counter-intuitive rule: small boxes for heavy things, large boxes for light things. A large box of books is furniture-grade weight in cardboard not rated for it; a large box of bedding is perfect.
Office printer-paper boxes (lids! handles! uniform size!) are the kings — ask any office manager on recycling day. Grocery and liquor stores hand out sturdy stock mornings. Buy Nothing groups and Craigslist Free flood with boxes every month-end as everyone else finishes moving. Two weeks of casual collecting outfits a 2-bedroom for $0.
Our packing crews bring everything — boxes, paper, tape, dish packs — at $40/hr per packer, and a 2-bedroom kitchen takes two packers about 3 hours. The box math becomes our problem, which is honestly where it belongs. (213) 676-9460.
45–70 total: roughly 20 small (books/heavy), 25 medium (most things), 10 large (light/bulky), 5 wardrobe. Heavy readers and kitchen collectors trend higher.
Grocery stores (ask mornings), liquor stores (strong boxes), Buy Nothing groups, Craigslist free, and offices dumping printer-paper boxes — the single best free box in existence.
For local moves, rented plastic bins (delivered, collected) beat cardboard on cost and sanity if you pack/unpack within 2 weeks. For storage or long-distance, cardboard wins — bins must go back.
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