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How to pack your kitchen the right way Comment emballer votre cuisine correctement

Most moves go sideways in the kitchen — fragile glass, heavy ceramics, sharp knives, and a hundred odd shapes that don't fit neatly in any box. Here's how a professional crew packs it. La plupart des déménagements virent mal dans la cuisine — verre, céramique lourde, couteaux et cent formes bizarres qui ne rentrent dans aucune boîte. Voici comment une équipe professionnelle s'en occupe.

PackingEmballage 6 min read6 min de lecture April 15, 202615 avril 2026

The kitchen is the room that decides whether your move ends with intact wedding china or a trash bag of broken glass. We pack roughly four kitchens a week. Here's the order, the materials, and the moves that actually save you stuff.

Get the right materials before you start

Don't skip this. Half the kitchen disasters we see come from people using free liquor-store boxes for plates. Here's what you actually need:

The size rule. Heavy stuff goes in small boxes. Light stuff goes in big boxes. Get this backwards and you end up with a 60-pound book box that splits its bottom out on a staircase.

Pack in this order

The kitchen is the last room you fully pack. You need to eat. So pack from "things you only use occasionally" to "things you use daily."

  1. Day −7 to −5: rarely used. Holiday dishes, the bread machine you don't use, the third set of mixing bowls, fancy serving platters, cookbooks you haven't opened in two years.
  2. Day −4 to −2: most dishware and glasses. Leave out 2–3 plates and glasses per family member.
  3. Day −1: pantry and small appliances. Toss anything expired. Tape the lids on liquids. Ziplock anything that opens.
  4. Morning of: coffee maker, the kettle, the last few mugs. These travel separately in your "open first" box.

Plates: the right way

Plates break because they get packed flat. Pack them vertical, like records, with paper between each one. The box should feel firm — no rattle.

Glassware and stemware

This is where dish-pack cell boxes earn their cost. Wrap each glass individually (paper, then bubble wrap if you love it), then drop one per cell. Use crumpled paper as a "buffer" inside the glass too — it stops the rim from bending into itself.

Stemware specifically: wrap the stem first, then the bowl, then a final outer wrap. The stem is the failure point.

Knives and sharp things

Don't be the person who leaves loose chef's knives in a box. Either:

Pots, pans, and bakeware

Nest them. Big pot at the bottom, smaller pot inside, the smallest inside that. Stuff paper between each layer so the non-stick coating doesn't scratch. Lids go in their own layer or vertical along the side. Cast iron is heavy — it gets its own small box, no exceptions.

The pantry

Open foods rarely survive a move worth eating. We recommend:

Small appliances

If you still have the original box, use it. If not: stretch wrap the cord around the appliance, bubble wrap once, place in a medium box. Coffee makers travel best with the water reservoir empty and door taped shut.

Label like the crew is going to read them

Two labels per box:

One label on top means the crew can stack and still see where it goes. One on the side means you can see it once it's stacked at the new place.

Don't have time to pack the kitchen?

Pas le temps d'emballer la cuisine ?

Our crew can pack your whole kitchen in 2–3 hours, materials included. Add it to any move.

Notre équipe emballe toute votre cuisine en 2-3 h, matériel inclus. Ajout possible à tout déménagement.