Gabrielle Blair, Design Mom blogger and www.kirtsy.com founder, recently announced her family’s upcoming move from New York to Denver. After collecting bids from several companies, Gabrielle and her husband chose Mayflower. Read about Gabrielle’s journey as she chronicles details of her moving experience on her blog, www.designmom.com, and on Twitter (www.twitter.com/designmom).

First Week in Colorado (May 6, 2009)

Friends! The truck arrived Monday morning. Mayflower gave us a window of May 5th to May 8th. But I told the driver as he was heading off that sooner was better — and score! he was able to arrive a day early on May 4th. Read more...

Unexpected happy things that happened on moving day: (May 4, 2009)

1) A surprise neighborhood breakfast. Our street has a first-day-of-school-tradition of breakfast on the lawn while we wait for the school bus. As a super sweet farewell, our neighbors held a send-off breakfast for our family in the same tradition. We were touched and delighted. Everybody enjoyed donuts and juice and then we took pictures of the kids in front of the giant yellow and green Mayflower truck. Read more...

Moving Day (April 29, 2009)

It is here. It is really here! Moving day.

The Mayflower packing crew came yesterday morning. They came armed with a truckload of moving supplies and whipped the house into shape in less than 3 hours. When things were winding down, we sat around the kitchen table drinking soda and swapping the best moving stories we'd heard/experienced. No surprise: the crew's stories were better than mine. Long Island is a fascinating place, my friends. Read more...

Earth Day Spring Cleaning (April 22, 2009)

Happy Earth Day, friends! (And Happy Birthday to my brother Salem, too!!) I just finished up the deepest cleaning my kitchen has had since we moved in to this house 4 years ago. I wore my Method "Cleans Like A Mother" t-shirt to psyche me up for the big job. And it was a big job. I even recruited Irene to come help me. We're talking deep, deep cleaning here. As in under-the-fridge cleaning. As in scrubbing the screen door cleaning. The idea is to have the harder tasks done before move day, so that as the Mayflower truck drives away next Wednesday, there will only be wiping down walls and sweeping floors left to do. Read more...

It’s Even More Official (April 10, 2009)

The other day, Lou from Mayflower came by to give us a moving estimate. He gave the house a thorough once over and the entire time I asked him question after question about the process. What do you do with the beds? Will the truck fit on our street? How would you recommend packing this artwork? How about this lamp? Bubble wrap or packing paper? How long does the packing process take? etc. We've been getting quotes from moving companies for weeks now. Read more...

Recycled Boxes (April 14, 2009)

The towers of boxes in my living room are by turn exhilarating (new adventure!) and overwhelming (so much work to do!). Diane at Mayflower told me to call her whenever I'm getting stressed out about the move — she promised to talk me down from the ledge — and now I've got her on speed dial. : ) Read more...